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7 November 2024|Research

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

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 geosciences in the Department of Mathematics and the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), investigates how to calculate these...

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 Prof. Dr. Nicola Berg from the University of Hamburg Business School investigate how companies can make their supply chains more sustainable and...

10 October 2024|Research

From Sewage Sludge to Slow-Release Fertilizer and CO₂ Storage

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 agricultural use—an approach that is good for the climate and for which the researcher has acquired €30,000 of funding.

27 September 2024|Research

New DFG-funded infection research group

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 leadership of Prof. Dr. Manuel A. Friese will investigate how chronic inflammation is impacting nerve cell function and survival. For this undertaking...

29 August 2024|Research

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

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More green energy, fewer emissions: to stand a chance in the fight against climate change, heavy industry must change its production methods. But this carries high investments and risks. Working with Prof. Dr. Malte Fliedner, Dr. Tobias Cors from the Faculty of Business Administration has developed...

27 August 2024|Research

Academic Event on World Literacy Day

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Esfandiari

More than 6 million people in Germany cannot read or write properly. On 5 September 2024, Life-Long Learning at the University of Hamburg and the Hamburger Volkshochschule invite the public for a discussion on the occasion of International Literacy Day. Together, participants will look at current...

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 psychologist Prof. Dr. Wanja Wolff and his team examine the basic characteristics of boredom.

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 carried out as teaching excavations under the direction of the University of Hamburg. They offer students from both Hamburg and abroad research-based...

15 August 2024|Research

Europe-wide research network: What Makes a Just Housing System?

Eine von KI erzeugte Fantasie-Ansicht von Häusern

Photo: Just Housing in Europe/genAI

Less and less people are able to find affordable housing. Policymakers are pushing to build more apartments while the construction industry is complaining about overregulation and exploding costs. Researchers from an interdisciplinary network have set out to find solutions for a just housing system...

6 August 2024|Research

University of Hamburg Researchers Part of Novel Initiative for Species Description and Classification

Photo of the recently discovered amphipod Lepechinella naces

Photo: University of Hamburg/Lörz/Engel

It often takes many years for a collected animal species to be formally described. Long-delayed taxonomy is an impediment to the fight for species protection. Ocean Species Discoveries—a new publication initiative—has set out to tackle this problem for deep-sea creatures. In the first issue, 2...

29 July 2024|Research

HALRIC Conference Life Sciences in the Science City

Photo: J.M. Harms MPSD/CFEL

The HALRIC research alliance is a unique project to promote life sciences collaboration in northern Germany and Scandinavia. From 24–25 September 2024, the consortium holds this year’s conference in Bahrenfeld. All interested researchers are welcome to join and exchange ideas with the community.

15 July 2024|Research

Research Ship SONNE Begins Expedition on the Indian Ocean

Photo: UHH/Yves Sorge

From 16 July to 5 August 2024, the SONNE research ship will be on an expedition in the Indian Ocean between Singapore and Mauritius. The goal is to take a closer look at little-researched pollutants such as microplastics and artificial estrogens. Three researchers from the Department of Earth System...

4 July 2024|Research

How Children Learn to Recognize Disinformation on Social Media

Photo: Pexels/Vanessa Loring

Children are constantly faced with disinformation, for example, about climate change, in social media. Prof. Dr. Dietmar Höttecke, professor of physics education in the Faculty of Education, and his team are studying how they can learn to assess facts correctly.

12 June 2024|Research

“A view of nature where you live is a very important factor”

Photo: Universität Hamburg

A green environment is not a class privilege—at least in Hamburg. That is one of the findings in the Wohnen im Grünen project headed by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kley. The professor of sociology at Universität Hamburg talks in the interview below about further findings and explains why green courtyards are...

23 May 2024|Research

Doing the Research series: How to Change Unhealthy Habits in the Long Term?

Scissors cutting a thread as a symbol of change

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Vogiatzis

Why is it easier for some people than for others to be more physically active or quit smoking? And how can health programs take these generally subconscious differences into account? Prof. Dr. Mirko Wegner, professor of health sciences at the Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science, is...

18 April 2024|Research

Artificial Intelligence Should Improve Cardiovascular Care

Photo: CVDLINK

A team in the Department of Informatics at Universität Hamburg is taking part in the European Union research program Horizon Europe on the CVDLINK project. The international cooperative project is focusing on the use of AI to improve the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and to reduce the...

11 April 2024|Research

European Research Council Honors Kidney Researcher Prof. Dr. Tobias Huber

Photo: UKE

Prof. Dr. Tobias Huber, professor of nephrology at the Faculty of Medicine and director of the III. Department of Medicine the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) will receive €2.5 million in funding over the next 5 years from the European Research Council for his research on a severe...

10 April 2024|Research

Where Do You Like to Work? Preferred Working Locations Holistically Researched

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Lutsch

In the office, from home, or a hybrid arrangement? Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, our working-location options have increased. In their research project, Marie-Therese Wiese, MSc; Ricarda Reich, MSc; and Prof. Dr. Dorothea Alewell examine where people prefer to work and what influences...

11 March 2024|Research

Pope’s Visit Improves Human Rights in Host Country

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When a country receives a lot of media attention, for example, during a World Cup, its government does more to protect human rights. Visits by the pope also improve a country’s human rights record, according to a current study by Prof. Dr. Jerg Gutmann at Universität Hamburg and Dr. Marek Endrich at...

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...

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