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27 January 2026|Forschung

„Angolas grünes Juwel verschwindet vor unseren Augen“

Blick auf die Serra do Pingano

Photo: Barbara Ditsch

Dr. Thea Lautenschläger, Wissenschaftliche Leitung des Botanischen Gartens der Universität Hamburg, und Dr. Manfred Finckh vom Institut für...
15 January 2026|In Focus

The University of Hamburg Assumes Presidency of EUGLOH in 2026

Symbolic picture for the European university alliance EUGLOH, in which a group of women hold up European flags

Photo: University of Hamburg / Göttling

International exchange and networking: the University of Hamburg has been a member of the European University Alliance for Global Health for several...
2 January 2026|In Focus

Starting on 1 January: New telephone numbers at the University

Symbolic image for telephone with a white telephone receiver on a blue background

Photo: University of Hamburg / Engels

The University welcomes 2026 with a telephone system changeover. With a few exceptions University telephone numbers have been changed. The first 5...
18 December 2025|Excellence Strategy

Digital Tools to Improve Maternal Health in Ethiopia

Portrait of an Ethiopian girl

Photo: CC0

In Ethiopia, an estimated 400 out of every 100,000 women die during pregnancy, childbirth, or in the puerperium. Thus, maternal mortality is more than...
17 December 2025|Im Fokus

Christmas traditions: Who is the Christkind?

Figures of Father Christmas and the Christkind

Photo: Adobe Stock / Hannes Mallaun

Many children in the German-speaking countries write their wish lists during Advent addressed to the Christkind or expect it to bring their gifts. But...
15 December 2025|Forschung

Flood risk insurance: voluntary or mandatory?

Photograph of a flooded residential area

Photo: AdobeStock/Christian

As extreme weather events become more frequent, the need for robust financial protection against natural disasters grows ever more urgent. Sophia...
12 December 2025|Im Fokus

Santa Claus: A Marketing Masterstroke

Santa Claus putting presents under the Christmas tree

Photo: AdobeStock / Milles Studio

No matter if they are made of chocolate, felt, or wood—right now you see Santa Claus just about everywhere. Santa Claus originates from St. Nicholas...
8 December 2025|Forschung

Doing the Research: Together against Cyberhate and for Democracy

An AI-generated image of a girl holding a laptop and looking sad. She is surrounded by symbols of bullying and hate on the Internet.

Photo: AdobeStock / Fabio / AI-generated

How can we protect children and teenagers from hate online? Together with researchers from Ukraine, Moldova, and Kyrgyzstan, a team from the Faculty...
5 December 2025|Campus

University of Hamburg lends objects all over the world

The reclining Wisseman statue

Photo: University of Hamburg / ZWS

There are more than three million objects in 33 scientific collections at the University of Hamburg. Museums, institutions, and individual researchers...
1 December 2025|Research

Funding for Long-Term Research Project on Middle Low German Grammar

Excerpt of Hamburg shipping laws, 1201

Photo: Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel

Middle Low German text culture is an integral part of northern Europe’s cultural heritage. A new long-term research project on Middle Low German...
24 November 2025|In Focus

University of Hamburg Researchers Fortify German-Language Data Science Community

Two staff members in front of a University server

Photo: University of Hamburg / Esfandiari

Research with large quantities of data has become relevant to more and more disciplines. This is why researchers from 21 German and Austrian research...
24 November 2025|Campus

From Cube Ninja to City Hopper: Have Fun, Stay Fit While Studying

Student playing an exergame on the laptop in a lecture hall

Photo: UHH/Lorf-Stahl

Whether with someone else or alone, you can have fun, and for free, with the 8 movement games in the ExerRise project designed by researchers at the...
17 November 2025|Excellence Strategy

The German Physical Society Honors University of Hamburg Physicist

Portrait Prof. Cavalleri

Photo: MPSD

The German Physical Society has awarded Prof. Dr. Andrea Cavalleri the Stern-Gerlach Medal for outstanding work in experimental physics. Cavalleri is...
12 November 2025|Research

€2 Million for Research on Migratory Bird Navigation

White stork in flight

Photo: Adobe Stock

An important, still unanswered question in quantum biology is how biomagnetic perception, which migratory animals use for navigation, works. A...
10 November 2025|Excellence Strategy

“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...
7 November 2025|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Nina strengthens the Humanities.

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Nina Mackert

Photo: University of Hamburg / Yzer

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: historian...
6 November 2025|Excellence Strategy

Ultrafast meets ultrashort: CUI team receives prestigious ERC Synergy Grant

Group portrait with CUI researchers

Photo: Private

A research team in the Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter at the University of Hamburg and DESY has been awarded the prestigious...
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...
13 October 2025|Forschung

“Whales make you happy”: Prof. Dr. Helena Herr strengthens the marine sciences

Prof. Dr. Helena Herr

Photo: L. Hickmott

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: marine...
10 October 2025|In Focus

THE World University Rankings: the University of Hamburg rises in the rankings

University of Hamburg Main Building

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

In the recently published THE World University Rankings 2026, the University of Hamburg has gone up 7 places compared to last year. It is now ranked...
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