Department of Human Sciences

One special characteristic of research and teaching at the Department of Human Sciences is its interdisciplinary approach. Education and training, behaviour and experience as well as body and human movement are integrated by different disciplinary aspects.

In the context of a technical university, the mission of the Department for Human Sciences is to maintain and expand the interdisciplinary relations to the technical or natural and engineering sciences of the TU Darmstadt. The Department sees itself as partner of the engineering and natural sciences in terms of research and teaching.

Departmental Office

Management Board

Academic Services Office

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Institutes

The Institutes of the Department Human Sciences are the Institute for General and Vocational Pedagogy, Institute for Psychology and the Institute for Sport Science.

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Centre for Cognitive Science

The Centre for Cognitive Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt unites faculty members across multiple disciplines, who joined forces in the scientific study of adaptive, intelligent behavior in humans and machines.

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News

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Picture: Jan-Christoph Hartung

“Wissenschaftsschloss” of the TU Darmstadt ceremoniously reopened

September 21, 2023

Bright sunshine, around 10,000 guests and a rich programme: with a big celebration, the TU reopened the “Wissenschaftsschloss” after 15 years of renovation and gave it back to the city society.
Videoportrait: Dr. Florian C. Klenk im Gespräch mit dem Künstler Rainer Lind über vielfältige geschlechtliche und sexuelle Lebensweisen in der Schule

September 14, 2023

Der darmstädter Maler, Künstler und Filmemacher Rainer Lind hat mit Dr. Florian Cristóbal Klenk über seine Forschung zu vielfältigen geschlechtlichen und sexuellen Lebensweisen in der Schule gesprochen.
Metamorphosis from an audience role into an actor role

August 24, 2023

Interview with Felix Kühnle and Karl Bette on the Gerda Henkel Foundation's science portal L.I.S.A about the social phenomenon of sport flitting.
8th Technology Didactics Symposium of the Journal of Technical Education (JOTED) – Personalising Technical Learning

August 21, 2023

9th – 10th November 2023 | TU Darmstadt
Bild: Katrin Binner

Bild: Katrin Binner

TU-Forscherin Susanne Trick bei „Hessen schafft Wissen“

August 18, 2023

Welche Chancen bieten Systeme der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI)?
Bild: Humboldt-Stiftung

Bild: Humboldt-Stiftung

Neue Humboldt-Professuren feierlich verliehen

Mai 15, 2023

TU-Professorin Angela Yu unter den Ausgezeichneten

Die Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) Sabine Döring und der Präsident der Humboldt-Stiftung Robert Schlögl haben am Donnerstagabend, 11. Mai 2023, in Berlin die Alexander von Humboldt-Professuren verliehen. Unter den zwölf neuen Humboldt-Professorinnen und -Professoren, die aus dem Ausland an zehn deutsche Hochschulen gewechselt sind, ist auch Professorin Angela Yu. Sie verstärkt seit Dezember 2022 als Humboldt-Professorin den Bereich Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und Cognitive Science an der TU Darmstadt.
Podcast LGBTIQ* – All inclusive? Social patterns of interpretation of teachers

April 27, 2023

Dr. Florian Cristóbal Klenk talks about the results of his work in the latest episode of the “Inklusionsfragen” podcast.
Picture: Katrin Binner

Picture: Katrin Binner

AI Newcomer 2023

April 27, 2023

Award for cognitive scientist Susanne Trick

As a cognitive scientist, Susanne Trick develops methods for the optimal integration of multimodal data to enable intuitive and natural interaction between humans and AI. Now the young researcher has been honoured in Berlin as one of the AI Newcomers 2023.
Picture: Guoping Zhao/TU Darmstadt

Picture: Guoping Zhao/TU Darmstadt

Active assistance for mobility impairments

April 24, 2023

International symposium for the opening of the DFG-funded research training group LokoAssist

The research training group “LokoAssist – Seamless Integration of Assistance Systems for Natural Human Locomotion” was ceremonially launched at the TU Darmstadt with an international symposium. The programme of the symposium included lectures by eight internationally renowned experts, contributions by doctoral students from the TU Darmstadt and the University of Heidelberg, as well as an address by the President of the TU Darmstadt. Loko Assist (GRK 2761) is funded by the German Research Foundation with around 6 million euros for four and a half years.
Media review: FAZ review of book on sports racers

April 20, 2023

The TU sports sociologists Karl-Heinrich Bette and Felix Kühnle deal with streakers in stadiums in a new book.

16 student tutors to support the lecture „Forschungsmethoden“

We are looking for 16 student tutors to support the lecture “Forschungsmethoden” in the winter semester 23/24.

Applicants should preferably be advanced in their Bachelor's degree (psychology/pedagogy or sports science) or teaching degree or already be studying for a Master's degree.

Application deadline: 14.07.2023

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16 student tutors to support the lecture „Lern- und Arbeitstechniken“

We are looking for 16 student tutors to support the lecture “Lern- und Arbeitstechniken” in the winter semester 23/24.