EUonAIR at EAIE
September 18, 2025

International Office staff members  Sarah Marx and Petra Car represented the university at this year’s EAIE – European Association for International Education in Gothenburg, Sweden. A key highlight was the exchange with colleagues from EUonAIR partner universities, where next steps for virtual collaboration and joint initiatives were discussed.

 

 

New Elective: AI and Smart Cities for Real Estate Management (AWE)
September 10,  2025

This new elective links real estate management with smart city development. Students gain insights into smart city fundamentals and AI-based analytical tools, working with examples from European cities such as Aspern Seestadt in Vienna. A highlight will be the participation in the ISCN Smart City University Challenge 2025 on 29 November, organized by GIZ.

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Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften – Long Night of the Sciences
June 28, 2025

Prof. Dr. Katharina Simbeck, HTW Berlin’s Academic Lead for EUonAIR, hosted an AI workshop for senior citizens at the LNDW. Research assistant Sophie Schauer contributed a presentation on stereotypes in AI, while fellow research assistant Ricardo Knauer demonstrated in the KI-Werkstatt, the AI Competence Cluster at HTW Berlin,  how modern AI models can recognize and classify objects in real time.

French-German Conference on European Unviersity Alliances
June 17, 2025

On June 16–17, the French-German Conference on European University Alliances was held at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. EUonAIR was represented by HTW Berlin, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, and ESSCA School of Management.
Participants expressed strong support for the introduction of a European degree. University alliances were recognized as key drivers of a “Union of Skills,” with micro-credentials viewed as a first step and joint degrees anticipated in the coming years.

Visiting Circle U.'s Climate Day
June 5, 2025

Prof. Dr. Regina Zeitner (School of Engineering - Technology and Life) and Gina Hamann (Teaching Support Center) participated in Circle U.’s Climate Day organised on World Environment Day. They joined the fishbowl discussion “The Self-Effective University,” exploring how Berlin universities use their resources to test sustainability concepts. The event brought together experts from five Berlin universities representing their European University Alliances.

Start of Joint Work in Warsaw
May 15, 2025

From May 13 to 15, Kozminski University in Warsaw — the coordinating institution of the alliance — hosted the official kick-off of the new European University Alliance EUonAIR. The event brought together representatives from all partner universities, the European Commission, and the Polish Ministry of Science.
HTW Berlin was represented by Prof. Dr. Katharina Simbeck and research assistant Alejandra Urrutia Pinto. With the starting signal given in Warsaw, the collaborative work within the alliance is now underway.

Internal Kick-Off at HTW Berlin
February 18, 2025

On February 18, 2025, HTW Berlin hosted its internal kick-off meeting for the EUonAIR alliance. Participants engaged in inspiring discussions on innovative approaches and the promising opportunities of future international collaboration—marking a successful start to the university’s contribution to the alliance’s work.