Interviews

2 June 2017|In focus

What does the USA's withdrawal from the Paris climate accord mean for the climate? Four questions for Prof. Dr. Detlef Stammer

Photo: UHH/CEN, D. Ausserhofer

US president Donald Trump announced yesterday that the USA will withdraw from the Paris cimate accord. Trump claims that the accord is unfair and punishes the USA. He wants instead to negotiate a new accord, a move that has already been rejected by several European heads of government. What does the...

1 June 2017|Press release

This time with a special twist: third gravitational wave signal observed

Simulation der Kollision von zwei Schwarzen Löchern

Photo: LIGO

Researchers from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) have once again been able to prove the existence of gravitational waves, thereby fortifying this new area of astronomy. In the newest issue of Physical Review Letters, the researchers also write that the first clues have emerged as to how...

1 June 2017|Research

An interview with Professor Jürgen Zimmerer

Colonialism is a central chapter of history necessary in order to grasp the state of the world today, according to Professor Jürgen Zimmerer. The historian heads up the Research Center for the (Post-)Colonial Legacy of Hamburg / Hamburg and Early Globalization. In this interview, he explains why...

31 May 2017|Pressemitteilung

Press conference and photo session for the international conference of university leaders

Photo: HTULC

The heads of leading universities from around the world will be discussing differentiation in the higher education landscape at the Hamburg Transnational University Leaders Council from 7–9 June 2017 in Hamburg. Among other topics, the roughly 50 university presidents will also be addressing the...

30 May 2017|Pressemitteilung

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Universität Hamburg

Photo: privat

Universität Hamburg has been granted an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship. The renowned research prize has been awarded to the lawyer Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken. Van Aaken currently teaches and conducts research at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). The prize is worth €3.5 million. Van...

30 May 2017|Internal

Prizes and distinctions in May 2017: Eliane Lorenz, Stephanie Schrage and Jan Wilkens recieve Übersee-Stipendium

Verleihung im Hamburger Rathaus. V.l.n.r.: Präsident des Übersee-Club e.V. Michael Behrendt, Bürgermeister Olaf Scholz, Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, Ingrid Harré-Eichmann, Stipendiatinnen Stephanie Schrage und Eliane Lorenz.

Photo: Krafft Angerer

Eliane Lorenz, Stephanie Schrage and Jan Wilkens, research associates at Universität Hamburg, were awarded scholarships from the Übersee-Club e.V. on 5 May 2017. The ceremony took place in the large ballroom of the Hamburg Town Hall. To mark Übersee-Tag (abroad day), the federal chancellor Dr...

29 May 2017|Pressemitteilung

Four new Innovative Training Networks at Universität Hamburg

Photo: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Supporting young researchers, encouraging innovation, and advancing interdisciplinary cooperation with non-university institutions: those are the goals of the Innovative Training Networks (ITN), announced by the European Commission. A total of four projects involving Universität Hamburg—two under...

29 May 2017|Campus

2017 Sustainability Days at Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

From 29 May to 1 June, the Center for a Sustainable University (KNU) in cooperation with several other institutions within Universität Hamburg will present a comprehensive program to mark the German Sustainability Days, organized by the German Council for Sustainable Development. Join us to find out...

29 May 2017|Research

Arts and science in City Hall's foyer: The Cluster of Excellence CUI will be showing images from the micro-world from 1 to 15 June 2017

Das mit einem Transmissionselektronenmikroskop aufgenommene Bild zeigt die lokale Zusammensetzung von sogenannten Kern-Schale-Nanoteilchen.

Photo: Andreas Kornowski, AG Weller (Universität Hamburg)

Pop art, drawings by indigenous Australians, or psychedelic visions? Take a second look: the exhibition Art & Science will be showing images from the micro-world of basic natural science research conducted in the Cluster of Excellence The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI). [Read on in...

26 May 2017|Interviews

Sailors and their cultural image—three questions for cultural anthropologist Prof. Dr. Sabine Kienitz

Ansicht der Rickmer Rickmers mit Galionsfigur im Hamburger Hafen

Photo: pixabay.com

Braving the inexorable elements, bearing flasks of rum, and breaking hearts in every port: sundry sea shanties and films have created the iconic sailor. Cultural anthropologist Prof. Sabine Kienitz is looking at the evolution of the romantic seafaring hero in popular culture. [Read on in German]

24 May 2017|Pressemitteilung

Arts and science in City Hall's foyer

Photo: Andreas Kornowski, AG Weller (Universität Hamburg)

23 May 2017|In focus

World Turtle Day: CeNak researcher explains why so many tortoise species are endangered

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Unfortunately, 234 of 341 tortoise species are on the international list of endangered species. Dr. Jakob Hallermann from CeNak explains what most threatens our slow-moving contemporaries and which species are most often confiscated by customs. [Read on in German]

22 May 2017|Pressemitteilung

Harbor Conference starts Friday

Photo: Gutjahr/Pantléon

As part of the Theater of the World festival, the first-ever Hamburg Harbor Conference will also be taking place. On six nights from 26 Mai to 2 June respectively, four academics from Hamburg's universities and research institutions will be discussing their work on harbor cities. [Read on in German]...

19 May 2017|Research

On the relationship between the climate and the economy. An interview with award-winning economist Professor Alexander Bassen

Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen im Interview mit Marlehn Thieme vom Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung

Photo: B.A.U.M./Rainer Kant

The economist and sociologist Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen from Universität Hamburg has received the B.A.U.M award from the Bundesdeutschen Arbeitskreises für Umweltbewusstes Management (German working group for environmentally friendly management) in the science category. The jury praised his...

18 May 2017|Pressemitteilung

International university conference

Roughly 50 university presidents from universities around the world will gather from 7–9 June 2017 for the second Hamburg Transnational University Leaders Council. At the invitation of the German Rectors' Conference, the Körber Foundation, and Universität Hamburg, they will discuss differentiation...

17 May 2017|Pressemitteilung

Student researches petrified marine animals in flooring of Hamburg's shopping malls

Samantha Brose bei der Untersuchung des Bodenbelages im City-Center Bergedorf

Photo: UHH/Brose

Hamburg is teeming with petrified sponges, snails, mollusks, and squid but who would think of a trip to the mall as a dip in the primordial sea? Samantha Brose, a student of geology and paleontology at Universität Hamburg, is researching the marble in the Bergedorf City Center and Rahlstedt Center...

16 May 2017|Pressemitteilung

Otto Hahn—A life devoted to science, humanity, and peace

Photo: Portrait of Otto Hahn

Considered the father of nuclear chemistry, Otto Hahn nonetheless became one of the most vehement critics of nuclear armament. Journalist Dietrich Hahn will talk about his grandfather in an open colloquium hosted by the Department of Physics and the Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Physik at...

16 May 2017|Pressemitteilung

A weekend of nature in the city (16–18 June 2017)

Ein Käfer als Symbol für das Aktionswochenende „Natur in der Stadt“

Photo: Solvin Zankl

Hamburg is green—but green enough? What about species diversity in the city? How are climate change and urbanization changing city life? The Day of Urban Nature, The GEO-Tag der Natur e.V. and CeNak will be cooperating for the first time to host Hamburg's largest nature event (16–18 June 2017)...

16 May 2017|In focus

GDPR—strong data protection will give a competitive edge

Jan Philipp Albrecht, MdEP, spricht an der Uni Hamburg über die Datenschuzgrundverordnung

Photo: UHH/Kranz

Contrary to previously thought, strong data protection may be a competitive advantage in the future. This is what the Euro-MP Jan Philipp Albrecht said at a panel discussion at Universität Hamburg. [Read on in German]

15 May 2017|Campus

Studying with kids

Studierende auf dem Campus, im Hintergrund ihr Freund mit dem Kind

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Studying and starting a family seems for many an impossibility, with the chasm between lectures and baby bottles too wide to bridge. On the International Day of the Family (15 May) we would like to introduce you to a student at Universität Hamburg who manages just that and shows how studying and...

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