This pages gives an overview of the exciting current and past research projects at the IU International University of Applied Sciences, which are or were financed by public funds from e.g. the Ministry of Research or through foundation funding.
Current projects
Greenering - Green Chemical Engineering network towards upscaling sustainable processes
(CA18224) – GREENERING - Workgroup 1: Opportunities for Implementation of Green Process at Industrial Scale
Funded by: COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Moritz Venschott, moritz.venschott@iu.org
Duration: 2019 to 2023
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SEAWAVE
Funded by: European Union, Call: HORIZON EUROPE, Environment and Health
Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhmert, christoph.boehmert@iu.org
Duration: 01.06.2022 - 31.05.2025
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101057622.
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IU E³ (Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystem) online pan-African hybrid platform
Funded by: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Contact person: Dr. David Rempel, david.rempel@iu.org
Duration: 01.05.2022 – 30.11.2022
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Scientific support for the "Toolbox II" project
Development of recommendations for a curriculum for the training of procedural guides according to § 10b SGB VIII.
Funded by: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Jakob Tetens, jakob.tetens@iu.org
Duration: 01.02.2023 - 31.12.2023
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Nutritional monitoring for the International Space Station (NutrISS)
Funded by: European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA – ESTEC), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Cooperation partner: University of Trieste
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer, martina.heer@iu.org
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Career paths and qualification requirements in science and university management (KAWUM)
Funded by: BMBF – Quality Development in Science
Contact person: Dr. Kerstin Janson
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Nudhe Quality - Quality in teaching
Constellations of conditions for the use of survey- and process-based data in higher education development - Subproject Quality in Teaching
Funded within the framework of the BMBF funding line: Research for Knowledge Transfer
Contact: Dr. Kerstin Janson, kerstin.janson@iu.org
Duration: 01.08.2022 - 31.07.2025
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Knowledge transfer in cultural education (Witra KUBI)
Funded by: Federal Ministry for Research and Education
Cooperation partner: Federal Academy for Cultural Education in Wolfenbüttel
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Lisa Unterberg
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Structural causes of approaching to and distancing from Islamist radicalisation
Development of preventive-pedagogical counselling approaches (“Distance” project)
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partner: University of Vechta
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kart, Yannick von Lautz
Duration: 01.11.2020 - 31.10.2024
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Spaceglucose
Investigations of changes in glucose metabolism and bone turnover during long-term missions (1 year) in microgravity and investigation of the effects of possible countermeasures in analogous studies.
Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy - based on a resolution of the German Bundestag
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer, martina.heer@iu.org
Duration: 01.03.2021 – 28.02.2024
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Gastronomic supply gaps along hiking trails
Nature Park Nordeifel - Naturally Sustainable! Closing supply gaps with the inclusion of and raising awareness for regional products and regional agriculture
Funded by: Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Cooperation partner: Naturpark Nordeifel e. V.
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Felix Wölfle, felix.woelfle@iu.org
Duration: 2022 - 2024
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Simulation as theory-practice transfer: Professional development in social work studies
Funded by: Stifterverband der Deutschen Wirtschaft – Innovation in Higher Education Teaching
Contact person: Dr. Immanuel Ulrich
Duration: 01.01.2020 - 31.03.2023
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PreGlu
Effects of human milk oligosac-charides (HMOs) on gut micro-biota, immune system and me-tabolism in adults wintering over in Antarctica
Funded by: Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Cooperation partners: Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnologie, Institut für Mikroökologie, Universität Bologna, Lothringen Universität Vandoeuvr e-lès-Nancy (France); NASA JSC (USA)
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Martina Heer
Duration: 01.02.2023 – 30.01.2026
On the run with impairment
Implementing the right to inclusive education in acute refugee crises: Educational experiences and aspirations of Ukrainian refugee children with impairments in Germany.
Funded by: Gerda Henkel Foundation
Contact: Prof. Dr. Marketa Bacakova, markmarketa.bacakova@iu.org
Duration: April 2023 - December 2023
Transition into Distance Education (TiDE): Study entry into distance learning
Joint project of IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU), Fernuniversität in Hagen (FeU)
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partner: Fernuniversität in Hagen (FeU)
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Caroline Trautwein (Interconnector), Prof. Dr. Michael Hast
Duration: 01.06.2023-31.05.2026
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BeProf
The appointment of professors at private and public universities of applied sciences
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partners: DZHW – Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschulforschung, Euro-FH – Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Okka Zimmermann, Ester Höhle, M.A.
Duration: 01.07.2023 to 30.06.2026
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GoEcoFit
GoEcoFit is a digital platform for health, wellness and sustainability aimed at organisations and their members.
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz, Projektträger Jühlich, Forschungszentrum Jühlich GmbH
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bolz
Duration: 01.05.2023 to 30.04.2024
Adaptive reuse of historic urban patterns
Funded by: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Contact person: Prof. Hendrik Gruß, Prof. Heiner Stengel
Duration: 01.09.2023 to 31.12.2023
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FiPHo
First-Generation Students as a Target Group of Private Universities - Forms and Conditions of Organisational Support
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Cooperation partners: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kessler, Prof. Dr. Karsten König
Duration: 01. August 2023 - 31. Juli 2026
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EXIST Women
We Female Founders (weFF) goes EXIST Women
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Wuttig, Sabrina Micklich
Duration: 01.11.2023 – 31.10.2024
PeRi-Ex
FH-Europa: The Perception of Right Wing Extremist Narratives
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research and Education
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Jens Ostwald
Duration: 01.05.2023 – 30.04.2023
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PhysioHub
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Cooperation partner: LifeTech Studio GmbH, Athera GmbH
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bolz
Duration: 01.04.2024 - 31.03.2025
Concept development for participatory youth welfare
Development of a concept for the implementation of § 4a SGB VIII in the youth welfare landscape of Dresden
Funded by: City of Dresden
Cooperation partners: Dresden Children and Youth Office, Dresden Children and Youth Welfare Law Association, Dresden Youth Welfare Office
Contact persons: Prof Dr Karsten König, Ken Mertens
Duration: 01.12.2025 - 31.12.2024
Postnatal diabetes prevention
Postnatal diabetes prevention in women with gestational diabetes: improving the response and follow-up frequency after pregnancy
Funded by: diabetesDE – Deutsche Diabetes-Hilfe e. V.
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Claudia Miersch
Duration: 01.03.2024 - 28.02.2026
Evaluation Nacht(sch)lichter Dresden
Evaluation of communicative conflict management in the Nacht(sch)lichter project of the state capital Dresden
Funded by: City of Dresden, Neustadt District Office
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Karsten König, Laura Kaiser
Duration: 01.07.2023 - 30.06.2024
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