Research

21 December 2023|Research

Puberty: Positive Communication Experiences Increase Self-Esteem

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They all think I’m an idiot— don’t they? The project SNAP—Social Interaction and Adolescent Personality headed by Prof. Dr. Jenny Wagner and Eva Bleckmann from the Institute of Psychology are looking at how adolescents perceive interactions and the role personality plays. They are observing...

8 December 2023|Research

Coping with Catastrophes—€9 million for New Project

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The interdisciplinary research project Rescue Mate should prepare Hamburg for challenges posed by extreme weather events. The federally funded project was initiated and will be headed by Prof. Dr. Mathias Fischer and Dr. Martin Semmann (Department of Informatics). The work will be conducted at...

5 December 2023|Research

Less cost, Less carbon dioxide: Reducing Packages in Online Trade

Packages on a conveyor belt in a warehouse

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More and more is being bought online, and that is leading to ever more packages. Often, individual articles in the same order are sent separately, which is expensive and not sustainable. Dr. Tobias Vlćek and Prof. Dr. Guido Voigt from the Faculty of Business Administration are looking into how...

1 December 2023|Research

How an Enzyme Uses Sunlight to Repair DNA

The image shows the construction at X-ray free electron laser at SwissFEL, which generates the ultrashort X-ray pulse required for the analysis of the DNA repair mechanism.

Photo: DESY/Pateras

Damage to DNA causes aging, cell-death, and even cancer. Therefore, repairing damaged DNA is vital for all organisms. An international research team jointly headed by Universität Hamburg and DESY has now investigated how photolyase enzymes use solar energy to repair DNA. In the journal Science, the...

3 November 2023|Research

Video introduces EU research project into paid parental leave

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The EU funded Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability project, led at Universität Hamburg by social scientist Dr. Thordis Reimer, addresses the significance of paid parental leave for social sustainability in society, focusing particularly on creating a network for joint research...

7 September 2023|Research

Researchers at Universität Hamburg involved in 3 new Horizon Europe projects

Prof. Dr. Roman Schnabel, Prof. Dr. Johanna Baehr, Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke

Photo: UHH/Schnabel/CEN/Esfandiari

Three Universität Hamburg researchers successful the Horizon Europe research program. Prof. Dr. Johanna Baehr, Prof. Dr. Roman Schnabel, Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke, and their teams have subprojects involved in 3 collaborations funded by the European Union.

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...

16 August 2023|Research

Human or machine—who do customers order more from?

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Whether when shopping or in the service sector, customers are increasingly coming into contact with automated processes first rather than with employees. In a project based on fast-food restaurants, Prof. Dr. Karen Gedenk at the Faculty of Business Administration (Hamburg Business School)—along with...

7 August 2023|Research

Doing the Research: “Networked thinking must be learned and promoted”

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Many current problems, such as climate change, are very complex. In school, however, these topics are taught separately from the perspective of the respective subject. The MINT4all project wants to bring the various subject perspectives together. PD Dr. habil. Katrin Vorhölter and Prof. Dr. Sandra...

26 July 2023|Research

Doing the Research: How We Learn Fear

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Many pathological fears are learned according to well-known mechanisms. Do these mechanisms apply when fear is not based on real experiences but only on imagined scenarios? And can that explain delusions? These are the questions Prof. Dr. Tania Lincoln and her team from the Institute of Psychology...

19 July 2023|Research

Digitalization to Reconstruct Music

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There was a fundamental change in instrumental music around 1600: the bass line was firmly established while for harmonies there were only numbers and other symbols. The so-called “age of the basso continuo” lasted until roughly the middle of the eighteenth century. Now Dr. Juliane Pöche and Prof...

17 July 2023|Research

Doctoral project: Community-Owned Sports Clubs and Democracy-Building

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Sports clubs can be an important place for children and adolescents to participate. For his doctoral thesis, Fabian Fritz, from the social work subject group, is taking a closer look at English soccer clubs that are democratically organized and researching how they cultivate democracy. The interview...

13 July 2023|Research

Project on protecting critical infrastructures receives €2.5 million

Prof. Dr. Mathias Fischer and Prof. Dr. Hannes Federrath

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Security in Distributed Systems

In the second round of its current research competition, the federal government’s Agency for Innovation in Cybersecurity selected 3 outstanding and very promising projects on high-level security in cyberspace for further development. One of the projects selected is SOVEREIGN, headed by Prof. Dr...

10 July 2023|Research

MIN research videos contest Winners announced

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Making research visible in the truest sense of the word—under this motto the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences held a research video contest. Now the winners have been announced.

7 July 2023|Research

German Sign Language project awarded Kulturpreis Deutsche Sprache (German Language Culture Award).

A man is filmed signing a contribution for the sign language dictionary

Photo: AdWHH/Jann Wilken

The Institute of German Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf at Universität Hamburg has maintained a digital dictionary since 2009 reflecting the everyday language of deaf people across Germany. The digital dictionary of German Sign Language has now been awarded the Kulturpreis Deutsche...

15 June 2023|Research

“Also in Germany, Adult and Further Education Needs to Improve.”

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The research project Study on Adult Learning and Education examined the status of adult and further education in 8 countries. We interviewed Prof. Dr. Anke Grotlüschen about the challenges of the sector and its role in political discourse.

10 May 2023|Research

Internet or linear: What Does the Future of TV Look Like?

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Internet TV and linear TV—both are here to stay, according to Prof. Dr. Joan Kristin Bleicher. The TV expert has just published a new book on the history of internet TV and explains the strategies traditional TV is now pursuing, the dangers posed by AI, and what schools should do.

8 May 2023|Research

Spitrobot: Observing Changes in Proteins Faster and More Easily

Friedjof Tellkamp (MPSD), Pedram Mehrabi (Univrersität Hamburg), and Eike C. Schulz (UKE)

Photo: Jörg Harms, MPSD

To develop new biotechnological applications, researchers need to understand changes in proteins. A group from different institutions in Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld has now developed the “spitrobot,” a new, significantly simpler procedure to observe these reactions. The research team has...

5 April 2023|Research

Doing the Research series: Can Algorithms Create the Perfect Portfolio?

View of a computer screen showing stock market prices

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What conditions do capital markets require and which instruments can make them more predictable? These are a few of the research topics in the focus area of finance, banking, and insurance at the Faculty of Business Administration. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Drobetz provides some insight into current...

27 March 2023|Research

Knowledge exchange project: imaging procedure to fight chronic diseases

Prof. Dr. Florian Grüner, Katharina Fegebank, Prof. Dr. Jetta Frost, Dr. Bakr Fadl, Dr. Theresa Staufer

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To treat many diseases, it is vital to understand the exact nature of immune cells. A research team headed by Prof. Dr. Florian Grüner at Universität Hamburg has now developed an innovative imaging method that enables direct examination of these cells. On 27 March, the results from the cooperation...