Hessian Green politicians informed themselves at the University of Kassel

Prof. Finkeldey thanked Wagner and May, whose parliamentary group in the state parliament had played a significant role in the recent allocation of funds for three additional professorships for the documenta-Institut in the state budget. (cf. press release of April 4, 2018). They now spoke with documenta professor Prof. Dr. Nora Sternfeld (Kunsthochschule), among others, about the progress made in establishing the documenta-Institut. With the documenta Institute, the state of Hesse, the city of Kassel and the University of Kassel with its art academy, as well as documenta gGmbH, are planning an independent research institution.

In addition to two research projects, the Green politicians were also informed about the plans for the new buildings for the natural sciences by the president and vice president for research, Prof. Dr. Arno Ehresmann, during a tour of the new campus on Holländischer Platz.

Earlier, the Collaborative Research Center "Extreme Light for the Analysis and Control of Molecular Chirality (ELCH)" presented itself in the Science Park Kassel. The SFB, headed by Kassel physicist Prof. Thomas Baumert, had been funded by the Hessian State Offensive for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE) from 2013 to 2016 prior to its successful application to the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Also funded by LOEWE is the project "Desirable Difficulties in Learning" from the state of Hesse. The psychologists Prof. Dr. Mirjam Ebersbach (head) and Dr. Maj-Britt Isberner (coordinator) introduced their research question with a hands-on experiment based on the assumption that learning is particularly successful when obstacles have to be overcome.

The visit was organized by the ProLOEWE office in Kassel.