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Bewegte Kinder = Gesündere Kinder (BeKiGeKi)
Project management
Dr. Florian Bähr Duration
07/2022 - 12/2028 Funding
Several donors
652 241 €
‘Bewegte Kinder = Gesündere Kinder (BeKiGeKi) is a Thuringia-wide programme to support the movement-related skills of children of primary school age.
Bildungsverbund Batterie Mitteldeutschland
Project management
Claudia Müller Duration
04/2023 - 03/2028 Funding
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7 600 000 €
Cooperation project with the aim of sustainably building up skilled labour competence for the Central German region along the entire value chain of battery cell production in two main pillars: 1. qualification as well as further and advanced training of the employees of already resident companies to shape the change, whereby SMEs in particular receive support in personnel development; 2. development of offers for retraining and further education of skilled workers as a location factor for the…
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FBDGVisual – Development and Evaluation of Visualisations of Food-related Nutritional Recommendations
Project management
Dr. Sabine Best Duration
04/2024 - 03/2026 Funding
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL):
400 000 €
The aim of the research work is to examine existing visualisations for food-related dietary recommendations (food based dietary guidelines, FBDG) based on specific reception criteria for different target groups. Based on qualitative studies, Sabine Best's team wants to use creative techniques to identify the challenges for the target groups (e.g. children, adults, senior citizens) and develop ideas for suitable forms of visualisation. Quantitative studies will then be used to review these…
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IMPACTS – Investigating Motivations, Practices and Unintentional Consumption of Toxic Skin-Lightening
Project management
Dr. phil. Gbadebo Collins Adeyanju Duration
11/2025 - 10/2026 Funding
German Alliance for Global Health Research:
120 000 €
Harmful skin lightening is a complex public health and social problem that is widespread in many countries of the Global South, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The practice is shaped by beauty ideals, social and economic expectations, and inadequate regulation, and poses significant health risks. Previous research has focused primarily on users, while products, sales structures and unclear labelling have been largely unexamined. The IMPACTS project aims to close this gap by analysing both the…
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Measures Motivated by Behavioural Economics to Ensure the Study Success
Project management
Prof. Dr. Oliver Himmler Duration
11/2016 - 06/2020 Funding
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF):
472 000 €
The project deals with measures motivated by behavioural economics to ensure the study success.
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Politics of Plunder
Duration
09/2016 - 08/2017 :
1 415 998 €
Kornelia Kończal: Around the end of the Second World War two processes dramatically changed the socio-economic landscape of East Central Europe: the expulsion of up to twelve million Germans and the establishment of a new social order inspired by the Soviet model. This project is an inquiry into the interconnectedness between these apparently distinct histories.
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SvStud - Scalable behavioural economic measures to ensure study success
Project management
Prof. Dr. Oliver Himmler Duration
02/2021 - 01/2024 Funding
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF):
440 000 €
The SvStud project follows on from the predecessor project VStud and deals with behavioural economic approaches to ensure the success of studies and to avoid dropouts.

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