Excellence Strategy

27 July 2021|Excellence Strategy

“I want to crack the code of neurons.”

Photo: privat

Prof. Dr. Stefano Panzeri has joined Universität Hamburg as a nucleus professor. With its calls for applications for these professorships, the University aims to attract leading researchers and to advance the development of emerging fields, such as Neurosciences and Cognitive Systems. The...

14 July 2021|Excellence Strategy

Participation in the DFG research unit examining jets from black holes

Visualization of the research group approach

Photo: Matthias Kadler (JMU); individual pictures: C. Fromm (JMU), A. Baczko (MPIfR), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF).

The powerful jets shooting out of black holes will be the focus of a new German Research Foundation (DFG) research group, which includes two researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at Universität Hamburg. The research group has been granted €3.6 million in funding.

29 June 2021|Excellence Strategy

New Funding Round for Student Research Groups

Photo: iGEM Hamburg

For the second time, Universität Hamburg is funding student research projects as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments. Starting immediately, 9 projects will receive support for one year. The University is granting about €60,000. Below we introduce 3 of the projects.

18 June 2021|Excellence Strategy

“These days, all major challenges have to do with digitalization.”

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Prof. Dr. Jan Christoph Recker has joined Universität Hamburg as a nucleus professor. With its call for applications for these professorships, the University aims to advance the development of key research areas. The application calls for nucleus professorships (nucleus is Latin for “kernel”) are...

7 June 2021|Excellence Strategy

How contagious are deceased persons with the coronavirus?

Deceased persons with the coronavirus are being examined by forensic pathologists

Photo: Katarzyna Bialasiewicz

Since the coronavirus took hold in Germany, those who come into contact with the deceased have had many questions. Are the bodies of the victims contagious? How significant is the danger? Can we protect ourselves? Dr. med. Antonia Fitzek of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf has...

2 June 2021|Excellence Strategy

Nobel laureate Esther Duflo’s speech on climate change

Photo: UHH/Lutsch

Nobel laureate Professor Esther Duflo discussed the climate crisis with researchers and interested members of the public from all over the world. The event marked the opening of a biennial meeting between international university leaders.

17 May 2021|Excellence Strategy

Climate Crisis: Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo Joins in a Livestream Discussion

Photo: Bryce Vickmark 2019

Nobel laureate Esther Duflo joins in a livestream discussion with researchers from all over the world. This public event kicks off the fourth Global University Leaders Council Hamburg, which brings together top university leaders in Hamburg or digitally every 2 years.

4 May 2021|Excellence Strategy

Transfer at a Glance: Coronavirus Research at Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Wohlfahrt

Currently 38 projects in all subject areas: The new range of online projects covers the entire spectrum of coronavirus research at Universität Hamburg. All are welcome to inform themselves about the projects, their results, and promising ideas. Below we introduce 3 examples.

3 May 2021|Excellence Strategy

Pilot project for early career researchers at CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter

Dr. Philipp Wessels-Staarmann / Irine Fernandez-Cuesta

Photo: DESY/Lars Berg, privat

The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging: Cluster of Excellence Advanced Imaging of Matter has developed a new funding concept. The goal of the Young Investigator Group Leader concept is to provide the best support possible to highly talented early career researchers on their paths towards a...

29 April 2021|Excellence Strategy

Taking Stock of the German EU Council Presidency

Photo: Hamburg-Vigoni Forum

As part of the Hamburg-Vigoni Forum’s conference program, Universität Hamburg invites you to a European policy discussion on 6 May 2021. The title of the talk is “Zwischen Krisenmanagement und Wiederaufbau—Die deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft in der Bilanz.” The Zoom event is free for participants...

20 April 2021|Excellence Strategy

Global Challenges, Local Research Approaches

Photo: Universität Hamburg / private / private

From April 2021, 17 researchers at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence will receive funding from the Ideas and Venture Fund. The researchers will use this to prepare larger third-party-funded projects suited to one of the University’s profile initiatives or emerging fields. In total, the...

19 March 2021|Excellence Strategy

“There is more money in illegal wildlife than in the drug trade.”

Photo: UHH/Ohme

Universität Hamburg is using the Transfer@UHH fund to support 6 new research projects, including a project at the Center of Natural History (CeNak) on wildlife and the transmission of infection from animals to humans. The project is being coordinated by the evolutionary biologist Prof. Dr. Matthias...

15 March 2021|Excellence Strategy

How Digitalization Changes Written Language

Double portrait Prof. Dr. Jannis Androutsopoulos and Prof. Dr. Heike Zinsmeister

Photo: private collection/UHH

Effective immediately, Universität Hamburg is funding 5 research projects as part of the Next Generation Partnerships—Thematic Networks program. The funding is earmarked for the preparation of long-term external funding projects. One of the projects focuses on changes in written language as a result...

26 February 2021|Excellence Strategy

Seminar on desk research in Studium Generale: Of pencils and Post-Its

Photo: S. Porombka

This semester, visiting scholar Prof. Dr. Stephan Porombka and Julian Farny from the Berlin University of the Arts are enriching the subject range at Universität Hamburg with a very unusual seminar: together with their students, they are examining their desks.

19 February 2021|Excellence Strategy

Sky Map Shows Over 25,000 Black Holes

Photo: Universität Hamburg / de Gapserin

An international team of astronomers headed by Junior Professor Dr. Francesco de Gasperin, a researcher at the Hamburg Observatory and member of the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at Universität Hamburg, has created the largest and clearest sky map in ultralow radio frequency. The map was...

12 February 2021|Excellence Strategy

“The Majority of the Projects Are Well Under Way”

Photo: UHH/Saint Pere

Universität Hamburg applied to the second funding line of the Excellence Competition of the Federal and State Governments for 24 projects. It now has more than €60 million available to implement these projects. Dr. Ariane Neumann, head of Department 1: University Strategy, explains how the ExStra...

9 February 2021|Excellence Strategy

Co-Research Space in Rotherbaum

Portraits S. Prinz und D. von der Pfordten

Photo: HIAS/C.Höhne

The Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS), which opened at the end of 2020, funds researchers and artists living and working over multiple months in Hamburg. Sociologist Sophia Prinz and philosopher Dietmar von der Pfordten are among the first recipients. Their fellowships are financed by...

21 January 2021|Excellence Strategy

Fashion of the Future? Buying Nonfabric Clothing

Eine Person steht in einer bergigen Wüstenlandschaft und trägt virtuelle Klamotten. Sie trägt ein langes Kleid, hat eine Brille auf. Ihre Arme sind unter den Klamotten versteckt.

Photo: The Fabricant

Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments, Universität Hamburg is announcing a new funding round for student research projects. In this program, the University is currently funding 17 projects, including one conducting research on digital fashion.

12 January 2021|Excellence Strategy

Laboratory for the Development of Sustainable Innovations

Photo: Leuphana Universität

Using funds from the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments, Universität Hamburg finances the Transfer@UHH fund. In 2021, the University funded a total of 6 transfer projects, including a research project led by Prof. Dr. Jana-Michaela Timm on cooperation between practice and...

23 November 2020|Excellence Strategy

Professor of scientific and innovation research appointed

Photo: UHH/Lutsch

The sociologist Prof. Dr. Sabine Maasen is switching to Universität Hamburg for a professorship newly created within the context of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments. She will serve as the academic director of the Transfer Agency that is currently being set up.

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