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13 January 2025|Research

The Most Poisonous Spider in the World includes 3 Different Species

Stephanie Frances Loria, Dr. Danilo Harms, and Svea-Celina Frank

Photo: University of Hamburg/Esfandiari

The Sydney funnel web spider is one of the most poisonous spiders in the world. One international research team, which includes the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change and the University of Hamburg, has now found out that this spider is a complex of 3 species that includes a...

4 December 2024|Research

Doing the Research series: Can People Born Blind Learn to See?

Photo: Sebastian Engels

Our brain can adapt to changing conditions throughout life, but some processes are only possible in the developing brain. Within a German-Indian collaborative project, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Röder, a professor of Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, investigates whether people born blind can learn...

4 December 2024|Research

STEM Success in Elementary Schools Despite Corona

Attendees at the press conference for the publication of the TIMSS 2023 study

Photo: UHH/Constanze Koschwitz

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) for 2023 given to fourth graders in Germany shows consistent performance in mathematics and the natural sciences when compared to 2019, despite pandemic restrictions in 2020 and 2021. This is one of the studies presented in Berlin on...

25 November 2024|Research

New Collaborative Research Center for Liver Research

Prof. Dr. Maura Dandri and Prof. Dr. Christoph Schramm

Photo: UKE

The German Research Foundation has approved a new collaborative research center for liver research. The new CRC 1700 will focus on the regulation of immune responses in the liver that are vital to the health of the entire organism. The new research focus, involving researchers from the University of...

20 November 2024|Research

Third Grant for Internationalization of Teacher Training

Students working together in a hybrid meeting

Photo: University of Hamburg / von Wieding

Another University of Hamburg project succeeded in the third round of the German Academic Exchange Service’s (DAAD) Lehramt.International program. INTER will further develop 2 previous projects and strengthen topics such as interculturality and diversity in teacher training.

18 November 2024|Research

More than €11 Million: 2 University of Hamburg Research Training Groups Extended

The Main Building of the University in the fall

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

Decision-making and negotiation processes in societies and the carbon cycle in large estuary rivers—the University of Hamburg was granted funding for economics and biology research from the German Research Foundation (DFG). Two research training groups will be funded for a further 4.5 years.

12 November 2024|Research

COLDSPOT: € 2.14 million to research greenhouse gas reduction in the Arctic

A tundra landscape in the Canadian Arctic near Inuvik

Photo: UHH/Voigt

Rising temperatures, vanishing ice mass, warmer water and air temperatures—the effects of the world’s climate changes are especially notable in the Arctic, where they also impact the biological and chemical cycles in the soil. Dr. Carolina Voigt will now use an ERC Starting Grant to research the...

12 November 2024|Research

New EU collaborative project: Networks and the Rule of Law

Part of the mission statement on the University’s Main Building

Photo: University of Hamburg/Esfandiari

The rule of law has to be defended again and again. The role that human networks such as clubs or associations play to strengthen or weaken the rule of law is now being studied in the project NET-ROL: Networks and the Rule of Law: Uncovering Socioeconomic Outcomes. Prof. Dr. Stefan Voigt and Prof...

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

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 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...

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