How can valuable nutrients from agriculture be put to better use? The ReKorD research project at Hof University of Applied Sciences is addressing this question. The goal is to convert waste products from animal husbandry into high-quality fertilizers, thereby closing regional nutrient cycles. The project aims to make agriculture less dependent on mineral fertilizers while also conserving resources. [more]
published: 05.08.2026
“Studying Means 2027: Making Concrete Float!” Does that sound like a major challenge? It’s meant to be—and it’s designed to give students the opportunity to apply their personal skills. An… [more]
published: 20.07.2026
The student environmental initiative SUI, in collaboration with Dr. Harvey Harbach from the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences (inwa), is organizing a cleanup along… [more]
published: 12.05.2026
Change at “inwa”: On March 1, 2026, Dr. Harvey Harbach took over the position of deputy director of the institute. Together with institute director Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan, he will play… [more]
published: 04.03.2026
How can food production, water management, and resource conservation be intelligently combined in urban areas? An interdisciplinary team of students at Hof University of Applied Sciences addressed this question in… [more]
published: 26.01.2026
Floating islands in the middle of the campus? What looks like an art project at first glance is actually an innovative contribution to sustainable urban development. As part of the "AquaTex" project, students at Hof University of Applied Sciences have developed two planted floating islands that can purify water using special textiles. [more]
published: 15.07.2025
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
