The fifth edition of The Project Repository Journal is now live and freely available to download and read here. This latest edition of the PRj contains a special feature on Environment & Sustainability by pulling together some of the most influential projects in the field from chemical science to innovative and sustainable building solutions. Projects such…
A postcard showing a canopy bed: An ex-user of mental health services shares his story In an interview, Franz-Josef Wagner tells Elena Posth from Pfalzklinikum AdöR about his experiences as an ex-user of mental health services in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany Franz-Josef Wagner is the chairman of the state association of (ex-)users of mental…
Autonomous in Old Age “Lisa Ehrhardt, Head of Regional Offers – Living in Old Age” at Pfalzklinikum presents the work of their day centres for the elderly in the Palatinate Pfalzklinikum is a service provider for mental health in Southwest Germany. Its three certified day centres for the elderly focus on the promotion of cognitive…
The Werther effect Handling of suicide in the media Vivien Kogler and Alexander Noyon from Mannheim University of Applied Sciences investigate suicidality, the Werther effect and the role of medial presentation in this context. As guest authors at Pfalzklinikum they summarized the subject of the thesis written by Vivien Kogler. The Werther effect is the…
Launch and presentation of the 7th Higher Education in the World Report “Humanities and Higher Education: Synergies between Science, Technology and Humanities” • The 7th Higher Education in the World Report (HEIW7) “Humanities and Higher Education: Synergies between Science, Technology and Humanities” was presented on December 10th 2019 in Barcelona in an open event at…
Big Data for Mobility Tracking Knowledge Extraction in Urban Areas As Track&Know enters the final year of research and development, we look back over 2019 at what we have achieved. One of the major objectives of the Track&Know project is to integrate online data streams, heterogeneous, contextual and archival data on one big data platform.…
4th March 2020 The EU-funded H2020 PRIME-VR2 3-year project aims to develop a state-of-art digital environment for VR rehabilitation at home and in clinic through a virtual gaming space that will provide effective therapy and friendly competition. It will be a significant innovation for people with neuromotor disability such as stroke and cerebral palsy; and…
The global community is increasingly receiving depressing information about the state of our planet. Biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate (IPBES 2019: Global assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem services), drinking water quality is an increasing concern, and global warming is accelerating, and makes major alterations to hydrology.
The fourth edition of The Project Repository Journal is now live and freely available to download and read here. This latest edition of the PR j contains a special feature on responsible research and innovation (RRI). A selection of some of the leading projects in this field such as Nucleus, RRI Practice and FIT4RRI demonstrate initiatives,…