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. In this edition, Prof. Dr. Wanja Wolff explains how our weaker self and physical exertion affect our performance.

Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Dr. Reinhard Genzel will deliver an Academy Lecture on the topic “Massive Black Holes: Evidence and Cosmological Evolution.” Genzel is accepting an invitation from the University of Hamburg and the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg and will speak on 24 June 2026, at 6 pm in the...

About 240 first-year students from the Department of Biology collected trash along the Outer Alster—6,370 items. This resulted in a pilot study that combines teaching, research, and environmental engagement.

Intellectual property (IP) should be protected. The University of Hamburg is strengthening its role as an innovation-oriented and socially responsible institution of higher education—through professional IP management, targeted measures to raise IP awareness, and greater visibility of its transfer successes.

For the past 15 years, economists and medical professionals from the University of Hamburg and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf have been conducting joint research at the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) on the current challenges facing healthcare. To mark this anniversary, their work will be...

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 “Doing the Research” series in the Hamburger Abendblatt. In this edition, Dr. Nikolai Huke explains why there is a disconnect between legal norms and everyday working life in...