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Prof. Dr Hermann Stever

Prof. Dr Hermann Stever,Mathematiker und Leiter der Abteilung Bildungsinformatik, University of Koblenz-Landau.

• Award for a Study about Electrosmog and Bees

Award for a Study about Electrosmog and Bees

(Translated from Neuland, March 2004)

The two Landau scientists, Prof. Hermann Stever, a Mathematician and Head of the Department for Educational Information Technology and Dr Jochen Kuhn, Secondary school teacher in the German town of Rheinzabern and Lecturer at the Institute of Physics at the Landau Campus, have been honoured twice for their innovative research studies:

The Canadian International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (IIAS, based at the University of Windsor, Ontario) awarded the two its ‘Best Paper Award’ at an event in Baden-Baden (Germany) with 280 fellow scientists from 39 countries in attendance. Moreover, in recognition of their excellent research activity, the Institute invited Stever and Kuhn join its panel of affiliated scientists and to become their only two new German Fellows. Already a year earlier, the IIAS had honoured the two scientists by awarding them their ‘Innovation Award’.

The Educational Information Technology specialist Stever and the physicist Kuhn received this award for their uniquely innovative and groundbreaking studies of the effects of electrosmog on learning processes. To examine the effects, the two scientists developed a model which they tested on bee populations. According to Stever, bees are particularly useful as bio-indicators because the bee brain is very similar to the human brain and similar experiments on humans were impossible.

Stever and Kuhn are convinced that their research approach offers a possibility to resolve questions with regards to the effects of electrosmog in general and mobile phone radiation in particular. ‘What makes our research partnership interesting is the combination of a theoretical approach with a practical implementation’, explains Stever. His theoretical mathematical models form the basis of the research approach. The practical study design and implementation are delivered by the physicist Kuhn.

In the current Winter semester, the team’s research activities continue in the form of a multi-disciplinary research seminar, in which a further experimental and research plan will be developed by entomologists from the Institute for Apiology in Mayen (Germany), physicists, mathematicians, biologists and statisticians of the University of Landau.

Further to this planning stage, the Institute for Apiology in Mayen will conduct a comprehensive field study in the following spring, in order to specifically study to non-thermal effects of electromagnetic radiation on the learning behaviour of bees. First results are expected in summer 2005.

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Publications list: (as at May 2007)

• Kimmel S, Kuhn J, Harst W, Stever H (2007), Electromagnetic Radiation: Influences on Honeybees (Apis mellifera)
• Stever H, Harst W, Kimmel S, Kuhn J, Otten C, Wunder B (2007), Verhaltensänderung der Honigbiene Apis mellifera unter elektromagnetischer Exposition – Folgeversuch 2006. Unveröffentlichter Forschungsbericht. Landau: Universität, Institut für Mathematik, Arbeitsgruppe Bildungsinformatik. Verfügbar unter http://agbi.uni-landau.de/materialien [Stand: 05/2007]
  (Change in Behaviour of the Honeybee Apis Mellifera during Electromagnetic Exposure – follow-up study 2006. Unpublished research report)
• Harst W, Kuhn J, Stever H (2006), ‘Can Electromagnetic Exposure Cause a Change in Behaviour? Studying Possible Non-Thermal Influences on Honey Bees – an approach within the framework of educational informatics’, ACTA SYSTEMICA – IIAS International Journal, Vol. VI, No. 1, 1-6
• Stever H, Kuhn J, Otten C, Wunder B, Harst W (2006), Verhaltensänderung unter elektromagnetischer Exposition – Pilotstudie 2005. Unveröffentlichter Forschungsbericht. Landau: Universität, Institut für Mathematik, Arbeitsgruppe Bildungsinformatik. Verfügbar unter http://agbi.uni-landau.de/materialien [Stand: 05/2007]
  (Change in Behaviour during Electromagnetic Exposure – pilot study 2005. Unpublished research report)
• Kuhn J, Stever H (2005), ‘Model of Effect Relating to Non-Ionizing Radiation: A Part of the Cross-Sectional Dimension of Educational Informatics’. IIAS-Transactions on Systems Research and Cybernetics: International journal of the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Vol. V, No. 2, 37-44
• Stever H, Kuhn J (2004), ‘Theorie der Superzeichen als Basis für ein Einwirkungsmodell zur Beeinflussung von Lernprozessen durch nicht-thermische Einwirkung elektromagnetischer Strahlung’. In: Grundlagenstudien aus Kybernetik und Geisteswissenschaft, Bd. 45, 2; S. 51-62
  (Theory of Supersigns as a basis for a Model of Effect on the Learning Processes of Bees through the Influence of Non-thermal Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation)
• Stever H, Kuhn J (2004), ‘How Electromagnetic Exposure Can Influence Learning Processes – Modelling Effects of Electromagnetic Exposure on Learning Processes’. IIAS-Transactions on Systems Research and Cybernetics: International journal of the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Vol. IV, No. 1, 1-10
• Stever H (2003), ‘Quelle quantité d´eau la digestion de miel par les abeilles dégage-t-elle?’. In: Fruits & Abeilles, S. 366-367
  (How much water is released in the digestion of honey?)
• Stever H (2003), ‘Wie viel Wasser entsteht bei der Verbrennung von Honig?’. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Imkerzeitung (ADIZ), 37; S. 24
  (How much water is released in the digestion of honey?)
• Stever H, Kuhn J (2003), ‘Electromagnetic Exposition as an Influencing Factor of Learning Processes – A Model of Effect in Educational Informatics’. In: IIAS-Transactions on Systems Research and Cybernetics; International Journal of The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Bd. III (1); S. 27-32
• Stever H, Svejda G (2003), ‘Rozsirena teorie superznaku Vysledek spoluprace mezi univerzitami v Ceskych Budejovicich a Landau; Erweiterte Theorie der Superzeichen, Ergebnis einer Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Universitäten Budweis und Landau’. Budweis, S. 47
• Stever H, Kuhn J (2003), ‘Elektromagnetische Exposition als Einflussfaktor für Lernprozesse – ein Einwirkungsmodell der Bildungsinformatik mit Bienen als Bioindikatoren. In: grkg / Humankybernetik, Bd. 44; S. 179-183
  (Electromagnetic Exposition as an Influencing Factor of Learning Processes – A Model of Effect in Educational Informatics with bees as organic indicators)
• Stever H (2003), ‘Erweiterte Theorie der Superzeichen im Rahmen der Bildungsinformatik’. In: Grundlagenstudien aus Kybernetik und Geisteswissenschaft (grkg), Bd. 44 (1); S. 27-33
  (Expanded Theory of Supersigns in the Frame of Educational Informatics)
• Stever H (2002), ‘Theorie der Superzeichen im Rahmen der Bildungsinformatik’. In: Grundlagenstudien aus Kybernetik und Geisteswissenschaft, Bd. 43/1; S. 9-14
  (Theory of Supersigns in the Frame of Educational Informatics)
• Kuhn J, Stever H (2002), ‘Einwirkungen hochfrequenter elektromagnetischer Felder auf Bienenvölker’, Deutsches Bienen Journal, 10; Bd. 4; S. 19-22
  (Effects of High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Bee Populations)
• Kuhn J, Stever H (2001), ‘Handy-Boom: eine Gefahr für die Imkerei?’. In: ADIZ 35/die biene 137/Imkerfreund 56, Bd. 2; S. 12-13
  (Mobile phone-boom: a Danger for Bee-keeping?)
• Stever H, Kuhn J (2001), ‘Schutz der Bienen vor Handy-Strahlung’. In: Schweizerische Bienen-Zeitung, 124; Bd. 9; S. 23-27
  (Protection of Bees from Mobile Phone Radiation)
• Kuhn, J.; Stever, H.: Abschirmung hochfrequenter elektromagnetischer Felder. In: Letzebuerger Bienen-Zeitung. 2001; 112; Bd. 6; S. 162-169
  (Shielding from High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields)
• Kuhn J, Stever H (2000), ‘Verringerung des Einflusses von Hochspannungsleitungen auf die Bienenvölker’. In: Die neue Bienezucht, 27; Bd. 10; S. 314-317
  (Reduction in the Influence of High Voltage Cables on the Bee Population)
• Stever H (1999), ‘Current Status and Prospect of Educational Informatics at the University in Landau’. In: Lasker G E (Hrsg.), Advances in Sociocybernetics and Human Development. Windsor (Ontario, Canada); IIAS; Bd. Vol. VIII; S. 105-114
• Kuhn J, Stever H (1999), ‘Beeinflussung des elektrischen Feldes durch verschiedene Materialien der Bienenkästen’. Deutsches Bienen Journal, 7 (4), 23-25
  (Electric Field Influence on Bees through different Hive Materials)
• Stever H (1999), ‘Einsatz einer Literaturdatenbank in der Bienenkunde’. In: Bienenwelt/Alpenländische Bienenzeitung/Südtiroler Imkerbote. Bd. 6
• Stever H (1996), ‘Bildungsinformatik an der Universität in Landau’. In: Grundlagenstudien aus Kybernetik und Geisteswissenschaften. Paderborn; Institut für Kybernetik; Bd. 37 Heft 3; S. 107-110
  (Educational Informatics at the University of Landau)

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