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Research news (2024)

27 September 2024|Research

New DFG-funded infection research group

Prof. Dr. Manuel A. Friese

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“NeuroFlame” is one of 7 new research groups to receive funding from the German Research Foundation over the next 4 years. The researchers under the...
26 September 2024|Press release

The University of Hamburg agrees to cooperation with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Professor Ho Teck Hua (l.) presents Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren with an art print with an architectural impression of the NTU campus

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The University of Hamburg and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have now signed a joint agreement. The goal is to intensify...
20 September 2024|Press release

The University of Hamburg Welcomes All to Sustainability Days 2024

The tiny house on the Von-Melle-Park Campus

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Esfandiari

Sustainability Days are a platform for sharing ideas, research findings, and visions of a sustainable future. They will take place on 7 and 8 October...
19 September 2024|Press release

Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook: how climate adaptation succeeds

The cover of the Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook

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Climate change is forcing people to adapt to changed environmental conditions. How they do so is crucial. The current Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook...
5 September 2024|Press release

Sanctions Lead to Higher Emigration

Prof. Dr. Jerg Gutmann

Photo: UHH/Röttger

Migration can have different causes such as military conflicts or poverty. However, there is hardly any research to date on whether international...
29 August 2024|Press release

The University of Hamburg Launches Campus Legends Podcast

Key visual for the Campus Legends podcast with Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren

Photo: Campus Legends

In a new podcast, the University’s president, Hauke Heekeren, has inspiring conversations with prominent alumni and famous personalities in the City...
29 August 2024|Research

Doing the Research series: New model helps heavy industry in energy transition

Chimneys of an industrial plant

Photo: Pexels/Tom Fisk

More green energy, fewer emissions: to stand a chance in the fight against climate change, heavy industry must change its production methods. But this...
22 August 2024|Press release

Information on the University of Hamburg’s Open Study Program

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

Photo: Universität Hamburg / von Wieding

The Center for Continuing Studies is providing information about the University of Hamburg’s Open Study Program on 5 September 2024. The Open Study...
19 August 2024|Research

Doing the Research series: Tracking the feeling of boredom

Image of boredom with a woman sitting in front of her laptop

Photo: Pexels / Ivan Samkov

Boredom has a bad rap, and we try our best to avoid it. It plays a key role when it comes to motivation, decisions, and performance. The sports...
16 August 2024|Research

The Excavations at Miletus: An International Research Campus

Photograph of the excavation site in Miletus

Photo: University of Hamburg / Berns

The ruins of the ancient city of Miletus have been the subject of systematic archaeological research since 1899. Since 2018, the excavations have been...