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Federal EU Members of Parliament Visit Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld

20 February 2023, by Ed.

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Photo: DESY

In the next few years, Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld will provide a leading international hub for natural sciences research. A group from the European parliament met on 17 February to find out about the current scientific activities and plans for the future.

The members of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) is a panel of the European parliament devoted to all issues related to science and technology. They visited the scientists and researchers based at Universität Hamburg and the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY). The STOA chairperson, Dr. Christian Ehler, and vice-chairperson Ivo Hristov captured a snapshot of the research institution of the future. They were accompanied by Luisa Antunes, policy analyst in the STOA Scientific Foresight Unit.

Prof. Dr. Arwen Pearson and Prof. Dr Klaus Sengstock from the Faculty of Physics at Universität Hamburg greeted the deputation in the highly-modern research building of Hamburg Advanced Research Centre for Bioorganic Chemistry, or HARBOR for short. Here they demonstrated the work of the Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter and provided detailed descriptions of the collaboration with other institutions in the Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. In addition, the group were given an insight into the outstanding Haus der Lehre—Light & Schools where they were welcomed by Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren and state secretary Dr. Eva Gümbel.

Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld is one of the largest government urban development projects ever undertaken in Hamburg. In the next two decades, a new suburb in which living, research, work, and recreation will come together over 125 hectares. In the future, it is anticipated that 4,000 researchers and 3,000 students from all over the world will be active here.

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