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Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen

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27.02.2026|In Focus
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen awarded the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen has been focusing on sustainability for more than 20 years, both as a research topic and in his own scientific work. As Professor of Capital Markets and Corporate Management at the University of Hamburg, he contributes his knowledge and experience to science and practice...
Anna Strunk

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26.02.2026|Research
Titles, Theses, Doctorates: How did comics get into schools?
Comics as an educational media in the classroom are nothing special these days. This was not always the case: in the 1950s, they had a bad reputation and their use in the classroom was unimaginable. As part of her doctorate at the Faculty of Education, Anna Strunk is researching how comics...
University President Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren (third from right) welcomes Prof. Dr. Markus Kotzur, Prof. Dr. Ursula Schröder, Paolo Gentiloni, Liv Assmann, Luigi Mattiolo, and Dr. Roberto Luppi (from left to right) to the Hamburg-Vigoni Forum

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20.02.2026|Excellence Strategy
“Nostalgia Is Not a Strategy”—Clear Words and Optimism During Speech on Europe’s Future
Global crises, doubts, and criticism from inside and outside: Paolo Gentiloni, the former Italian prime minister and EU commissioner, discussed how historic the current situation in Europe is and outlined what a secure, democratic future looks like in his speech on 16 February 2026. It was an...
Award ceremony in the Audimax

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20.02.2026|In Focus
The University of Hamburg awards more than 300 Deutschlandstipendium
Festive award ceremony in the Audimax: more than 300 students from all disciplines granted monthly funding from companies, foundations, associations, and private individuals for 2026.
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Schröder

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19.02.2026|Research
Doing the Research: Low German through the ages
The University of Hamburg is the scientific home to over 6,200 researchers. Every 2 weeks, we offer a glimpse into their work in the Hamburger Abendblatt. In this edition of the column, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Schröder explains how the perception of Low German has changed over the past centuries.
Prof. Dr. Florian Grüner

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05.02.2026|Research
Doing the Research: The Accelerator Ring Doesn’t Fit in the Lab
The University of Hamburg is the scientific home to over 6,200 researchers. Every 2 weeks, we offer a glimpse into their work in the Hamburger Abendblatt. In this issue, Prof. Dr. Florian Grüner explains how we can follow the dynamics of T-cells in real time.
Das Team, das IFuEL vorgeschlagen hat: (von links) Mikhail Pergament, Franz Kärtner und Hanns-Peter Liermann

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04.02.2026|Forschung
14 million euros for the development of a fusion energy laser
A research team from five institutes, coordinated by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY and the University of Hamburg, is receiving millions in funding for the IFuEL project (short for Inertial Fusion Energy Laser Development and HED-Analytics). The project aims to develop and test a highly...
View of the Serra do Pingano

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27.01.2026|Research
“Angola’s Green Jewel Is Vanishing Before Our Eyes”
Dr. Thea Lautenschläger, scientific director of the the University of Hamburg’s Loki Schmidt Garden, and Dr. Manfred Finckh from the Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology have now published a study in Nature Ecology and Evolution revealing the dramatic loss of a special forest region in South...
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Where does the carbon go when Earth continues to warm – and what makes us more likely to practice climate protection? Two experts present their inspiring research at the University of Hamburg