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10 November 2025|Excellence

“Belém is a signal.”

View of Belém

Photo: Rafa Neddermeyer/Cop30

In the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), Brazilian-born sociology professor Eduardo Gonçalves Gresse is...
21 October 2025|Excellence Strategy

The Sky in All Its Colors

Observatory in Chile from the outside

Photo: ESO/B. Tafreshi

A few days ago, the European Southern Observatory launched operation of a new type of instrument, the 4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope...
6 August 2025|Excellence Strategy

Timing for Parenthood, the Great Unknown

Photo toddler holding parents’ hands

Photo: University of Hamburg / Dingler

At what point do couples decide to have children? How is this decided? And how does this impact society? Economist Dr. Christian Zimpelmann wants to...
15 July 2025|Excellence Strategy

Holy Warriors, Monasteries, and Demons

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How do video games and TV series portray the Christian religion? Three students at the University of Hamburg are researching exactly that, and...
30 June 2025|Excellence Strategy

Former Command Post Becomes Public Garden

Photo of the bunker’s green rooftop

Photo: CC0

The conversion of the former command post and bunker on Heiligengeistfeld has created a sensation. The New York Times, for instance, named Hamburg one...
19 June 2025|Excellence Strategy

Excellence Website Redesign

Illustration of the University of Hamburg Main Building

Photo: University of Hamburg / Vogiatzis

In preparation for the University of Excellence evaluation by the German Council of Science and Humanities, our University’s excellence website had a...
17 June 2025|Press release

UKE Joins PIER PLUS Research Alliance

Entrance to the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

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The PIER PLUS research alliance fosters and strengthens cooperation and networking among universities and non-university research institutions in...
5 June 2025|Press release

The University of Hamburg Passes Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy 2030

Title page, 2030 Sustainability Strategy

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Steering the University of Hamburg’s sustainable and digital transformation in the upcoming 5 years is the goal of the University’s 2030...
28 May 2025|Press release

From Space Travel to Sign Language: Researchers Storm Hamburg’s Pubs

Beermat with titles of the talks

Photo: University of Hamburg

Do we bathe in dark matter? How do we tap into the mysteries of a 5,000-year-old letter? Is climate protection a private matter or a national goal...
26 May 2025|Press release

Sustainability Week: Sustainability Initiatives at the University

The tiny house on the Von-Melle-Park Campus

Photo: University of Hamburg / Esfandiari

The Sustainability Week is a platform for sharing ideas, research findings, and visions of a sustainable future. For the second time, Sustainability...
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