At the end of June, Dr. Harvey Harbach, research group leader at the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa), welcomed Ukrainian researchers to the university as part of the project "Integration of the 'sponge city' concept to develop a model for the sustainable restoration and management of water resources in areas of Ukraine affected by military impacts (IKoMoWa)". The aim was to jointly explore prospects for scientific cooperation. [more]
published: 07.07.2025
The 18-year-old from Kulmbach had very special support from Dr. Harvey Harbach from Hof University of Applied Sciences. [more]
published: 07.04.2025
The ii.oo project develops innovative concepts for examinations with their finger on the pulse and encourages teachers to try out new approaches in their subject disciplines. [more]
published: 25.03.2025
Under the leadership of Dr. Harvey Harbach, a research group is working with regional and industrial partners to investigate how sheep's wool as a natural material can replace peat and plastic in the production of vegetable seedlings. [more]
published: 16.12.2024
The TAO Health Congress, organized by Hof University of Applied Sciences, was the final event in the Health theme year of the Upper Franconia Technology Alliance (TAO). [more]
published: 02.11.2023
On Friday, October 20, 2023, the final congress of this year's theme year "Health" of the Technology Alliance Upper Franconia (TAO) will take place at Hof University of Applied Sciences from 09:00 to 16:00 in the iisys building. [more]
published: 16.10.2023
The digitization of research and teaching is a major topic at the University of Applied Sciences in Hof. A new learning and teaching method is now taking a particularly remarkable approach. As part of the project "Sustainable Food Production in Integrated Aquaculture," students first acquire knowledge in a virtual reality, which they then have to put into practice immediately. [more]
published: 19.09.2023
Dr. Harvey Harbach's research on sustainable food production at Hof University of Applied Sciences is one of the winning projects in the university competition for the "Year of Science 2023 - Our Universe". [more]
published: 22.02.2023
With a new research project, a team at the Institute for Water and Energy Management at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iwe) wants to develop more sustainable food for fish [more]
published: 19.10.2022
The Hofer water scientist Dr. Harvey Harbach from the Institute for Water and Energy Management recently made a research trip to Southeast Asia. The aim of the trip was an exchange between Germany and Vietnam on sustainable environmental technologies [more]
published: 09.08.2022
The Zoological Society of Hochfranken and the Institute for Water and Energy Management (iwe) at Hof University of Applied Sciences have launched the environmental education project "Aquaponics at the Zoo - Living Sustainability". It was possible to expand the existing aquarium of the Savannah House into an aquaponics facility at the Hof Zoo [more]
published: 25.05.2022
Researchers at Hof University of Applied Sciences want to reduce the use of labor and materials in the management of closed aquaculture facilities, among other things. This is to be achieved with the help of biodegradable, so-called "growth bodies" for water purification [more]
published: 12.01.2022
In the current podcast, you can find out why research is being conducted at the university on the subject of fish, among other things. Dr. Harvey Harbach answers Anne-Christine Habbel's questions about research and environmental education projects [more]
published: 10.11.2021
In a research project running over two years, Hof University of Applied Sciences is investigating sustainable food production in aquaponics entirely without microplastics [more]
published: 11.10.2021
"Aquaponics for Beginners - Fish and Vegetables at School" is a current environmental education project that enables schools in the Hofer Land region to inform their students about sustainable and resource-saving food production while encouraging them to think responsibly. [more]
published: 14.07.2021
A new research project of the Institute for Water and Energy Management at Hof University of Applied Sciences aims to promote the potential and use of hydropower in existing water plants and to contribute to the success of Hof as a center of excellence for water. [more]
published: 12.05.2021
A new joint project between the Hof Zoo and Hof University of Applied Sciences aims to strengthen environmental education for schoolchildren. The project "Aquaponics at the Zoo - Living Sustainability" converts the existing aquarium in the Savannah House of the Hof Zoo into an aquaponics display facility. [more]
published: 07.05.2021
Sustainable food production in aquacultures entirely without microplastics - that is the long-term goal of a new research project that will run for two years. [more]
published: 01.03.2021
