Artificial intelligence (AI) in university teaching is being intensified at four universities in Hesse thanks to funding from the federal government and the state of Hesse: Projects at Goethe University Frankfurt, the University of Kassel, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences and Offenbach University of Art and Design have been selected for funding from the federal-state program "AI in Higher Education". They will receive a total of 6.6 million euros until 2025.

The University of Kassel was successful with its application for the individual project "Flexible and individual promotion of specialist and interdisciplinary skills through the socio-technical design of hybrid intelligence systems". The aim is to use AI to support learners in building and developing important additional skills - such as empathy and digital media skills - alongside subject-specific content.

The research project is based at the Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG) and is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Matthias Söllner from the Department of Information Systems and Systems Development in the School of Business and Economics. "We are very pleased about the funding and look forward to being able to support our students even more over the next four years in the development of important specialist and interdisciplinary skills through the intelligent use of AI-based systems as well as lecturers and fellow students," emphasizes Söllner.

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