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 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.
On 22 April, Circle U. will once again host its Climate Day. All HU members are invited to submit events such as workshops, lectures and other interventions and initiatives. The submission deadline is 20 February.
Truth and freedom are mutually dependent. Georg Essen, Professor of Systematic Theology at the HU, sheds light on why academic freedom is essential in order to maintain a connection to reality in a democracy.
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.
"Seen & Heard: Young People's Voices and Freedom of Expression", an EU project to strengthen freedom of expression, was nominated as a best practice project.
HU and New York University have entered into a strategic partnership. The agreement provides for a deepening of mutual exchange as well as enhanced cooperation in teaching and research.
