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24 April 2023|Excellence Strategy

Madagascar’s Biodiversity in Crisis

A river in Madagascar; people on a boat

Photo: Leo van Versendaal

The funding measure Hamburglobal PhD, which taps resources from the Excellence Strategy, enables doctoral researchers at Universität Hamburg to study abroad for several months. The geographer Leo van Versendaal is studying the impact of the corona pandemic on Madascar’s unique biodiversity.
3 April 2023|Excellence Strategy

Teaching tandem: critical view of migration as presented in museums

Illustration of a street scene in Five Points

Photo: public domain

Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence will be funding interdisciplinary teaching tandems for the third time in Summer Semester 2023. Two teachers from different subject areas cooperated on the development of an innovative learning format for the topic of sustainability. Here, we introduce one...
21 February 2023|Excellence Strategy

“To me, IT security is incredibly exciting.”

Portrait Maya Herrscher

Photo: Private

The fast-track program at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence provides outstanding students with an opportunity to do a doctorate directly after completing their bachelor’s program. Maya Herrscher, from the Department of Informatics, is one of the students being funded through the program...
31 January 2023|Excellence Strategy

First open plenum: University seeks to strengthen sustainability

The University’s president Prof Dr. Hauke Heekeren greats forum participants.

Photo: UHH/Feuerböther

Over 180 University members from all areas—students, teaching staff, researchers, and other staff—have shared ideas at the first open plenum on the topic of sustainability. Together, they have already presented existent measures and goals, identified new fields of action, and established working...
12 January 2023|Excellence Strategy

Advanced Fellows: “Without the fellowship, such an idea would probably never have occurred to me.”

Double portrait Pushkareva/ Lange

Photo: Hias/C. Höhne

Once a year, Universität Hamburg, together with other Hamburg universities, invites researchers and artists from around the world to spend several months studying in Hamburg. This winter's fellows include international law scholar Prof. Dr. Elvira Pushkareva and landscape architect Prof. Dr. Eckart...