The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, the University is committed to the values of social responsibility of science, democracy, tolerance and justice. It offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties: in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine. With about 30,000 students and more than 210 degree programmes, the University is one of the largest in Germany.
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Multiple uses of tropical mosaic landscapes
Many landscapes in the tropics consist of a mosaic of different types of land use. How people make use of these different ecosystems, with their particular plant communities, was unclear until now. Researchers, many of them from Madagascar, have now investigated this in an interdisciplinary Malagasy research project at the University of Göttingen. This research shows that rural households use a wide range of plant species and services provided by many nearby ecosystem types.
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Remote plant worlds
Oceanic islands provide useful models for ecology, biogeography and evolutionary research. Many ground-breaking findings – including Darwin's theory of evolution – have emerged from the study of species on islands and their interplay with their living and non-living environment. Now, an international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the flora of the Canary Island of Tenerife. The results, which were published in Nature, were surprising.
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Stop sexual harassment and violence!
The University of Göttingen should be a safe and violence-free space where everyone can move freely and without fear. If you have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment and violence at the University of Göttingen, you will not be left on your own to deal with this. On our websites, you will find the key points about getting advice and reporting sexual harassment and violence.
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Renewal for university network Enlight
The European university network Enlight has been renewed: the EU has funded the Enlight Network consisting of the University of Göttingen with nine other research-oriented universities for four more years with a total of around 14.4 million euros. The Network plans to use a large part of the funds for academic initiatives, underlining its commitment to supporting researchers and students.
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Shape-shifting cells at the flick of a switch
Researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and Münster have described for the first time how living cells can be changed reversibly in the lab by targeting the cell membrane with light. Professor Timo Betz, Göttingen University, says: “Using this approach, we can change the membrane area and thus the membrane tension of cells in a simple and targeted way, exactly when and where we want." Research published in Nature Communications.
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Third term on Executive Committee for scholar of German studies
Professor Hiltraud Casper-Hehne, University of Göttingen, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the third time. The DAAD General Assembly confirmed this with a large majority on 20 June 2023. Her third term will begin on 1 January 2024, and it will last four years. The DAAD is the world's largest funding organization of international exchange for students and researchers.
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