Students experience a wide range of emotions in their everyday university life. Research conducted by Dr Kristina Stockinger from the Chair of Psychology shows that how they cope with these emotions affects their well-being, health, and academic achievement. Two particularly effective strategies are cognitive reappraisal and competence regulation.

The book "The Toxic Ship – The Voyage of the Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade" by Simone Müller,?University of Augsburg, has been awarded two international academic prizes. These are the Harold & Margaret Sprout Award of the International Studies Association (ISA) and the Hagley Prize awarded by the Business History Conference (BHC) and the Hagley Museum and Library.

With its meadows, woods and bodies of water, the University of Augsburg campus provides habitats for numerous animal and plant species. The green spaces are not only important for the climate and people, but also play a role in regional nature conservation. To ensure that these valuable areas are developed sustainably, the university is specifically promoting biodiversity with a further project.

On Sunday, March 2, 2025 from 11 a.m., the Music Education Institute of the University of Augsburg will open its doors for the annual open day for prospective students. Find out about the wide range of musical and and artistic-pedagogical courses on offer.

Similar to a digital route planner, specific programmes support doctors in their everyday clinical work by selecting diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The MIDAS study, led by Augsburg University Medicine, examined the effectiveness of such clinical decision-making aids for medical imaging in a multicentre, randomised study.

Soil contaminated with harmful perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is difficult to clean, a complete remediation is often not possible. To improve the remediation process, researchers at the University of Augsburg are trialling various cleaning methods. Their work is now being financially supported by the Bavarian Research Foundation.