The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, the University is committed to the values of social responsibility of science, democracy, tolerance and justice. It offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties: in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine. With about 28,000 students and more than 210 degree programmes, the University is one of the largest in Germany.
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Göttingen University successful again at Lower Saxony Science Awards
Göttingen University’s Professor of Development Economics, Sebastian Vollmer has been awarded Lower Saxony’s Wissenschaftspreis 2025. The panel recognised his achievements in the category Anwendungsorientierte Forschung (applied research). Lower Saxony's Minister for Science and Culture, Falko Mohrs, presented the prizes on Thursday 13 November 2025 in Hannover. The award is worth 25,000 euros.
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Research with worldwide influence
This year's list of "Highly Cited Researchers" includes four scientists from the University of Göttingen: the biologist Professor Ivo Feußner, the agricultural scientist Professor Stefan Siebert and the agroecologist Professor Teja Tscharntke are among the most frequently cited scientists in their fields worldwide. In addition, there is forestry scientist Professor Henrik Hartmann, who holds a joint professorship at the Julius Kühn Institute and the University of Göttingen.
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Tenth Japanese-German Presidents’ Conference of the HeKKSaGOn Alliance
In spring 2024, the rectors of the Japan-Germany HeKKSaGOn Alliance agreed to promote new joint projects and to establish cooperation in the cross-disciplinary field of "Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship". The conference in Osaka now produced an entirely positive interim assessment.
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Awards for new interdisciplinary networks and teaching initiatives
The European University Network Enlight has funded twelve projects involving the University of Göttingen. The NAI²TURE network (Network for Accessible and Interdisciplinary AI Transformation at Universities through Research and Exchange), coordinated by the University of Göttingen, will receive just under €100,000 in funding. NAI²TURE was selected in the “Enlight Thematic Networks” category. The aim is to promote critical and inclusive AI competence and to conduct interdisciplinary research into the associated educational, ethical and institutional issues.
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Home advantage? How consumers misjudge the environmental impact of imported food
Peppers from Spain or from Germany? When consumers assess the environmental impact of food, their decision largely depends on its origin. This is shown by a new survey by researchers at the University of Göttingen. According to the survey, domestic products in supermarkets are perceived as particularly environmentally friendly. But this impression can be misleading. The results raise questions about the design of labelling and advertising.
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Sudden complexity just 65 million years ago
Land plants – such as mosses, ferns and trees – are some of the most structurally complex photosynthesizing organisms on Earth. But their evolutionary story is deeply tied to their ancestors: simpler green algae that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. Among these algae, a group related to land plants that can still be found today – the Coleochaetophyceae – stands out. So an international research team used DNA and data from fossil evidence to shed new light on this group.
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