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18 March 2026|Research

Doing the Research: Climate Policy – Does It Live Up to Its Name?

Dr. Anne Gerstenberg

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The University of Hamburg is the scientific home to more than 6,200 researchers. Every 2 weeks, we offer a glimpse into their work as part of the “Research and Understanding” series in the Hamburger Abendblatt. In this edition, Dr. Anne Gerstenberg explains why the general public also has a role to...
4 March 2026|Research

Doing the Research: Why Do Some Trees Keep Their Dead Leaves?

Dr. Thea Lautenschläger

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Many of you have probably seen this before, when walking through a bare deciduous forest in winter, suddenly there’s a tree with brown leaves clinging to it. This botanical phenomenon is called marcescence: Dead plant parts, such as leaves or flowers, do not fall off immediately but remain on the...

2 March 2026|Research

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Burkhardt strengthens the Humanities.

Photograph of Prof. Dr. Stefanie Burkhardt

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Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: Religious Studies researcher, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Burkhardt.
26 February 2026|Research

Titles, Theses, Doctorates: How did comics get into schools?

Anna Strunk

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Comics as an educational media in the classroom are nothing special these days. This was not always the case: in the 1950s, they had a bad reputation and their use in the classroom was unimaginable. As part of her doctorate at the Faculty of Education, Anna Strunk is researching how comics...
19 February 2026|Research

Doing the Research: Low German through the ages

Prof. Dr. Ingrid Schröder

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The University of Hamburg is the scientific home to over 6,200 researchers. Every 2 weeks, we offer a glimpse into their work in the Hamburger Abendblatt. In this edition of the column, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Schröder explains how the perception of Low German has changed over the past centuries.
5 February 2026|Research

Doing the Research: The Accelerator Ring Doesn’t Fit in the Lab

Prof. Dr. Florian Grüner

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The University of Hamburg is the scientific home to over 6,200 researchers. Every 2 weeks, we offer a glimpse into their work in the Hamburger Abendblatt. In this issue, Prof. Dr. Florian Grüner explains how we can follow the dynamics of T-cells in real time.
28 January 2026|Research

The Importance of Internet Memes from the Linguistic Perspective

Ein Meme über Memes

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Memes have become an integral part of communication, primarily in social media. But how exactly does the interplay of text and image create meaning? Prof. Dr. Stefan Hinterwimmer’ project Visual and Non-Visual Expression of Perspective, Part 2 investigates this with funding from the German Research...
27 January 2026|Research

“Angola’s Green Jewel Is Vanishing Before Our Eyes”

View of the Serra do Pingano

Photo: Barbara Ditsch

Dr. Thea Lautenschläger, scientific director of the the University of Hamburg’s Loki Schmidt Garden, and Dr. Manfred Finckh from the Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology have now published a study in Nature Ecology and Evolution revealing the dramatic loss of a special forest region in South...
21 January 2026|Research

Take a break! How we learn and remember

Network of nerve cells highlighted in red against a blue background

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Our brain is inconceivably complex and it changes every moment of our lives. In the Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science, Prof. Dr. Nicolas Schuck looks at what happens neurally when we experience things and remember. In the interview below, the professor of cognitive neurosciences with...
14 January 2026|Research

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Nagy strengthens Education.

Prof. Dr. Gabriel Nagy

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Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: educational scientist Prof. Dr. Gabriel Nagy.