For some, music lessons in school mark the beginning of a lifelong passion; for others, they feel more like a tedious chore. Dr. Benjamin Eibach, a professor of educational science with an area of concentration in music pedagogy at the University of Hamburg, is researching how the subject has evolved historically and what...

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is providing 1.3 million euros in funding to establish a new Emmy Noether independent junior research group at the University of Hamburg, led by Dr. Johannes Tölle from the Department of Chemistry. The goal of the research project is to develop innovative theoretical methods that can be...

The latest generation of climate models matches reality so closely that the models themselves are no longer the limiting factor for climate calculations – the observational data is. This is the finding of Dr. Lukas Brunner from the Cluster of Excellence CLICCS at the University of Hamburg. The study has been published in...

The University of Hamburg is the scientific home to more than 6,200 researchers. Every 2 weeks, we offer a glimpse into their work as part of the “Research and Understanding” series in the Hamburger Abendblatt. Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kley explains why gardens and trees make our lives more fulfilling and why cities benefit from...

Every year, numerous new researchers join the University of Hamburg. In this series, we introduce them and their fields of research. This time: education researcher Prof. Dr. Michael Krelle.

There are currently many ideas about how to structure daily hospital operations in order to attract skilled workers, retain staff, and improve the quality of care. But what concrete benefits do these measures actually bring? Theresa Maurer, Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Wild, and their team at the Hamburg Center for Health Economics...