Every year, numerous new researchers join the University of Hamburg. In this series, we introduce them and their fields of research. This time: cultural studies scholar Hilke Marit Berger.

Health, nutrition, and climate protection are at the heart of three European research projects in which researchers from the University of Hamburg are participating. In the PanEuCOPT, AQUALICIOUS, and OAeSIS projects, they are developing innovative, practical solutions.

Over the course of two days, UC President and Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Edward McCauley and his team discussed collaboration with President Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren and other UHH representatives, and visited Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld, among other locations.

Shovel-headed garden worm, alligator weed, or the Javan mongoose: Hamburg has become home to many invasive, non-native animal and plant species. Most recently, the Volga zander appeared in the Elbe. In an interview, Prof. Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht, professor of Animal Biodiversity at the University of Hamburg, explains the...

The Arctic has been experiencing record wildfires for years. Lukas Fiedler, a researcher at the Earth and Society Research Hub (ESRAH) at the University of Hamburg, has now been able to demonstrate: the extreme fire years 2019 to 2021 can be attributed to human-caused climate change. His study was published in the...

The consequences of a sedentary lifestyle are difficult to study in human trials. That is why an international research team, including the University of Hamburg, has now investigated them in king penguins. The result: While an abundant food supply in protected living conditions promotes rapid growth, it ultimately leads to...