Pushing Interdisciplinarity

Stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes in Europe. In May 2025, we – four Master's students and two Bachelor's students from the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Hamburg at CEN – set off on a two-week research trip to the volcanic island of Stromboli in Italy.

Our goal was to investigate eruptive processes...

What do the fashion industry and our consumer behavior have to do with the climate crisis? How can we say goodbye to fossil fuels? And how are lawyers and climate researchers joining forces in the fight for decarbonization? In an interdisciplinary course at the SICSS graduate  school, Master’s students tackled these and...

More than 130 guests celebrated the opening of Breaking the Surface. The exhibition portrays eleven female scientists, their questions for the ocean – and their experiences with glass ceilings.

Fresh off the press and packed with insights into climate research: the 14th Climate Booklet is here! Ten researchers from CEN, the Cluster of Excellence CLICCS, and the new ESRAH Research Center at the University of Hamburg report on their work in this collection of stories on climate science.

How did the ecotax save...

How do you feel when you see the status quo in the Harz? Shock or sadness at the countless withered spruces? Hope, when you see a single green tree? Or nostalgia, because you’ve been atop the Brocken before? Individual perspectives on the dying trees can influence e.g. whether and how people support the forest or climate...

The University of Hamburg was extremely successful in the framework of the Excellence Strategy, securing funding for the 4 existing clusters of excellence in the next funding round from January 2026. The University has thus consolidated its top position among the leading group of German research universities. With this...