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The Zentrum für Kulturtechnik at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin invites interested parties to an event on Friday, 12 June 2026, to discuss participatory research, innovative teaching formats and collaboration between the university and society.

A new international study led by HU suggests that power in animal groups can be constrained. Powerful individuals often pay a price for their dominance: their social influence may diminish and can even lead to exclusion from the group.

On 10 and 11 June 2026, the Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin invites you to a series of discussions, lectures, a concert and a workshop with santur player Sedat Anar.

Dr Juliane Schaer is researching malaria parasites in bats, Dr Tobias Rupprecht is studying the Russian Empire as an ally of anti-colonial movements in the 19th century, and Dr Stijn van Tongeren is investigating integral deformations in holography.

On 6 June, Humboldt-Universität is hosting 200 science projects – ranging from mini-language courses, an exhibition on water science and dance workshops to the invisible phenomena of physics, and CUBES Circle, a visionary agricultural system.

Lectures by Prof. Richard Balme and Prof. Sabine Fuss on 26 May and 2 June 2026 at HU will analyse the role of government institutions in achieving climate targets, as well as the challenges of carbon management.

A new study shows that the UN’s conservation target of placing almost a third of the Earth’s surface under protection by 2030 could have a direct impact on the lives of almost half the world’s population.

The DFG funds four more years of the Collaborative Research Center 1315 “Mechanisms and disturbances in Memory Consolidation: From Synapses to Systems”, coordinated by the HU, with partners at the Charité and several institutions.