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A new junior research group at Universität Hamburg will be investigating biological risks and their effects on society. The interdisciplinary group (INFABRI) will be looking at ways to better predict the consequences of biological hazards. The first project, "Biological Hazards: Analysis and...

Agile project management has finally arrived in higher education. With roots in software development, ever more "agile" projects—iterative, malleable, and focused on results rather than on documentation—are being planned at the University. The latest issue of SYNERGIE, the journal of digitalization...

At Grindelallee 117—right near chemistry—a research center for school students, the Schülerforschungszentrum (SFZ), has opened its doors for young people who like to do experiments and research in the natural sciences, providing one-of-a-kind support for burgeoning science talent. [Read on in...

This year Prof. Dr. Nora Markard and her team at the Refugee Law Clinic and Prof. Dr. Martina Neuburger and her working group Geographies of Global Inequalities will receive the Equal Opportunity Award of Universität Hamburg for their outstanding committment to equal opportunity for refugees in...

As a lawyer in a large law firm, Dr. Alexander Baur’s working day once revolved around economic scandals that often ended up in the papers. On 1 April 2017, Baur took up a position as junior professor for criminal law in the Faculty of Law and now takes an academic approach to case studies. [Read on...

The president of the European Research Council (ERC), Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, visited the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg on 19 June. The CSMC has five ERC-funded research projects. In total, twenty-two ERC Research Grants have been awarded to...

On 23 and 24 June 2017, the 8th consecutive OERCamp ("Open Educational Resources") will be taking place at Universität Hamburg. [Read on in German]

Dr. Barbara Hans is the editor-in-chief of Spiegel Online and an alumna of Universität Hamburg, where she completed doctoral studies in 2015. Hans will be talking with other alumnae about journalistic integrity, seriousness, craft, and ethics at a panel discussion of the University's alumni...

In summer semester 2017, members of all groups at the University will vote for their represenatives to the faculty councils. Elected members take office on 1 October 2017 and end their duties on 30 September 2019. Student reps officially end duties on 30 September 2018.