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.
Green revolution for grains
Cell biologist Thomas Ott aims to make food supplies securer and farming more sustainable
A tuft of myrrh between the breasts
The ways in which the Song of Songs influenced and continues to inspire Jewish love literature over the centuries to this day
A Concert of Many Voices
Katharina Brizić talks about what society can learn from Nadia Murad receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
Braking and Accelerating
Maja Köhn uses biochemical tools to investigate how certain enzymes behave when the immune system meets invaders
Curving, not straight
The original course of the Rhine could remedy many environmental problems – can the waterway return to nature?
An exact date of burial?
Why researchers doubt the widely-accepted date of the destruction of Pompei
A Model for the Arab World
Islamic Studies researcher Simon Wolfgang Fuchs studies how the Iranian Revolution influenced other Muslim countries in the 1970s
The WhatsApp of the Middle Ages
A computer program is to help fathom the linguistic nuances of Church Slavonic
Birds of a Feather Flock Together?
Freiburg researchers are studying tree growth in monocultures and mixed cultures
Thoughts of inspiration
The psychologist Fritz Renner studies the ways in which visual imagination can help patients with depression