Interviews

16 December 2024|Press release

International research project WELRISCC: How do welfare states respond to the climate crisis?

Photo: Photo studio Monbijou

Climate change and social justice are among the most pressing challenges of our time—and they are directly linked. Against this background, researchers in the research project Welfare State Responses to Social Risks in Times of Climate Change (WELRISCC) investigate how European welfare states...

12 December 2024|Press release

New DFG research group investigates varieties of English across the world

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The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new research group at the University of Hamburg. From 1 April 2025, a team led by Prof. Dr. Peter Siemund at the Faculty of Humanities will explore how the impact of English has been changing in various multilingual regions of the world—with a...

12 December 2024|Internal

Cultural Shift at the University: Small projects, great impact—Part I

Staff working together using a smartboard

Photo: University of Hamburg/Esfandiari

How can we work together better and more positively and effectively communicate? From new formats to momentary adjustments—there are a host of ideas for greater scientific exchange and working together successfully. This series present inspiring initiatives.

11 December 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Emanuel Viebahn strengthens the Humanities

Photo: University of Hamburg/Göttling

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: philosophy Prof. Dr. Emanuel Viebahn

10 December 2024|In Focus

New Culture of Cooperation at the University of Hamburg

Photo: University of Hamburg/Esfandiari

More than 150 people gathered in Mozart Hall for the final event of the New Work@UHH project on 9 December 2024. The event was a milestone, marking the transition from the project phase to implementation.

10 December 2024|Press release

University of Hamburg: Top German University in QS Sustainability Ranking

Offenes Plenum Nachhaltigkeit im Lichthof der Stabi

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

The University of Hamburg has established itself as a leading university in the field of sustainability. In the current QS Sustainability Ranking, it moved up 2 ranks and secured the top position in Germany. It also belongs to the top group internationally: It ranks 17th in Europe and 29th...

4 December 2024|Research

Doing the Research series: Can People Born Blind Learn to See?

Photo: Sebastian Engels

Our brain can adapt to changing conditions throughout life, but some processes are only possible in the developing brain. Within a German-Indian collaborative project, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Röder, a professor of Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, investigates whether people born blind can learn...

4 December 2024|Research

STEM Success in Elementary Schools Despite Corona

Attendees at the press conference for the publication of the TIMSS 2023 study

Photo: UHH/Constanze Koschwitz

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) for 2023 given to fourth graders in Germany shows consistent performance in mathematics and the natural sciences when compared to 2019, despite pandemic restrictions in 2020 and 2021. This is one of the studies presented in Berlin on...

3 December 2024|Press release

Hummel-2: New Calculating Power for Science

Markus Böttger, acting director of the Regional Computing Center, and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Gerling, chief digital officer of the University of Hamburg, in front of the new high-performance Hummel 2

Photo: University of Hamburg/Esfandiari

The University of Hamburg’s Regional Computing Center (RRZ) has launched a new high-performance computing system. The High Performance Computing Cluster will be used in research for complex simulation calculations, including in the fields of astrophysics, chemistry, physics, and informatics. The...

3 December 2024|Excellence

Student Expedition to Stromboli

Photo: Private

The Stromboli is among Europe’s most active volcanoes. Northeast of Sicily, on the island of the same name, it spews ash and rocks almost constantly. A group of budding geophysicists from the University of Hamburg plans to explore it next year. Their trip is funded through the Excellence Strategy of...

2 December 2024|Excellence

Not Just in Gym Class: Knowledge Exchange Project for More Physical Activity in School Knowledge exchange project for more physical activity in school

Symbolic illustration of movement on the school playground

Photo: BeSS

According to the 2024 children’s health report, 15 percent of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. To better integrate movement in the school day in the future, a project at the University of Hamburg is now targeting teacher training students in all subjects. It is being financed...

27 November 2024|Press release

New study: Air in Hamburg Heavily Polluted with Microplastics

Photo: UHH/CEN/Wasilewski

Particulate matter and microplastics are much-discussed health and environmental risks. A new study by the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at the University of Hamburg and the Helmholtz Centre Hereon GmbH has now investigated the role of tire and brake wear in the formation...

26 November 2024|Press release

University of Hamburg Among Top 10 in the 2024 German Research Foundation Funding Atlas

Photo: University of Hamburg / von Wieding

In the last several decades, the University of Hamburg has achieved a high level of external funding—the current ranking funding atlas of the German Research Foundation (DFG) marking yet another remarkable success. With more than €270 million in DFG funding from 2020 to 2022, the University ranks...

25 November 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Luisa Lucie-Smith strengthens the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences

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Every year, University of Hamburg welcomes many new researchers. Here, we present part of a series to introduce them and their areas of research. This time: cosmologist Luisa Lucie-Smith.

25 November 2024|Research

New Collaborative Research Center for Liver Research

Prof. Dr. Maura Dandri and Prof. Dr. Christoph Schramm

Photo: UKE

The German Research Foundation has approved a new collaborative research center for liver research. The new CRC 1700 will focus on the regulation of immune responses in the liver that are vital to the health of the entire organism. The new research focus, involving researchers from the University of...

20 November 2024|Research

Third Grant for Internationalization of Teacher Training

Students working together in a hybrid meeting

Photo: University of Hamburg / von Wieding

Another University of Hamburg project succeeded in the third round of the German Academic Exchange Service’s (DAAD) Lehramt.International program. INTER will further develop 2 previous projects and strengthen topics such as interculturality and diversity in teacher training.

19 November 2024|Campus

First Steps Towards Nicer Campus

Students hang out in hammocks or on ENZI furniture on the Bahrenfeld campus.

Photo: Universität Hamburg / von Wieding

In Summer 2023, students had the opportunity to take part in a survey of their daily experiences at the various University locations. How do they perceive their surroundings? How do they use indoor and outdoor spaces? What needs to be improved? Based on the results, the first steps are being taken...

18 November 2024|Research

More than €11 Million: 2 University of Hamburg Research Training Groups Extended

The Main Building of the University in the fall

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

Decision-making and negotiation processes in societies and the carbon cycle in large estuary rivers—the University of Hamburg was granted funding for economics and biology research from the German Research Foundation (DFG). Two research training groups will be funded for a further 4.5 years.

15 November 2024|Campus

Joint reception: Elite sport at the University of Hamburg

Group portrait with athletes (from left): Ingrid Unkelbach (head of the Olympiastützpunkt Hamburg/S.-H.), vice president Jetta Frost, Moritz Grauert (rowing), Hanna Zimmel (track consultant), Max Rosenfeld (rowing), Laura Saenger (hockey), Torben Johannesen (rowing)

Photo: University of Hamburg

From track and field to rowing and hockey, the University of Hamburg has 30 exceptional athletes all studying while training to compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Games and national championships.

12 November 2024|Research

COLDSPOT: € 2.14 million to research greenhouse gas reduction in the Arctic

A tundra landscape in the Canadian Arctic near Inuvik

Photo: UHH/Voigt

Rising temperatures, vanishing ice mass, warmer water and air temperatures—the effects of the world’s climate changes are especially notable in the Arctic, where they also impact the biological and chemical cycles in the soil. Dr. Carolina Voigt will now use an ERC Starting Grant to research the...