Interviews

Global warming is causing permafrost in the Arctic to thaw and sea ice to melt. As a result, coasts are less protected and are being eroded, while carbon stored in the soil and carbon dioxide are being released into the ocean and atmosphere. In a first, researchers at Universität Hamburg have now...

Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Education and Research, recently visited Universität Hamburg. During her visit, she met with researchers from various Clusters of Excellence and was informed about the Excellence University’s transfer activities. She was welcomed by outgoing University...

Dr. Irene Fernandez-Cuesta from the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg and her team have received a grant of 150 000 euros from the European Research Council. The goal is to further develop nanodevices to be used for liquid biopsy, enabling faster and less invasive monitoring of many...

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. Prof. Dr. Matthias Schemmel will help build the Liberal Arts and Sciences degree program set up within the context of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments.

Be it the disruption of controversial lectures or seminars, the refusal to engage in academic debate for political or religious reasons, or the exertion of politically motivated pressure on academics, there has recently been an increasing number of cases in which attempts have been made to curtail...

Who profits from Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence measures? What funding measures are there and who can apply for funding? A new portal with explanatory videos and search engines provides guidance.

In Germany, 65 percent of people support mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 for all adults, while 60 percent are in favor of mandatory vaccination for all age groups, including children. These were the findings of the latest European COvid Survey (ECOS), which is conducted by the Hamburg Center...

Whether the Children’s University Lectures or continuing education, our new portal Wissen für alle allows the interested public to see all of the University’s knowledge exchange opportunities by target group, field, and format. For the official start, the University is publicizing the event with...

To more clearly delineate the line between respectful interaction and offensive behavior, the Executive University Board has approved a new directive which will take effect from its publication. The new directive replaces the version last updated in 2009, and now includes students as well as...

When developing environmentally friendly chemicals or innovative material, you must be able to make exceptionally high-resolution images of processes in molecules and nanoparticles. Prof. Dr. Tais Gorkhover from Universität Hamburg is researching new image-producing procedures as part of her HIGH-Q...

Time in Hamburg to dedicate yourself fully to a project of your own choosing: a funding program is making this possible for researchers and artists from all over the world. Conductor Lutz Rademacher and the political scientist Oliver Schmidtke talk about their experiences.

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