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12 June 2024|Research

“A view of nature where you live is a very important factor”

A green courtyard in Hamburg

Photo: Universität Hamburg

A green environment is not a class privilege—at least in Hamburg. That is one of the findings in the Wohnen im Grünen project headed by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kley. The professor of sociology at Universität Hamburg talks in the interview below about further findings and explains why green courtyards are...
23 May 2024|Research

Doing the Research series: How to Change Unhealthy Habits in the Long Term?

Scissors cutting a thread as a symbol of change

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Vogiatzis

Why is it easier for some people than for others to be more physically active or quit smoking? And how can health programs take these generally subconscious differences into account? Prof. Dr. Mirko Wegner, professor of health sciences at the Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science, is...
18 April 2024|Research

Artificial Intelligence Should Improve Cardiovascular Care

Group photo of the CVDLINK project team

Photo: CVDLINK

A team in the Department of Informatics at Universität Hamburg is taking part in the European Union research program Horizon Europe on the CVDLINK project. The international cooperative project is focusing on the use of AI to improve the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and to reduce the...
11 April 2024|Research

European Research Council Honors Kidney Researcher Prof. Dr. Tobias Huber

Prof. Dr. Tobias Huber

Photo: UKE

Prof. Dr. Tobias Huber, professor of nephrology at the Faculty of Medicine and director of the III. Department of Medicine the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) will receive €2.5 million in funding over the next 5 years from the European Research Council for his research on a severe...
10 April 2024|Research

Where Do You Like to Work? Preferred Working Locations Holistically Researched

Person working from home on balcony

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Lutsch

In the office, from home, or a hybrid arrangement? Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, our working-location options have increased. In their research project, Marie-Therese Wiese, MSc; Ricarda Reich, MSc; and Prof. Dr. Dorothea Alewell examine where people prefer to work and what influences...
11 March 2024|Research

Pope’s Visit Improves Human Rights in Host Country

Pope Francis waves to the cameras.

Photo: pixabay/reynaldodallin

When a country receives a lot of media attention, for example, during a World Cup, its government does more to protect human rights. Visits by the pope also improve a country’s human rights record, according to a current study by Prof. Dr. Jerg Gutmann at Universität Hamburg and Dr. Marek Endrich at...
28 February 2024|Research

Taking a Risk: Teachers and Handling Uncertainty

Girl writing “Do you speak English?” on a white board

Photo: iStock/Vitalii Petrushenko

Lessons characterized by group work, in a foreign language that constantly changes and is often spoken differently in everyday life than it was at school: English teachers often face uncertainty. Prof. Dr. Andreas Bonnet and Ioana Chiotoroiu from the Faculty of Education explain in the interview...
27 February 2024|Research

Two New Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoc Fellowships at Universität Hamburg

Symbolic illustration with relief of Marie Curie

Photo: Marie Skłodowska Curie actions

New imaging procedures to examine the effect of nanoparticles in living cells and research on the economic and historical significance of ancient Tamil literary sources—Universität Hamburg now has 2 new Marie Skłodowska Curie postdoctoral fellowships.
22 February 2024|Research

Study: Openness to Diversity in US Advertisements Increases Significantly

Two models lying next to each other and looking at the camera

Photo: Iordani / Adobe Stock

Advertisements reach hundreds of millions of people in the United States and is always a reflection of societal developments. In a comprehensive meta-analysis, a Universität Hamburg research team has examined how preferences for the people used in advertisements have changed since the 1960s. The...
31 January 2024|Research

Telescope eROSITA: Unveiling the X-Ray Sky

The eROSITA X-ray sky, with half of it projected onto a circle.

Photo: MPE, J. Sanders for the eROSITA consortium

Today, the German eROSITA consortium, including researchers from Universität Hamburg, published its share of data from the first all-sky survey conducted with the eROSITA soft X-ray imaging telescope aboard the Spectrum-RG satellite. With 900,000 different sources, the first eROSITA all-sky survey...
25 January 2024|Research

Digital Twins Should Improve Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Group picture of the consortium for th dAIbetes project

Photo: dAIbetes consortium

A research team in the Department of Informatics at Universität Hamburg was successful in the Horizont Europa research program and has been coordinating an international consortium to develop federated health infrastructure since the beginning of 2024. The dAIbetes project focuses on the use of...
18 January 2024|Research

Willingness to pay for concerts impacted by music streaming services

Concert audience

Photo: pixabay/pexels

The German music market has been increasingly shaped by the use of music streaming services for years. More than half of German respondents are using them. But how strongly do these platforms affect other distribution channels such as concerts? A research team involving Universität Hamburg...