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More and more research data are available digitally, resulting in immense amounts of data that require secure storage. On top of this, storage technologies are developing at a fast pace. The mass of data produced by our researchers needs to be stored for the long term, archived systematically...

Every three years up-and-coming economists have the chance to meet and exchange ideas with Nobel Prize laureates during the Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences at Lake Constance. Universität Hamburg will be represented this year too: Annemarie Paul, research associate in the Department of Economics...

In April 2017 nine higher education institutions in Hamburg co-founded a port of call for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers: The Hamburg Research Academy (HRA). Although still under construction, we asked academic director Prof. Dr. Marc Föcking and deputy managing director Elena Nendza...

Thirty students finally had a good reason this summer semester to binge-watch their favorite TV program—in fact it was an academic requirement of a history class on the US fantasy series "Game of Thrones." The aim of instructors Prof. Dr. Barbara Müller and Prof. Christoph Dartmann was to impart...

The University is home to countless pieces of art that do not belong to any specific collection. Some of them even adorn the Von-Melle-Park Campus. Prof. Dr. Iris Wenderholm, Dr. Christina Kuhli, and Ifee Tack from the Department of Art History are now researching and documenting these oft-forgotten...

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Klein has been a major force behind the establishment of dance and performance studies in Germany. For her 60th birthday, academics and artists held a symposium to honor her work. An encounter with a pioneer who has navigated the worlds of modern dance, Hip Hop, and urban...

Rent, food, the semester contribution—university students are often strapped for cash. There are, however, more than 2,000 state and private institutions offering grants and scholarships. In addition to financial aid, they provide access to various helpful networks. Jan-Niklas Pries, who has just...

Testosterone is considered an endogenous stimulant usually associated with display behaviors, aggression, and risk-taking. A study conducted by Luise Reimers, a doctoral student working with junior professor Dr. Esther Diekhof in the field of neuroendocrinology at the Biocenter Grindel, has led to...

World café and market square: for its first annual conference, the Universitätskolleg 2.0 chose an interactive approach that allowed for maximum exchange between the guests and academics taking part in the projects initiated in January 2017. [Read on in German]

At a festive awards ceremony on 27 June 2017, Senator for Science, Research, and Equalities, Katharina Fegebank, presented the Hamburg Teaching Award. Eight of the sixteen individual awards were conferred upon nine teachers at Universität Hamburg. [Read on in German]

Every year since 1951 Nobel laureates have met with young scholars and scientists from all over the world in Lindau on Lake Constance. 2017's meeting is devoted to chemistry. Young researchers have the opportunity to exchange ideas with around 30 Nobel laureates. Hendrik Schlicke, a doctoral student...

Agile project management has finally arrived in higher education. With roots in software development, ever more "agile" projects—iterative, malleable, and focused on results rather than on documentation—are being planned at the University. The latest issue of SYNERGIE, the journal of digitalization...

At Grindelallee 117—right near chemistry—a research center for school students, the Schülerforschungszentrum (SFZ), has opened its doors for young people who like to do experiments and research in the natural sciences, providing one-of-a-kind support for burgeoning science talent. [Read on in...

As a lawyer in a large law firm, Dr. Alexander Baur’s working day once revolved around economic scandals that often ended up in the papers. On 1 April 2017, Baur took up a position as junior professor for criminal law in the Faculty of Law and now takes an academic approach to case studies. [Read on...

On 23 and 24 June 2017, the 8th consecutive OERCamp ("Open Educational Resources") will be taking place at Universität Hamburg. [Read on in German]

Dr. Barbara Hans is the editor-in-chief of Spiegel Online and an alumna of Universität Hamburg, where she completed doctoral studies in 2015. Hans will be talking with other alumnae about journalistic integrity, seriousness, craft, and ethics at a panel discussion of the University's alumni...

Prof. Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht presents the new lobby of the Center of Natural History. The lobby is dedicated to the Anthropocene, a term that describes a new geochronological epoch on Earth. In the Anthropocene, human beings are the most important factor in shaping Earth's biological, geological...

Happy Birthday, Donald! Eighty-three years ago today, the world's most famous duck appeared for the first time in the the animated film "The Wise Little Hen." We spoke with Universität Hamburg climate researcher and mathematician Prof. Dr. Hans von Storch, who founded D.O.N.A.L.D. in 1977. The...

Universität Hamburg is expanding its international network. Following its trilateral partnership with Macquarie University and Fudan University as well as its bilateral partnerships with the Universities of Stellenbosch, Lund, and Taipei, a delegation from the renowned Kyoto University in Japan is...