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Research Profile

The University of Freiburg aims to sharpen the research profile and become a laboratory for new research ideas. The following press releases and articles from the online magazine show ideas, measures, and projects in that field.


The robbed continent
Researchers are developing guidelines for managing looted art from colonial Africa
Freedom for research
How the law professor Silja Vöneky experiences the interdisciplinary collaboration at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Controversial Helpers
What formalities need to be observed in interactions between humans and machines?
Green revolution for grains
Cell biologist Thomas Ott aims to make food supplies securer and farming more sustainable
Braking and Accelerating
Maja Köhn uses biochemical tools to investigate how certain enzymes behave when the immune system meets invaders
Often copied but never matched
Why heroes inspire, polarize – and need the applause of their admirers
Resolving Asymmetries
The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa opens at the University of Ghana