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Rethinking How We Travel for Academic Events: Striking a Balance Hey everyone! Let’s talk about something that’s been on my mind for a long time now: the sustainability of our academic travels. It’s a tri […]

Writing related works section with ChatGPT Today, I tried to use ChatGPT to help me with a related works section. It was for a short paper about a student work which I supervised […]

Student interns from Sri Lanka present their results! Our bachelor students interns from Sri Lanka have finished their stay and presented their results today. They have developed a prototype, […]

Internet of Things prototype published in IHTC ConferenceOur hardware prototype for a minimal IoT solution for logistics in Cameroon has been presented at this year’s International Humanitarian […]

ConversTations – Introduction and How to run Here is a video with similar content. A PhD Student is standing at the front, working himself through a pile of slides. Some people in […]

This question is a real evergreen and seems really hard to answer (it is hard). I typically say: aim high in quality, do not overdo it in quantity, and do not waste anything by not publishing it. I am lying sick […]

I get this question all the time – Prof, how should I start? Prof, how do I write an article?

Well, the short answer is: simply start writing it, word by word, sentence by sentence. Ok, I know, it is not that […]

In recent years, I observe a very dangerous development in research and university communities. Researchers are expected to be constantly doing something – writing proposals, answering emails, teaching, […]

This post is highly inspired by the book of Tim Ferriss “The 4-hour Workweek”. I find the title a little misleading, but the ideas do work also for academics.
So let us start straight away. Let us assume you nee […]

Eine gute Idee gerade für den Sommer wäre es, mehr Tische und Bänke im Außenbereich (z.B. vor der Mensa) aufzustellen, damit man die Sonne und die frische Luft genießen darf.

Willkommen! Hier werden demnächst Ideen gesammelt und diskutiert, wie wir unser Fachbereich und unsere Universität als Ganzes nachhaltiger, ökologischer und lebenswerter machen. Bis dahin… etwas Geduld, bitte!