research & discover
University of Freiburg researchers transcend the traditional boundaries between the disciplines, working together to advance scientific knowledge and work out solutions to the great challenges of the future.
With a Dog, a Hat, and a Gun
How the public image of the forest ranger has changed over the course of time
Rethink, repair and share
PhD students attending a summer school on resilient energy supplies explain what sustainability means to them
“Organic produce is not better per se”
Researchers in the joint project KERNiG are looking for ways to make food supplies in towns more sustainable
„Ideas don’t spread without a purpose“
Sina Leipold is awarded the German Thesis Prize for her dissertation on global corporate responsibility in the international lumber trade
Creating good standards
Martin Boeker bundles and standardizes medical data – and creates one more cornerstone for personalized medicine
Time and Space for Research
Fellowships and Funding Programs at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Brave new layer
Surfaces with the lotus effect are to become more robust - helped by snakes and lizards
“Inappropriate and embarrassing“
Most of the passages in the Bundeswehr’s songbook are no longer contemporary, according to Michael Fischer
Justice, Freedom, Preserving Peace
Historian Wolfram Wette says the German military, the Bundeswehr, needs new role models.
"We could all become suspects"
The applications of DNA analyses in criminal investigations are to be massively extended – it's a step that raises many questions