How likely is a large-scale power blackout in Germany? How well prepared is our society for it? And how can waste be turned into energy? These and…
Blackout and waste-to-energy plant: energy transition explained in an understandable way

After a quarter of a century, it was time to say goodbye: In September, Gundi and Wolfgang Langensiepen closed the blue blinds of their university…
Gundi and Wolfgang Langensiepen hand over the university kiosk

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we live together and concerns us all. If we don't utilise it, we will be left behind. These were the…
University members network to advance the topic of AI together

The repair work on the scaffolding of Building G of the University of Wuppertal has been successfully completed. This work was necessary following a…
Closure of Gaussstrasse lifted

What does industrial policy have to do with microplastics in the blood? How can your municipality make climate protection palatable? And did you know…
Stories with an aha effect: Science Slam Sustainability Vol. 2 on 18 November

The "Wuppertal Living Room Study" from the University of Wuppertal wins the HORIZONT advertising impact award "The Real Impact". The Chair of…
How can advertising succeed in the digital age? - Wuppertal living room study wins important industry prize

In the current call for proposals for the prestigious ERC Starting Grants, two Wuppertal researchers convinced the European Research Council. Prof Dr…
Two ERC Starting Grants for scientists at the University of Wuppertal

Students from the Bachelor's degree programme in Industrial Design and the Master's degree programme in Strategic Product and Innovation Development…
Industrial design: more than just beautiful things

Whether in politics, marketing or medicine: narratives - stories with recurring narrative and action patterns - increasingly determine how we…
What we tell ourselves - how narratives shape our reality and when they reach their limits

From 12 September to 12 October, tropical butterflies will once again be moving into the Glass House in the Wuppertal Botanical Garden. The show,…
Observe and marvel: butterfly exhibition in the Wuppertal Botanical Garden