"Now put down your mobile phone" – European University Viadrina takes part in the 13th Potsdam Science Day

With hands-on experiments and two lectures, the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) will be taking part in the 13th Potsdam Science Day on the Golm campus of the University of Potsdam on Saturday, 9 May 2026.

A varied programme with workshops, experiments and multimedia presentations, including on smartphone use in families and the recognition of AI content, awaits visitors to the research camp from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. In addition, Viadrina researchers will give talks on life on the former inner-German border and German-Ukrainian town twinning. Admission is free.

More than 40 universities, schools and research institutions from Brandenburg will be presenting their work and providing insights into current research and teaching at the 13th Potsdam Science Day. Viadrina will be represented with an interactive programme at the research camp and two lectures. In addition, student ambassadors will provide insights into studying at the Viadrina from 12 noon to 6 pm.
 

Viadrina programme at the research camp 

Stand 27 (between House 29 and House 32)

12.00 p.m. | Prof. Dr. Lauri Wessel and Merle Pohl
"Now put away your mobile phone" – Improving the use of smartphones in everyday family life
Participation experiment)

1.30 p.m. | Prof. Dr Miriam Lind, Marlén Jacobshagen, Hannah Sawall
"Speaking at the touch of a button – human-animal interaction and communication technology" 
Participatory experiment

3.00 p.m. | Prof. Dr. Sascha Münnich
"Are video games becoming more and more like the real world or is the world becoming more and more like a video game?" 
Multimedia presentation

4.30 p.m. | Prof. Dr Charlotte Köhler
"Understanding artificial intelligence: How AI learns and how to recognise AI content"
Participatory experiment/workshop
 

Viadrina Lectures in House 14 

Learning room 0.47

2.00 p.m. | PD Dr Carolin Leutloff-Grandits
"A still divided sky? Interdependencies along the former inner-German border"
Lecture with discussion

3.00 p.m. | Dr Susann Worschech
"German-Ukrainian town twinning: Can municipal foreign policy contribute to peace in Europe?"
Lecture