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12 October 2023|Campus

Von-Melle-Park Campus: Philosophenturm Handed Over to Universität Hamburg

Handing over the Philturm

Photo: Ministry of Science, Research, Equalities and Districts

After 5 years of challenging restoration efforts in line with conservation requirements, the 14-story building will reopen just in time for the lecture period starting on 16 October. Alongside extensive fire safety measures, an addition in the courtyard, and a new central library, the...
12 October 2023|Press release

Accreditation for business schools: Faculty of Business Administration receives internationally renowned EQUIS accreditation

Faculty of Business Administration management staff (from left): Prof. Dr. Petra Steinorth, equal opportunity representative; Prof. Dr. Stefan Voß, vice dean; Prof. Dr. Henrik Sattler, dean; Prof. Dr. Dorothea Alewell, vice dean for academic affairs; Prof. Dr. Nicole V. S. Ratzinger-Sakel, and Dr. Ferdinand Wenzlaff, faculty manager

Photo: Rahel Erdei

Following an intensive and comprehensive external review, the Faculty of Business Administration (Hamburg Business School) at Universität Hamburg has been awarded EQUIS accreditation—one of the most important international standards of accreditation.
11 October 2023|Intern

Introducing Irene Jecker, head of HR

Our video series is now introducing leading administrative and academic staff at Universität Hamburg. In this video, Irene Jecker provides a glimspe into her work as head of HR.
10 October 2023|Press release

Internationalization: Topping-Out Ceremony for the guest house of Universität Hamburg

University president Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren and science senator Katharina Fegebank

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

Today, the University is celebrating the topping-out ceremony for its new guest house at Feldbrunnenstraße 72 in the Eimsbüttel district. The University’s president Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren and science senator Katharina Fegebank are opening the event with words of welcome. The guest house is...
10 October 2023|Press release

Around the Globe, Climate Adaptation Lacks Coordination

Foto Hand an Sojapflanze

Photo: UHH/Jantke

Viewed globally, it is above all individuals and households that are pursuing adaptation to the impacts of climate change; systematic networking of the various groups affected is lacking. This is the conclusion reached by an international team of experts from Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of...
9 October 2023|Press release

Deep-sea research: Team Discovers Global Distribution of Predatory Crustacean

Photos of <i>Rhachotropis abyssalis</i> for comparison—taken directly on board at a depth of more than 3 km in the Ross Sea and the North Atlantic

Photo: David Bowden (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) and Nicole Gatzemeier (German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research)

A research team led by the Department of Biology at Üniversität Hamburg has discovered, for the first time, the predatory amphipod Rhachotropis abyssalis in 3 different oceans up to 20,000 kilometers apart. In each case, the animals live at depths of more than 3 kilometers. The findings were...
6 October 2023|Press release

Fridays for Future’s Decentralized Strategy Motivates More People

Junge Menschen mit Transparenten auf einem Klimaprotest

Photo: Unsplash/Tom Seger

Whether or not people choose to attend a climate protest partly depends on its expected size. When they expect a larger protest, they are less likely to take part – as Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence for climate research (CLICCS) shows in the journal Nature Climate Change.
6 October 2023|Press release

Public Lectures at Urban Beach Clubs, Pubs, and More

Vorlesung für alle public lectures at the end of August 2022 at the Golden Pudel Club

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

What do global climate negotiations really do? Why do travelers find places of horror so fascinating? And why is Germany so polarized? The University’s public lectures, Vorlesungen für alle, look at these and other questions. The project, developed within the scope of the University’s Excellence...
4 October 2023|Press release

Open Study Program at Universität Hamburg Celebrates 30 Years

Members of the Open Study Program at a lecture

Photo: UHH/ZfW

Roughly 1,500 members of the greater Hamburg public and its surrounding regions currently take part in the University’s Open Study Program every semester. Many have been attending for years. Now celebrating it’s 30th anniversary year, the educational program for people of all ages is once again...
4 October 2023|Campus

New university leadership: New Executive University Board Begins Work

Group photo of the new Executive University Board

Photo: Claudia Höhne

On 1 October 2023, Universität Hamburg’s new Executive University Board began its work. Hauke Heekeren, Jetta Frost, Natalia Filatkina, Tilo Böhmann, Martin Hecht, Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, and Sebastian Gerlin now form the new university leadership.
4 October 2023|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Christina Meyer strengthens the humanities.

Prof. Dr. Christina Meyer

Photo: Private

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: Americanist Prof. Dr. Christina Meyer.
2 October 2023|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Claudia Jahnel strengthens the humanities.

Prof. Dr. Claudia Jahnel

Photo: EKD/Jens Schulze

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: Theologian Prof. Dr. Claudia Jahnel.
29 September 2023|Press release

Two Days of Digital Total at Universität Hamburg

Digital Total logo

Photo: UHH/Digital Total

Topics likes data science, artificial intelligence, and computing are very well represented in the research hub of Hamburg. The two-day Digital Total event on 9 and 10 October 2023 will show which exceptional research is already being done, and which areas may potentially provide even greater...
27 September 2023|Press release

Universität Hamburg Offers Interdisciplinary, Sustainability-Oriented Academic Programs

Students in a seminar

Photo: UHH/von Wieding

From Winter Semester 2023/2024 all students in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs at Universität Hamburg have the opportunity to earn a certificate in the field of sustainability. The certificate program aims to bring students from a range of disciplines together and provide them with a...
27 September 2023|Campus

Conference at Universität Hamburg: Internationalization of Teacher Education

Group photo of the International of Teacher Education conference

Photo: UHH/Wett

To do justice to cultural and linguistic diversity in the classroom, future teachers need to cultivate awareness and skills for diversity-sensitive lesson plans. At an international networking conference at the Faculty of Education at Universität Hamburg, different ideas about and aspects of...
26 September 2023|Campus

International partner universities network globally in Hamburg

Group photo from the 2023 Hamburg Networking Conference

Photo: Sven Rehder Fotografie

Which innovative research and teaching projects provide the opportunity for international collaboration and exchange while also being flexible enough to fit into the universities’ existing curricula? Are multilateral networks the future of academic internationalization? And how can young researchers...
25 September 2023|Press release

Written Artefacts: Balancing Research and Responsibility

Written Artefacts

Photo: Karsten Helmholz

From 27 to 29 September 2023, the Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts experts will be coming together from all over the world to meet in Hamburg for its most comprehensive conference on manuscript research yet. Particular focus is given to ethical questions in dealing with...
14 September 2023|Excellence

What is Ethics in the Natural Sciences Context?

Double portrait Dr. Riedner, Dr. Himmel

Photo: Private

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

Photo: UHH/Röttger

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.
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.