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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...
22 February 2024|Research

Study: Openness to Diversity in US Advertisements Increases Significantly

Two models lying next to each other and looking at the camera

Photo: Iordani / Adobe Stock

Advertisements reach hundreds of millions of people in the United States and is always a reflection of societal developments. In a comprehensive meta-analysis, a Universität Hamburg research team has examined how preferences for the people used in advertisements have changed since the 1960s. The...
21 February 2024|Campus

Tenure Track: A Bit More Certainty

Prof. Dr. Elisa Schaum

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Wohlfahrt

From April, Dr. Elisa Schaum will be a W2 professor of plankton ecology and evolution at Universität Hamburg, having successfully completed the the tenure-tenure-track procedure after 6 years as a junior professor. In this interview, Schaum talks to us about how she benefited from the program and...
19 February 2024|Press release

Information on Universität Hamburg’s Open Study Program

Universität Hamburg cube in front of the University’s Main Building

Photo: Universität Hamburg / von Wieding

The Center for Continuing Studies will provide information about Universität Hamburg’s Open Study Program on 27 February 2024. The Open Study Program welcomes people of all ages interested in learning. The information event will include talks about the courses and advice per telephone.
16 February 2024|In Focus

Knowledge Exchange Project Develops Measuring System to Produce Microchips

An EUV ray measures the nanoscopic structures on a semiconductor chip (this is a computer-generated animation).

Photo: Heye Buss, CLASS 5 PHOTONICS GmbH

The University, DESY, and industrial partners are cooperating to achieve 1,000x greater throughput in the production of microchips. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is now funding the development of a high-performance, extreme ultraviolet radiation source to the tune of €3.6...
14 February 2024|Press release

Deutschlandstipendium 2024: More than €1 million in funding

Invitation to the 2024 Deutschlandstipendium award ceremony under the motto “aufWACHSEN: Chancen weitergeben.”

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Esfandiari

This year, 280 students at Universität Hamburg will receive Deutschlandstipendium funding. This is a new record, as is the funding amount, which—in 2024—has exceeded €1 million for the first time. The scholarship holders will be officially greeted on 15 February.
13 February 2024|Intern

STiNE malfunction

Studentischer Arbeitsplatz

Photo: UHH/Lutsch

+++ Update below +++ There is currently a malfunction in the STiNE system that is affecting various areas. Affected areas include registration and deregistration for courses and examinations as well as the entry and publication of grades. Other functionalities of the system are also affected. The...
13 February 2024|Press release

Heat Waves in the Arctic Ocean to Become Regular Occurrence in the Future

Graphic of sea temperature in the Arctic Ocean

Photo: Universität Hamburg / CLICCS / A. Barkhordarian

Marine heat waves in the Arctic will become a regular occurrence in the future and can be traced back to the human-induced rise in greenhouse gases. This has been confirmed by a recent study published by Dr. Armineh Barkhordarian of the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society...
9 February 2024|In focus

Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld: First designs for Quartiere am Volkspark

Aerial view of Quartiere am Volkspark

Photo: Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld GmbH; aerial photograph: Fotofrizz B. Kuhn

As Hamburg’s newest area dedicated to science and scholarship, Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld is undergoing a great deal of change. Alongside the construction and renovation of scientific buildings—for Universität Hamburg among others—planning for residential and work life in the quarter is also...
6 February 2024|In focus

The University Visits Hamburg’s Schools

Prof. Buchweitz talking to a class of upper secondary school students

Photo: Universität Hamburg

Be it in physics or philosophy, researchers from Universität Hamburg, DESY, and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf will be swapping the lecture halls for the classroom to give insight into their work as part of Wir wollen’s wissen! (We want to know!).