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1 April 2022|Campus

“Welcome Aboard!” Dr. Simon Grund strengthens the Department of Psychology.

Dr. Simon Grund

Photo: Thomas Faust

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: Prof. Dr. Simon Grund
30 March 2022|Press release

Public lectures at Universität Hamburg begin on 4 April

Lecture in a lecture hall

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Schell

If you are interested in science, research, politics, culture, and society, check out the General Lecture Series at Universität Hamburg. In Summer Semester 2022, the program includes roughly 70 public lectures on different topics. The lectures begin on 4 April and end in July 2022.
30 March 2022|Press release

With delegates from 12 countries: Exercise on nuclear disarmament

Abrüstungsübung

Photo: Forschungszentrum Jülich/Tobias Schlößer

On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office and the French ministry of defense and foreign affairs, researchers from the Carol Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center for Science and Peace Research at Universität Hamburg are organizing a multi-day exercise on controlled nuclear disarmament. Approximately 30...
29 March 2022|Press release

Haus der Lehre–Light & Schools receives Deutsche Universitätsstiftung Prize

The Haus der Lehre—side view There are 2 large pine trees outside.

Photo: Werner Huthmacher, Berlin

As part of the German awards competition for university architecture, the Deutsche Universitätsstiftung has awarded a prize for the building that houses the Light & Schools physics laboratory and the physics lab internships for advanced students. The building was completed 2 years ago in the...
29 March 2022|Press release

Opening event for the Open Study Program

Learning with a laptop and a book

Photo: UHH/Lutsch

Universität Hamburg’s Open Study Program is offering over 400 lectures and seminars, digital and in-person, in Summer Semester 2022. Prospective Open Study students are cordially invited to attend the opening event on 6 April.
24 March 2022|Press release

Seeking contemporary witnesses who fled the former German Democratic Republic

Project logo

Photo: UHH/Steffen

For a project at Universität Hamburg, researchers are seeking contemporary witnesses who fled the former German Democratic Republic for Hamburg and wish to provide information about their arrival here. A digital city tour with personal recollections will be created for young people.
21 March 2022|Excellence Strategy

The Aesthetics of Artificial Intelligence

Art created by AI

Photo: Moniat

Artificial intelligence is involved in the creation of artworks. It challenges our aesthetic assumptions and creates legal quandaries—say Dalia Moniat and Sarah Steffens. With funds from the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments, the students are researching the issue.
17 March 2022|Campus

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

Prof. Dr. Agnes Weiß

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: Prof. Dr. Agnes Weiß.
14 March 2022|Excellence Strategy

“There are more viruses in the sea than stars in the universe”

Dr Luisa Listmann on board a research ship

Photo: Private

Marine biologist Dr. Luisa Listmann from the Plankton Ecology and Evolution research group at Universität Hamburg is conducting research in collaboration with a colleague from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GmbH. Seed funding for research is aimed at supporting these kinds of collaborative projects by...
10 March 2022|Research

Doing the Research: New perspectives on spoken and written multilingualism

Girl writing

Photo: pixabay/Mitrey

Read Turkish, write in German, and Twitter in English: many children from non-ethnic German backgrounds can read and write in several languages. Dr. Irina Usanova and Dr. Birger Schnoor from the Faculty of Education are studying mutually influencing languages and their usability on the labor market.
2 March 2022|Press release

Artificial Intelligence Decodes Causes of Mass Extinction in the Permian

Fossils

Photo: W. Foster

Volcanic eruptions in Siberia caused massive climate change 252 million years ago. Approximately 75 percent of all land organisms and 90 percent of all ocean organisms perished. The paleontologist Dr. William Foster at the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) has now decoded the...
1 March 2022|News

“I have experienced university life from many perspectives.”

Portrait of President Hauke Heekeren beneath the archway.

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

He is a newcomer to Universität Hamburg: Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren has taken up official duties as the University’s president. In this interview, he looks back at his time as a young university student and explains the measures he is planning to take in the areas of sustainability and climate...
1 March 2022|Intern

University President Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren in a Short Portrait

Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren on campus
The new president of Universität Hamburg, Hauke Heekeren, introduces himself to all employees and students in this video.
1 March 2022|Campus

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

Dr. Stephanie Lichtenfeld

Photo: Private

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: educational scientist Prof. Dr. Stephanie Lichtenfeld
28 February 2022|Press release

Change in Leadership at Universität Hamburg: Hauke Heeren Becomes President

The Universität Hamburg Main Building

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Schell

Starting today, Universität Hamburg has a new president: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren follows in the footsteps of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Lenzen, who ended his second term of office at the end of February at the age of 74 and is now enjoying his retirement. Hauke Heeren, 51, left Freie...
25 February 2022|Press release

New Sky Map Showing 4.4 Million Galaxies Published

The coma cluster is 300 million light-years from Earth and consists of over 1,000 galaxies, shown here in radio and infrared fields. The radio data make the radiation from the high-energy particles that penetrate the magnetized space between galaxies visible.

Photo: Annalisa Bonafede

For 7 years, an international research team that included the Hamburg Observatory of Universität Hamburg gathered data for a new sky map depicting 4.4 million galaxies. Previously, these galaxies were unknown. The map has now been published in the journal "Astronomy & Astrophysics".
24 February 2022|Research

Doing the Research: How to design sustainable financial markets?

Wind mills in a field

Photo: Pixabay/meineresterampe

To reach climate goals, people working in politics, the corporate sector, and society must work hand-in-hand. This is also true for the sustainable design of financial markets. Prof. Dr. Wolf-Georg Ringe, professor of law and finance at Universität Hamburg, is studying how to exploit markets for the...
24 February 2022|Campus

“Welcome Aboard!” Prof. Dr. Christine Schmalenbach strengthens the Faculty of Education.

Prof. Dr. Christine Schmalenbach

Photo: Harold Monterrosa

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: Prof. Dr. Christine Schmalenbach.
23 February 2022|Press release

Digital information day on the Open Study Program

Open Study Program students kick off the semester.

Photo: UHH/Asbeck

The Center for Continuing Studies is providing information online about Universität Hamburg’s Open Study Program on 2 March 2022. The information day will include talks via Zoom and consultation by telephone. All are welcome to attend.
21 February 2022|Press release

Hamburg Vigoni Forum Egils Levits gives first Hamburg Speech on Europe

Portrait Egils Levits

Photo: Private

What holds Europe together? This is the question that opens the discussion for the Hamburg Vigoni Forum on research, policy, and society. The forum’s first Europa Conference will begin with a speech by the President of Latvia and alumnus of Universität Hamburg, Dr. h.c. Egils Levits.