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News about the Excellence Strategy (2022)

28 November 2022|Excellence Strategy

Liberal Arts and Sciences “We are talking about current topics in their historical dimensions.”

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As part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments, Universität Hamburg is developing a degree program in the liberal arts and...
14 November 2022|Excellence Strategy

“We have to Fundamentally Change How We Look at Animals”

Wolf in a forest in winter

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Postdoctoral Fellowships for outstanding early career researchers: Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence jas won funding for the third time...
7 November 2022|Excellence Strategy

#IchBinArmutsbetroffen (I Suffer From Poverty)—What it Means to be Poor

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At 16.6 percent of the population, the number of people in Germany who are threatened by poverty reached a new high last year. Helen Dambach and Mats...
4 November 2022|In focus

World Climate Conference: “We Must Consider Justice Across the Board”

Dr. Jan Wilkens

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This year, the 27th World Climate Conference is taking place in Egypt. Dr. Jan Wilkens from the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and...
26 October 2022|Excellence Strategy

Multi-Media Exhibit on the Big Bang Opens with a Big Bash

Impressons from the big bang exhibit

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The multi-media special exhibition “How it all began” opened in the Museum of Work at an event attended by about 200 guests. Until 10 April 2023, this...
20 October 2022|Excellence Strategy

Making Lost Writing Readable Again

Researchers from the cluster of excellence in the lab

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In the fourth episode of Universität Hamburg’s Research for Everyone series, Yvan Chevchuk and Kyle Ann Huskin from the Cluster of Excellence...
15 September 2022|Excellence Strategy

Knowledge Exchange Fund 2022: Projects for a City on the Move

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This year, Universität Hamburg is funding 13 research projects in the amount of €341,000. Here, we introduce 2 of those projects.
31 August 2022|Excellence Strategy

Excellent Research Attracts Visitors from Berlin

Berlin visitors at Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld

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Kai Gehring, chair of the committee for education, research, and technological impact for the Bundestag, and other committee members visited Science...
25 July 2022|Excellence Strategy

Better Understanding Human Emotion and the Immune System

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In 2022, 23 researchers at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence will receive funding from the Ideas and Venture Fund. The researchers will use...
21 March 2022|Excellence Strategy

The Aesthetics of Artificial Intelligence

Art created by AI

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Artificial intelligence is involved in the creation of artworks. It challenges our aesthetic assumptions and creates legal quandaries—say Dalia Moniat...