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25 March 2024|Press release

Scientific Drilling Unravels Historical Mystery Surrounding Santorini

The JOIDES Resolution within the Santorini Caldera. Expedition 398 was the first to investigate the seabed around the Greek volcanic islands with a research drilling vessel.

Photo: Thomas Ronge, IODP

Santorini is one of the best-studied volcanic archipelagos in the world. An international drilling expedition has now for the first time used a scientific drill ship to explore and investigate the seafloor around the Greek volcanic island. The researchers have uncovered evidence of an underwater...
25 March 2024|Press release

First global study of coastal seas as carbon dioxide reservoirs possible

Ocean Model ICON-Coast

Photo: Hereon/M.Mathis

Coastal seas form a complex transition zone between the two largest CO2 sinks in the global carbon cycle: land and ocean. Ocean researchers have now succeeded for the first time in investigating the role of the coastal ocean in a seamless model representation. The team led by Dr. Moritz Mathis from...
22 March 2024|Press release

Prof. Dr. Ze’ev Strauss Awarded Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

Prof. Dr. Ze’ev Strauss

Photo: Private

The German Research Foundation (DFG) announced that Prof. Dr. Ze’ev Strauss from Universität Hamburg’s Department of Religions is among the 10 winners of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize worth €200,000—the most important prize to promote early career researchers in Germany.
19 March 2024|In focus

Not a phenomenon of modernity: Women as Burglars, Fraudsters, and Thugs

Picture of an Egyptian papyrus

Photo: State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky (p.hamb.graec.144)

Each year, as part of the Agathe Lasch Visiting Scientist Program for Women in Academia, Universität Hamburg invites female academics to participate in a research stay of up to 6 months. Kerstin Droß-Krüpe, specialist in ancient history, is currently in Hamburg researching violent women in...
14 March 2024|In Focus

Loki Schmidt Garden Establishes Partnership with Angola

Excursion to the Ambuila inselbergs

Photo: UHH/Lautenschläger

Angola’s province Uíge, located in the far north, is home to the last tropical rainforests of the Central African country. Dr. Thea Lautenschläger and Nils Kleissenberg from the Loki Schmidt Garden at Universität Hamburg spent 3 weeks in the region and at Uíge’s Kimpa Vita University to discuss a...
13 March 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Johannes Lederer strengthens mathematics.

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Johannes Lederer

Photo: Universität Hamburg/MIN/Fuchs

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: mathematician and data scientist Prof. Dr. Johannes Lederer
13 March 2024|Campus

What Does It Take to Build a Science City?

Jan de Wolff

Photo: UHH/Feuerböther

In Hamburg’s west a new research district called Science City Hamburg is being developed. Universität Hamburg has formed part of the original research campus for many years and is now actively involved in the further planning. Jan de Wolff, deputy head of the University’s Campus Development section...
11 March 2024|Press release

MIN För Hamburg Granted over €1 Million

Two students sit in the sun in front of Universität Hamburg’s Main Building.

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Hamburg and the surrounding region have a dearth of experts in the field of mathematics, informatics and natural sciences as well as in teacher training. With MIN För Hamburg, Universität Hamburg wants to attract international students to the these fields and prepare them for the German labor...
11 March 2024|Research

Pope’s Visit Improves Human Rights in Host Country

Pope Francis waves to the cameras.

Photo: pixabay/reynaldodallin

When a country receives a lot of media attention, for example, during a World Cup, its government does more to protect human rights. Visits by the pope also improve a country’s human rights record, according to a current study by Prof. Dr. Jerg Gutmann at Universität Hamburg and Dr. Marek Endrich at...
8 March 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Tobias strengthens the humanities.

Prof. Dr. Tobias Kurwinkel

Photo: Frank Preuß

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: literary scholar Prof. Dr. Tobias Kurwinkel.
7 March 2024|Campus

Unitag 2024: Talks Now Online

High schoolers in front of Audimax

Photo: UHH/Göttling

The Unitag in February 2024 was a huge success. More than 14,900 high schoolers learned about Universität Hamburg’s degree programs. Now many of the talks and a new page with information for prospective students are online. There are also more offers on site.
7 March 2024|Press release

Ecosystem loss: Subsequent costs far higher than expected

Portrait Prof. Dr. Drupp

Photo: UHH/R.Hansen

Governments the world over are looking for novel approaches to evaluating ecosystem benefits and value. This is to illustrate the impacts of environmental destruction for political decision-making. Originally acting at the behest of the government of the United Kingdom, an international research...
5 March 2024|Press release

UNESCO Chair Launched in Hamburg

Congratulating Prof. Dr. Beate Ratter (second from the right): MIN Dean Prof. Dr. Norbert Ritter, CLICCS Spokesperson Prof. Dr. Johanna Baehr, and University President Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren.

Photo: UHH/Göttling

UNESCO and Universität Hamburg jointly established the UNESCO Chair for Societal Climate Research and Resilience headed by Prof. Dr. Beate Ratter— the seventeenth UNESCO professorship in Germany working to advance the global sustainability agenda. This will strengthen the cooperation of...
5 March 2024|Excellence Strategy

How European perceptions still influence the tropics today

Portrait Prof. Funes

Photo: Hias/C. Höhne

Once a year, Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence, along with other Hamburg higher education institutions, invites researchers and artists from all over the world to study in Hamburg for several months.
4 March 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Ralf Möller strengthens the Faculty of Humanities.

Prof. Dr. Ralf Möller

Photo: DFKI/Jürgen Mai

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: informatics expert Prof. Dr. Ralf Möller.
29 February 2024|In focus

“It Is Our Job to Teach and Exchange Knowledge for the Protection of Species Diversity”

Butterfly on a meadow

Photo: pixabay/silviarita

The World Wildlife Day, celebrated annually across the globe on 3 March, was introduced as part of the Washington Convention (CITES) to commemorate and raise awareness about wildlife How does Universität Hamburg promote the preservation of species diversity? Three questions for Myriam Rapior,...
28 February 2024|Research

Taking a Risk: Teachers and Handling Uncertainty

Girl writing “Do you speak English?” on a white board

Photo: iStock/Vitalii Petrushenko

Lessons characterized by group work, in a foreign language that constantly changes and is often spoken differently in everyday life than it was at school: English teachers often face uncertainty. Prof. Dr. Andreas Bonnet and Ioana Chiotoroiu from the Faculty of Education explain in the interview...
27 February 2024|Research

Two New Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoc Fellowships at Universität Hamburg

Symbolic illustration with relief of Marie Curie

Photo: Marie Skłodowska Curie actions

New imaging procedures to examine the effect of nanoparticles in living cells and research on the economic and historical significance of ancient Tamil literary sources—Universität Hamburg now has 2 new Marie Skłodowska Curie postdoctoral fellowships.
26 February 2024|Campus

"Just look at yourself!" Student teaching project on shame

Elephant covering its eyes with a leg and looking ashamed

Photo: pixabay/rollstein

The way we talk about shame influences how we think about our bodies and our social roles. How, exactly, is what Miriam Hinterholzer wants to find out in her summer semester seminar. What makes this seminar special is that Hinterholzer is a master’s student, and she is offering the course for her...
22 February 2024|Press release

Digital Exhibition Explains Issues in International Law

Exhibition cover photo: a swatch of yellow and a swatch of blue cloth knotted on a fence

Photo: Pixabay

When does a state become a party to war? When are sanctions permissible? What about Russian theft of grain? And how can war crimes be punished? Due to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, a digital exhibition now provides brief, understandable insight into the legal questions related to the war. The project...