12 February 2026

'Discovering talents and shaping the future' workshop for secondary students

Vier Jugendliche um einen Tisch mit aufgeschlagenen Büchern
© UdS/Oliver DietzeWährend des Workshops tauschen sich die Jugendlichen auch intern im Team aus.

In a workshop organized by the Department of Psychology, upper secondary school students will learn how to find their personal strengths and explore what methods are available for solving everyday challenges. The three-hour workshop entitled 'Idea workshop: Discovering talents and shaping the future' will take place on Friday, 6 March, starting at 9 a.m. on the Saarbrücken campus. Registration is open until 4 March.

The following text has been machine translated from the German with no human editing.

With the aim of getting young people excited about creative problem solving and resource-oriented thinking at an early age, psychologists at Saarland University have developed a three-hour workshop, which they are offering as a one-off event for students on 6 March. 'In the course, participants discover their individual strengths ("superpowers") and learn how to apply them in a team. Building on this, they will use creative methods to jointly develop solutions to challenges from their everyday lives," explains Marie Miriam März from the Chair of Work and Organisational Psychology, who will run the ideas workshop together with colleagues.

The workshop is not linked to any school course. Upper secondary school pupils can register individually (or together with their friends). There are 30 places available. A certificate of participation with the name, date and time will be issued for the school. Participation in the workshop should be clarified with the school in advance.

Workshop 'Ideas workshop: Discovering talents and shaping the future'
Friday, 6 March 2026 – Saarland University, Saarbrücken Campus
Welcome: 9:00 a.m., in front of the Campus Center (Building A4 4),
'Universität Campus' bus stop
Start of workshop: 9:15 a.m., end around 12:15 p.m.

Registration via the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/GmYhJHQALw?origin=lprLink
Registration deadline is Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 2:00 p.m.

The department of Psychology developed the workshop as part of the 'Transform4Europe' project (https://transform4europe.eu/). It is offered at all eleven partner universities of the European university network and aims to give as many young people as possible across countries the chance to develop their own solutions to practical everyday problems – an opportunity that rarely arises in normal school life.

Contact for enquiries:
_ Regarding the organisation of the workshop: Dagmar Weber, School Office: dagmar.weber@uni-saarland.de, Tel.: 0681 302-2602
_ Regarding the content of the workshop: Miriam März: miriam.maerz@uni-saarland.de, Tel. 0681 302-3203
_ Regarding the 'Transform4Europe' university alliance: Lukas Redemann, lukas.redemann@uni-saarland.de, Tel.: 0681 302-2879

Pressefoto zur honorarfreien Verwendung in Zusammenhang mit dieser Pressemitteilung.