Excellence Strategy

11 March 2025|Excellence Strategy

On-site and live-streamed event: On 1 April, find out all you need to know about the Excellence Strategy

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“Into the Future with Excellence” is the title of the event to which all University members are invited. On Wednesday, 1 April 2025, participants can expect information and an exchange about the University of Excellence’s successes to date and current plans. The event will also be live streamed.

7 November 2024|Research

Understanding “Seebären” and other phenomena: Researchers calculate global tsunami risk

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Tsunamis do not only occur in distant oceans but also in the North and Baltic Seas. Prof. Dr. Jörn Behrens, professor of numerical methods in geosciences in the Department of Mathematics and the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), investigates how to calculate these...

5 August 2024|Excellence Strategy

Lessons from History for the Future

Felix Hansen, Alexander Bernard Arthur, and Isabel Vonessen Wilson.

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The project Culture of Remembrance—Our History, Our Culture brings together the University of Hamburg and the University of Education in Winneba, Ghana. Six students take a close look at the history of the Schimmelmann family and their involvement in the slave trade. The research project receives...

16 July 2024|Excellence Strategy

First-time funding for early career researchers

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Every year, researchers at Universität Hamburg can apply for funding from the Ideas and Venture Fund to prepare a major externally funded project. This year, for the first time, the funding was exclusively for early career researchers. Now, the 9 selected projects are getting underway.

23 April 2024|Excellence Strategy

PIER PLUS: Interdisciplinary Research Networking in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

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On 22 April, Universität Hamburg invited around 100 members of the institutions in the PIER PLUS research alliance to Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. A matchmaking event allowed them to network throughout the newly expanded alliance, and forge new networks across the whole of their PIER PLUS...

15 April 2024|Excellence Strategy

The University of Excellence in Brief

Have you ever asked yourself what “University of Excellence” means, what it requires of Universität Hamburg, and what the University spend its Excellence funding on? A short film provides the most important answers.

26 March 2024|Excellence Strategy

Children’s concert in St. Nikolai: How Much Physics Can You Find in Music?

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On 6 April 2024, physics professor Wolfgang Hillert from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at Universität Hamburg and cantor Anne Michael invite children 8–12 to Hamburg’s St. Nikolai Church. Small experiments and organ music will familiarize the children with the physical principles of...

5 March 2024|Excellence Strategy

How European perceptions still influence the tropics today

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Once a year, Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence, along with other Hamburg higher education institutions, invites researchers and artists from all over the world to study in Hamburg for several months.

30 January 2024|Excellence Strategy

Statistically or Socially—How Do Infants Learn?

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The Fast-Track Program at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence has made it possible for the psychology student Paul Gallenkemper to start with his doctoral research immediately following his bachelor’s. The program is open to outstanding students in many faculties. Currently, there is new...

16 January 2024|Excellence Strategy

How Do People Experience Political Conflicts in the Digital World?

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The Postdoctoral Fellowships program aims to support researchers who are conducting research in emerging fields at Universität Hamburg. Dr. Niclas Rautenberg is one of our 4 new fellows. His research project is rooted in the philosophical tradition of phenomenology.

27 December 2023|Excellence Strategy

Students Learn to Perform Minimally Invasive Operations

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Minimally invasive operation techniques are increasingly replacing more conventional operation procedures. Yet for operating doctors, these internal procedures are especially daunting and the opportunities to practice are few and far between. A student research group at Universität...

6 December 2023|Excellence Strategy

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reach New Record High

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The new report by the Global Carbon Project shows that fossil CO2 emissions will reach a record high in 2023. If emissions remain that high, according to the calculations of an international research term in which Universität Hamburg is involved, the carbon budget for remaining within the 1.5°C...

5 December 2023|Excellence Strategy

Blickwechsel. An African-European Exchange

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How can we decolonize the world? And what does that precisely mean for Africa and Europe? The artist Tsitsi Dangarembga and the political scientist Eva Heidbreder discuss this highly relevant topic at the Museum am Rothenbaum—Kulture und Künste der Welt (MARKK) on 11 December 2023. University...

2 November 2023|Excellence Strategy

How do we secure biodiversity? Senate Reception for Hamburger Horizonte Series

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Environmental harm caused by humans, need for land, and many other factors are leading to a dramatic decrease in species diversity. Experts have been sounding the alarm about the impacts of this catastrophe. Securing biodiversity is not just a topic for this year’s Hamburger Horizonte series; it was...

25 October 2023|Excellence Strategy

Jupiter Campus: The University Extends Invitation for Events in the Former Karstadt Department Store

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On the third floor of the former Karstadt Sport building, located directly across from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, there will be a temporary open campus between October and December 2023. An initiative of Universität Hamburg’s Knowledge Exchange Agency, the campus enables students and teachers to assess...

11 September 2023|In focus

German U15 and Russell Group: German-British Research Exchange in Hamburg

Participants in the meeting between the German U15 and Russell Group

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On 11 and 12 September 2023, representatives of the largest German and British research universities congregated in Hamburg. They visited the hosting Universität Hamburg together and celebrated Great Britain’s association with the Horizon Europe research program.

31 August 2023|Research

How Companies Can Reduce Printing Paper Copies Using Digital Tools

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The amount of paper used for printing is an important starting point for companies looking to be more sustainable. But how can staff be motivated to print out fewer documents? This is the subject of a study by Prof. Dr. Jan Recker from the Faculty of Business Administration, published in the journal...

9 August 2023|Excellence Strategy

Predicting Premature Births

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Professor of medicine Petra Arck from Universität Hamburg is researching whether the blood of pregnant women gives clues to possible premature birth, thanks to funding through the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments.

1 August 2023|Excellence Strategy

How come so many children die after wars and why do people who are sick go to work?

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Every year, researchers at Universität Hamburg can apply for funding from the Ideas and Venture Fund to prepare for a large externally funded project. Below, we introduce 2 of the 14 projects currently underway.

27 July 2023|Excellence Strategy

Funding for research into inflation and vaccine willingness

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A new funding line is allowing Universität Hamburg researchers to develop interdisciplinary research at the interface between digital methods and specialist knowledge. The first round provides funding for 6 cross-disciplinary labs (CDLs).

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