At one of the world’s largest energy efficiency competitions, the student team Lausitz Dynamics from the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) secured victory in the Prototype Hydrogen Fuel Cell category. The Shell Eco-marathon Poland took place from 24 to 28 June 2026 at the Silesia Ring in Kamień Śląski.

A power cut, a disruption to traffic control systems, or a networked industrial plant that goes out of sync: it is in situations like these that the true resilience of technical systems is revealed. What matters is not just that a disruption occurs – but how that disruption develops over time.

Lusatia is becoming an international research hub for structural change: The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg, is coordinating the new research network ‘Geographies of Economic Ideation and Spatial Transformation (GEIST)’, which is DFG-funded.