Interviews

27 July 2022|Campus

From the University’s new coworking spaces: Protecting Bees with Artificial Intelligence

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How can we detect mite infestations of bee colonies early? An interdisciplinary research team has developed technology that enables automated acoustic monitoring. For this work, the team is using one of the new coworking spaces offered by the University. Nabil Basharat and Kevin Kraus discuss their...

25 July 2022|Excellence Strategy

Better Understanding Human Emotion and the Immune System

Pictures of Esther Diekhof and Jens Lange

Photo: Private

In 2022, 23 researchers at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence will receive funding from the Ideas and Venture Fund. The researchers will use this to prepare third-party-funded projects suited to one of the University’s profile initiatives or emerging fields. In total, the University will...

18 July 2022|Press release

Universität Hamburg’s Research Data at a Glance

Notebook showing the new research portal

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Engels

Who does research on what at Universität Hamburg? What research projects are there and what international cooperation is being pursued? The research information portal provides researchers, companies, and the interested public a detailed overview.

13 July 2022|Research

Doing the Research: The Swedish key to mythology

Photo: UHH/Schirg

Dr. Bernhard Schirg and his team in the Public History research group study the stories that people tell about landscapes. The basis for their work is the 4-volume Atlantica by the Swedish scholar Olof Rudbeck (1630–1702), who not only traced Atlantis but all of ancient mythology to Sweden. Our...

8 July 2022|Press release

Historical astronomical photographs: preserving the past for the future

A view of the cupboard holding the photographic plates at the Hamburg Observatory— in the foreground a photographic plate from 1913.

Photo: UHH/MIN/Fuchs

Ten years ago, researchers at Universität Hamburg jointly initiated a research alliance to digitalize astronomical photographic plates in high resolution, publish these online, and make them available for current research. Now, 121,860 scans and 94,090 photographic plates later, the project funded...

7 July 2022|Press release

Study Shows Recovery of the Fin Whale in the Antarctic for the First Time

Photo: Dan Beecham

Thanks to industrial whaling, the fin whale had become nearly extinct in the Antarctic. Now, for the first time, a research team headed by Dr. Helena Herr from Universität Hamburg has been able to show systematically that the fin whale population is recovering. The findings were published in the...

4 July 2022|Press release

The Hamburg Forum for Global Science and Policy: What is Academia’s Responsibility in Times of Complex Crises?

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Schell

Most recently, the outbreak of war in Ukraine has made it clear that geopolitical changes and international crises fundamentally affect global academic systems, activity at universities, research institutions, and academic policy. While the war’s direct practical implications and those for academic...

1 July 2022|Press release

EU Funding for Collaborative Project on Paid Parental Leave

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What is required if parental leaves laws are to contribute to a sustainable society? And what does paid parental leave mean for children’s health and development? The Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability project takes a look at these very questions. Social scientists Dr. Thordis Reimer...

29 June 2022|Research

Doing the Research: Does experience abroad help you become a better teacher?

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Scholz

Why should future teachers go abroad during their studies if they are going to teach at a German school afterwards? The Faculty of Education’s Tricontinental Teacher Training project answers these questions and explores other benefits. Our series Doing the Research introduces research projects at...

28 June 2022|Press release

Science slam and film program to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson

Photo: Laura Vogiatzis

On 4 July, the discovery of the Higgs boson particle celebrated its tenth anniversary. Many German universities and institutes took part, including DESY and Universität Hamburg. With Higgs@10 in Hamburg, DESY and Universität Hamburg commemorate the discovery of the Higgs boson particle in 2012...

23 June 2022|Press release

Hamburg Foundations Throw a Line to Researchers from Ukraine with €100,000

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

There is now further support for researchers who wish to leave Ukraine for a university in Hamburg: 5 Hamburg foundations are providing a total of €100,000. The funding is being offered as part of an effort, coordinated by Universität Hamburg, to help researchers within the Hamburg program for...

22 June 2022|Campus

“Welcome Aboard!” Prof. Dr. Claudia Kulmus strengthens the Faculty of Education

Photo: UHH/Scholz

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time, we are introducing educational scientist Prof. Dr. Claudia Kulmus.

22 June 2022|Campus

“Welcome Aboard!” Prof. Dr. Winnifried Wollner strengthens the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research.

21 June 2022|Press release

CLICCS study Climate Change has Cause a Huge Warm Pool in the Pacific

This image shows the rise in water temperatures in the northeast Pacific Ocean from 1996 to 2021 (Pacific warming pool). Measurements are provided in Celsius (rise per decade). The white outline stands for the marine heat wave 2019–2021 that lies in the warming pool region.

Photo: UHH/CLICCS/A. Barkhordarian

A team of researchers in the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS) has just discovered a long-term, ever-warming pool of warm water. It measures 3 million square kilometers, can be traced back to human-induced rise in greenhouse gases, and provides favorable conditions...

15 June 2022|Press release

€3.5 Million for the Humanities at Universität Hamburg

Dr. Aaron Butts (left) and Dr. Yoav Meyrav

Photo: Dan Komoa for IAS / private

The European Research Council has awarded funding to 2 humanities projects. The projects on the history of Ethiopian and Syrian Christianity and Hebrew philosophical manuscripts respectively will receive a total of €3.5 million over the next 5 years.

14 June 2022|Press release

Science on Tap 2022

Photo: Universität Hamburg / DESY

How loud was the Big Bang? Men and the sniffles—myth or reality? Or: What do dosages and beer foam have to do with each other? At Science on Tap, researchers from Universität Hamburg and DESY provide answers to questions from their research. At 8 pm on 23 June, everything is set to go: after a...

8 June 2022|Campus

Students Coming Together from All Over the World

International students on the Hamburg International Summer School excursion to Berlin in 2019 in front of the Brandenburg gate in Berlin.

Photo: Universität Hamburg

This year’s Hamburg International Summer School begins on 11 July at Universität Hamburg. After a corona-induced suspension in 2020, and the digital summer school of last year, the Hamburg International Summer School can once again take place on-site. Registrations are open until 30 June 2022.

7 June 2022|Press release

European COvid Survey (ECOS): Concerns about new mutations as vaccine willingness slightly decreases

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Two-thirds of the German population are concerned about new corona mutations; one-fifth of the population is very worried. At the same time, fewer and fewer people are prepared to renew their vaccinations, as the current representative European COvid Survey (ECOS) from May 2022 has revealed. The...

3 June 2022|Press release

New round of public lectures in the city

Photo: UHH

Head for the city! In a series of public lectures, Universität Hamburg researchers switch the classroom for more unusual venues to give their talks to the Hamburg public. The first dates have now been set.

2 June 2022|Press release

Study calls current salary model for music streaming services into question

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How should profits from music streaming services be paid out to artists? The discussion is never-ending because with the current model, users also pay for music they don’t listen to. A new study by marketing experts at Universität Hamburg and the Kühne Logistic University has now calculated the...

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