Interviews

Due to an unauthorized letter from a professor in the health sciences to teaching students at the beginning of the semester, students were led to believe that they would be unable to continue their studies according to their program schedules in the 2015 summer semester. Universität Hamburg...

A nationwide survey conducted by the Department of Human Movement Science at Universität Hamburg wants to find out why so few men take part in programs to promote health. Read on in German...

Ist es tatsächlich so, dass Männer Bewegungs- und Gesundheitsmuffel sind? Oder liegt es vielmehr an den...

Prof. Dr. Eva Arnold is the new head of the Center for Teacher Training (Zentrum für Lehrerbildung, ZLH) at Universität Hamburg. The ZLH coordinates teacher training at all institutions in Hamburg. It advises, identifies requirements for further development of teacher training, and makes...

Ruffe, gudgeon, and bitterling are but a few of the fish species that call Hamburg's waterways home. Fish stock levels, existential threats, and protection measures have been analyzed by Prof. Dr. Ralph Thiel and Renate Thiel from the Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) at Universität Hamburg on behalf...

Prof. Dr. Thomas Eich from the Asien-Afrika-Institut at Universität Hamburg has been awarded a consolidator grant worth two million euros for his project "Contemporary Bioethics and the History of the Unborn in Islam." His research, which he is due to commence in September 2015, investigates how...

German and Danish minorities live to the north and south of the German-Danish border respectively. Using a representative survey, researchers at Universität Hamburg have now determined the size of Germany's Danish minority and where its members live. Read on in German...

Den Ergebnissen zufolge...

Whether they hibernate or enter dormancy, for many animals the ability to reduce bodily function to a minimum during cold or environmentally hostile seasons is a matter of survival. A number of animals, however, are able to regulate their energy requirements spontaneously and independently of the...

Every year, young adults keen to study wonder which subject to choose, consulting with parents who provide advice and, in many cases, funding. Read on in German...

Doch viele Mütter und Väter sind mit Begriffen wie „Credit Points“, „STiNE-Account“ und dem Bachelor- und Mastersystem nicht...

The German Research Foundation (DFG) awarded the new Priority Programme "SeaLevel" €11.9 million in funding. The project was developed under the overall control of Hamburg climate researchers. Over the next six years, Detlef Stammer from the Center of Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN)...

Dynamische Phasenübergänge sind ein grundlegendes Phänomen in der Natur. Man bezeichnet damit den Übergang eines Stoffes von einem Aggregatzustand in den anderen. Ein bekannter dynamischer Phasenübergang ist z. B. das Kondensieren von Wasserdampf zu Wasser oder das Gefrieren von Wasser zu Eis. Die...

Universität Hamburg's Art History Seminar and the Aby Warburg Foundation invite interested members of the public to attend a festive evening in honor of art historian Dr. Maike Bruhns.

Archiv Hamburger Kunst—From "Degenerate" to Contemporary Art
Thursday, 26 March 2015, at 7 pm
in the...

Antonia Karamatskou, doctoral student with Prof. Dr. Robin Santra from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Universität Hamburg and DESY, will take part this year in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Read on in German...

Die Nachwuchsforscherin gehört zum Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 925...

From 1 April 2015 Universität Hamburg will once again be offering a comprehensive program of free public lectures. This semester's General Lecture Series focuses on the soul. All members of the community are welcome to attend. [Read on in German]

Drei Ringvorlesungen thematisieren aktuelle...

Today the Joint Science Conference has announced the results of the German State and Federal program to improve teacher training: Universität Hamburg is one of several funded higher education institutions to receive roughly €6 million for its initiative to promote professional teaching methods to...

The Center for Continuing Studies at Universität Hamburg will be providing information on the Auditing Program for Older Adults, which is open to anyone interested in comprehensive further training but not seeking a degree. Information and individual advising will be offered on:

11 and 12 March...

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In order to convert light into electricity efficiently and generate flexible, high-performance solar energy, researchers have been seeking new material for solar cells. A research group headed by Dr. Christian Klinke has now successfully used lead sulfide to create two-dimensional nanocrystals of...

The three coexisting higher education systems—the continental Europen, the Anglo-American, and the East Asian systems—are currently converging towards the Anglo-American concept of "education as business." The results are manifold: Studying has often become prohibitively expensive and has also...

The current survey conducted by the research lab in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at Universität Hamburg looks at voting trends in the 21st Hamburg parliamentary elections. The Social Democrats (SPD) are the clear victors while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) could...