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This page provides you with all news from Universität Hamburg, which is divided into the following categories: 19neunzehn, Campus, Research, In focus, Internal, Interviews, and Videos.

18 November 2024|Forschung

More than eleven million euros: Two UHH Research Training Groups have been extended

Das Hauptgebäude der Universität im Herbst

Photo: UHH/Schell

Decision-making and negotiation processes in societies and biota-mediated carbon cycling of estuaries – University of Hamburg has been successful with...
8 November 2024|In Focus

After You Get Your Degree— University of Hamburg Alumni on Their Path Towards a Career

Portrait collage showing Seline Günther, Prof. Dr. Stefan Kolev, and Magdalena Neubig

Photo: Günther, Kolev, Neubig (University of Hamburg/Engels)

Every year, thousands of students earn their degree here. Hundreds of doctorates are also awarded. And the career options available after that are...
7 November 2024|Research

Understanding “Seebären” and other phenomena: Researchers calculate global tsunami risk

Breaker

Photo: University of Hamburg/Behrens

Tsunamis do not only occur in distant oceans but also in the North and Baltic Seas. Prof. Dr. Jörn Behrens, professor of numerical methods in...
4 November 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Ali Ghandour strengthens the Humanities

Prof. Dr. Ali Ghandour

Photo: Private

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time, it is the...
1 November 2024|Research

Doing the Research: How Can Multinational Companies Make Their Supply Chains More Sustainable?

Graphics display of various supply chain members

Photo: University of Hamburg/Allenbacher/Berg

Companies are urged to take more responsibility for human rights violations and environmental standards in their supply chains. Janine Allenbacher and...
28 October 2024|In Focus

Remembrance Project: Traveling Exhibition Offers Various Interactive Formats

Visitors at the first exhibition with stories about escaping from the GDR to Hamburg

Photo: University of Hamburg/Röttger

What experience did contemporary witnesses, who moved from the GDR to Hamburg, go through during their journey and their arrival? On 4 November 2024...
23 October 2024|in focus

First University of Hamburg Sustainability Camp Promotes Exchange Among Researchers

Prof. Dr. Jana-Michaela Timm

Photo: University of Hamburg/Göttling

The Sustainability Camp is a dynamic platform aimed at strengthening the University’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Bringing...
21 October 2024|in focus

Open plenum: Prizes for sustainability concepts

University president Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren on stage

Photo: University of Hamburg/Göttling

Open Plenum 5.0 was a venue for lively exchange about the University of Hamburg’s various sustainability topics and projects. The Sustainability...
16 October 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Barbara Henning strengthens the Humanities

Prof. Dr. Barbara Henning

Photo: Ulli Wrede

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: Professor...
16 October 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Peter Schauss strengthens the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences

Portrait Prof. Dr. Peter Schauss

Photo: Private

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: Prof. Dr...
15 October 2024|Excellence

How Experience Economies Develop

Cheese board

Photo: Pixabay CC0

Experiences have become a billion-dollar business around the world. In Germany consumers and consulates have also been investing more money into...
11 October 2024|Im Fokus

Winner of the 2024 KlarText award: Volcanoes on the seabed

Jonas ­Preine aboard the research ship Poseidon

Photo: Annette Mueck

AS most volcanoes are located underwater in the ocean it is difficult to study them. How can we still examine volcano geology and history and assess...
10 October 2024|Research

From Sewage Sludge to Slow-Release Fertilizer and CO₂ Storage

Dr. Maria-Elena Vorrath

Photo: University of Hamburg / Feuerböther

Dr. Maria-Elena Vorrath, a geoscientist at the University of Hamburg, is developing a sustainable and inexpensive fertilizer from human feces for...
9 October 2024|In focus

Sustainability Days 2024: Two Days Full of Exciting Events

Sustainability Days

Photo: University of Hamburg / Esfandiari

In and around the Audimax, the University of Hamburg devoted 2 days entirely to sustainability—there was even a DJ at the end. And the next open...
9 October 2024|In focus

Up 4 Places: University of Hamburg Improves Its THE World University Ranking

University of Hamburg Main Building

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

In the latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, the University of Hamburg was ranked 132nd among more than 2,000...
7 October 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Julia C. Schneider strengthens the Humanities

Prof. Dr. Julia C. Schneider

Photo: Private

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time...
2 October 2024|In focus

Global Health as a Topic of Two EUGLOH Events

Students at a EUGLOH workshop

Photo: HRA/Helm

The European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH) offers students and researchers from 9 European universities networking opportunities so...
1 October 2024|Campus

Prof. Dr. Ruzana Liburkina strengthens the Faculty of Humanities.

Prof. Dr. Ruzana Liburkina

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Esfandiari

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: cultural...
27 September 2024|Campus

Student research: Using science to modernize study of medicine

Medical student Ben Lücking intubating a medical simulation manikin

Photo: Private

Studying medicine requires students to study efficiently, to store a broad range of content long-term for their later work as a doctor. The student...
27 September 2024|Research

New DFG-funded infection research group

Prof. Dr. Manuel A. Friese

Photo: UKE

“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...