Digital Research Magazine: Digital Research Magazine

The research our scholars produce in their respective fields is without compare. In addition to this excellent body of individual research, however, interdisciplinary research conducted as part of impactful, international research groups and consortia is an equally essential part of the culture of research at the University of Passau. The Digital Research Magazine is a cross-media magazine that showcases the research carried out here and tells the stories of the people behind it.

Research news

Google controls large parts of the digital advertising market. A new study from Passau suggests that regulatory measures alone will not be enough. But what would a meaningful break-up look like?

A hundred thousand views, thousands of likes and hundreds of comments: the German quiz show in which a team of professors competes against AI is causing lively discussion on YouTube. Answers to some of the questions.

Does AI understand human language? Linguists Professor Johann-Mattis List and Dr Christian Bentz conduct thought experiments and offer a bleak prognosis.

Under the spotlight

A hundred thousand views, thousands of likes and hundreds of comments: the German quiz show in which a team of professors competes against AI is causing lively discussion on YouTube. Answers to some of the questions.

Focal points

Civil society, businesses and the government need answers from the scientific community to overcome challenges and to achieve sustainable development. This requires thorough analysis from a variety of disciplines. For its research, the University of Passau relies on interdisciplinary, cross-faculty cooperation and places its focus on three areas:

The limits of growth: Examining the challenges of social transformation with regard to social justice, climate neutrality and sustainable development is considered a particularly vital endeavour at our University.

Political boundaries: Owing to its history and location as a tri-country borderland university, critical engagement with social, ecological, economic, cultural and political dynamics in Europe comes naturally to our University.

Digital boundaries and opportunities: Scholars at our University are researching the technologies that drive the digital transformation as well as the impacts of digitalisation on society as a whole.