Conflicts are part of everyday life in software development, for example when teams work together on a system. A new DFG project at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and Philipps-Universität Marburg is now researching a proactive approach that not only recognises conflicts, but also specifically prevents them.

"The thought machine: How to go on a voyage of discovery with AI" - this is the title of the next event at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) pupil university on Wednesday, 25 February 2026 at 4 p.m. on the Campus Senftenberg.

BTU researchers are investigating how mower conditioners affect insect diversity in agricultural grassland in a new project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).