Excellence Strategy

27 December 2023|Excellence Strategy

Students Learn to Perform Minimally Invasive Operations

Photo of the student research group in front of the UKE

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Minimally invasive operation techniques are increasingly replacing more conventional operation procedures. Yet for operating doctors, these internal procedures are especially daunting and the opportunities to practice are few and far between. A student research group at Universität...

6 December 2023|Excellence Strategy

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reach New Record High

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The new report by the Global Carbon Project shows that fossil CO2 emissions will reach a record high in 2023. If emissions remain that high, according to the calculations of an international research term in which Universität Hamburg is involved, the carbon budget for remaining within the 1.5°C...

5 December 2023|Excellence Strategy

Blickwechsel. An African-European Exchange

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How can we decolonize the world? And what does that precisely mean for Africa and Europe? The artist Tsitsi Dangarembga and the political scientist Eva Heidbreder discuss this highly relevant topic at the Museum am Rothenbaum—Kulture und Künste der Welt (MARKK) on 11 December 2023. University...

17 November 2023|Excellence Strategy

How Orchards in Altes Land Could Slow Down Climate Change

In 2023, Universität Hamburg funded 13 research projects from the Knowledge Exchange Fund. This year’s application call focused especially on projects that initiated cooperation between scientists and non-scientists. We introduce one of the projects below.

2 November 2023|Excellence Strategy

How do we secure biodiversity? Senate Reception for Hamburger Horizonte Series

Photo: Claudia Höhne/Körber-Stiftung

Environmental harm caused by humans, need for land, and many other factors are leading to a dramatic decrease in species diversity. Experts have been sounding the alarm about the impacts of this catastrophe. Securing biodiversity is not just a topic for this year’s Hamburger Horizonte series; it was...

25 October 2023|Excellence Strategy

Jupiter Campus: The University Extends Invitation for Events in the Former Karstadt Department Store

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Nesemann

On the third floor of the former Karstadt Sport building, located directly across from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, there will be a temporary open campus between October and December 2023. An initiative of Universität Hamburg’s Knowledge Exchange Agency, the campus enables students and teachers to assess...

14 September 2023|Excellence Strategy

What is Ethics in the Natural Sciences Context?

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As a University of Excellence, Universität Hamburg is again encouraging the formation of interdisciplinary teaching teams in 2023, to jointly develop an innovative teaching format. One of the four funded seminars will put ethical issues under the microscope as part of the Studium Generale.

11 September 2023|In focus

German U15 and Russell Group: German-British Research Exchange in Hamburg

Participants in the meeting between the German U15 and Russell Group

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On 11 and 12 September 2023, representatives of the largest German and British research universities congregated in Hamburg. They visited the hosting Universität Hamburg together and celebrated Great Britain’s association with the Horizon Europe research program.

31 August 2023|Research

How Companies Can Reduce Printing Paper Copies Using Digital Tools

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The amount of paper used for printing is an important starting point for companies looking to be more sustainable. But how can staff be motivated to print out fewer documents? This is the subject of a study by Prof. Dr. Jan Recker from the Faculty of Business Administration, published in the journal...

9 August 2023|Excellence Strategy

Predicting Premature Births

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Professor of medicine Petra Arck from Universität Hamburg is researching whether the blood of pregnant women gives clues to possible premature birth, thanks to funding through the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments.

1 August 2023|Excellence Strategy

How come so many children die after wars and why do people who are sick go to work?

Double portrait Prof. Wild and Prof. Schaub

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Every year, researchers at Universität Hamburg can apply for funding from the Ideas and Venture Fund to prepare for a large externally funded project. Below, we introduce 2 of the 14 projects currently underway.

27 July 2023|Excellence Strategy

Funding for research into inflation and vaccine willingness

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A new funding line is allowing Universität Hamburg researchers to develop interdisciplinary research at the interface between digital methods and specialist knowledge. The first round provides funding for 6 cross-disciplinary labs (CDLs).

20 July 2023|Excellence Strategy

International Experience at Home

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A new funding line allows researchers at Universität Hamburg to develop virtual teaching and learning formats with international partner universities. Students can also gain international experience without going abroad.

28 June 2023|Excellence Strategy

Hamburg’s Elevated Railway Funds Student Project on Future Mobility

Photo U-Bahn train in front of the harbor

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The Hamburger Hochbahn AG will fund an innovative teaching concept at Universität Hamburg. Students will hone their data skills and learn new approaches to solving problems.

31 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

New video: The University of Excellence in Brief

What does “University of Excellence” actually mean? Why was Universität Hamburg only one of a few universities selected and how is it using the grant money? The most important facts in 2 1/2 minutes.

19 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Taking stock of the Excellence Strategy—Quantum Universe

Cluster of excellence staff, group portrait

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Since 2019 Universität Hamburg has been a University of Excellence. A year earlier, it had applied for the distinction with 4 clusters. What has been accomplished since then and how has the funding been used? The Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe talks about its activities in astro-...

15 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Taking Stock in the Excellence Strategy—CLICCS

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Since 2019, Universität Hamburg has been a University of Excellence. A year earlier, 4 clusters of excellence received grants. What has been accomplished since then and how has the funding been used? In the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), 269 researchers from 16...

11 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Series on the Excellence Strategy: taking stock of UWA

Forschende betrachten ein historisches Dokument

Photo: UHH/C. Mahjoub

Since 2019, Universität Hamburg has been a designated University of Excellence. A year earlier, it received grants for 4 research clusters. What has been accomplished since then and how has funding been used? The Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts is an internationally unique...

3 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Hamburg Vigoni Forum “Europe will be as Europe should be.”

Photo: Claudia Höhne

Two hundred people from the areas of academia, politics, and civil society took part in Universität Hamburg’s Villa-Vigoni Forum: the Latvian president and alumnus of Universität Hamburg, Egils Levits, held the first Hamburg Address on the Future of Europe.

3 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Taking Stock in the Excellence Strategy—CUI

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Since 2019 Universität Hamburg has been a University of Excellence. A year earlier, 4 clusters of excellence received grants. What has been accomplished since then and how has the funding been used? The Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter talks about its previous research and...