"We may have been delayed, but we are very happy to be here today," said Institute Spokesperson Prof Theda Radtke, opening the afternoon with a brief review of the past four years. These lie between the first space requirement planning to accommodate the growth of the Department of Psychology with its outpatient clinics, chairs and degree programmes, and the symbolic cutting of the red ribbon yesterday afternoon. In the meantime, the members of the institute can smile at the countless emails exchanged with the subject "Rathaus Galerie".

Win-win situation

Because what counts is the present. And at the "new" location, according to Radtke, this means the best conditions for excellent research, teaching and care by the clinical outpatient clinics. Among other things, this means a modern space for students and staff as well as proximity to citizens. "These short distances are a win-win situation for the university and the city," explained Radtke, referring not only to the fundamental visibility of psychology and its topics in society, but also explicitly to the two university outpatient clinics - one for adults and one for children and adolescents - which make an important contribution to the psychotherapeutic care offered in the city and its surroundings.

Finally, Prof Radtke thanked the rectorate and the Department of Building, Safety and Environmental Management of the University of Wuppertal on behalf of the Institute for their support from the very beginning of the relocation planning. Within the institute, thanks went to Professor Alexandra Martin, who got the move rolling in the first place and laid important foundations, as well as professors Ralf Schulze and Sascha Schwarz, some of whom have been organising the move, furnishings and the like to this day.

Range of psychological research

The exhibition that then opened presented the range of psychological research at the University of Wuppertal on 26 posters: from the analysis of our behaviour in crowds or our trust in warning apps and the question of when we perceive climate policy as fair, to the investigation of how social exclusion or discrimination affects young people from ethnic minorities, to solutions for food cravings and for social media use in terms of personal well-being - to name just a few of the works presented. Many other exciting questions and topics were discussed lively into the evening.