Small island states such as the Maldives are on the frontline of climate change. On 11 February, President Mohamed Muizzo will speak about his nation's learnings and strategies in dealing with rising sea levels and other impacts of climate change.
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With this event, the Institute of Educational Sciences honoured the graduates of the Bachelor's degree programme *"Education at Primary Schools "* and the Master's degree programme *"Teaching at Primary Schools "*.
In the competition for legal expertise and the most professional appearance in a simulated court hearing, law students Alexa Frei, Amelie Haeberlin and Jost Roeber came out on top against nine university teams from all over Germany.
Dr Haci Cevik, Einstein Fellow at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, receives the Voltaire Award 2026 from the University of Potsdam for his commitment to academic freedom, social dialogue and freedom of expression.
Prof Dr Andreas Reckwitz receives German Sociological Association Award for outstanding achievements in the field of public effectiveness of sociology 2026.
The "Mathemenschen" exhibition breaks with the cliché of dry maths. 14 researchers build bridges to society with their works of art and show in an audio guide how much culture and origin characterise their thinking.
In the Mosse Lecture on 22 January, Princeton professor Kim Lane Scheppele will analyse the transformation of constitutional governments from the USA to Russia.
Prof Dr Patrick Hostert and Dr Dirk Pflugmacher will contribute their expertise to the Landsat Science Team (LST) in future. The appointment by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey is considered a special scientific honour.
The founding director of the Northern Europe Institute at Humboldt-Universität, Bernd Henningsen, was honoured with the Willy Brandt Award 2025 for his commitment to German-Norwegian relations.
The Humboldt Forum welcomes all Berliners affected by the power outage, as well as all volunteers and official helpers, to its collection presentations and exhibitions from Wednesday to Sunday, 7 to 11 January 2026.
The President of the European Court of Justice, Koen Lenaerts, will speak on 30 January about "Citizenship in Motion: Striking the balance between Union and Nation". The event can be followed as a livestream on YouTube.
The Einstein Foundation Berlin is funding eleven new research projects with 13 million euros. The focus is on the new Einstein Centre for Early Disease Interception and Kerstin Kaufmann's Einstein Professorship at Humboldt-Universität.
The Presidium of the Academy has elected the HU professor as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. The sociologist conducts research into the demography and social structure of societies.