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Research Profile Strategy 2030+

In summer 2023, the University of Erfurt presented its research profile strategy for the coming years. In this strategy, the university not only commits to its structural profile fields, but also focuses on even stronger networking in the future – both, within the university and with external cooperation partners – on graduate service and on knowledge transfer to society.

In an interview, Professor Benedikt Kranemann and Dr Katharina Held, under whose leadership the research profile strategy was developed, explain the background and details.

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8. July 2026

Franz Emanuel Weinert Prize for Professor Cornelia Betsch

Cornelia Betsch, Professor of Health Communication and Director of the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour at the University of Erfurt, is to be honoured with the Franz-Emanuel-Weinert Prize by the German Psychological Society (DGPs). In doing…

8. July 2026

New publication: What teacher training can learn from pilot training

Which principles of pilot training could also benefit teacher training? This question is being explored by PD Dr habil. Benjamin Dreer-Göthe, managing director of the Erfurt School of Education at the University of Erfurt, and Associate Professor Dr…

7. July 2026

New project by the One Health Platform investigates the growing risks posed by mosquitoes

Rising temperatures, urbanisation and artificial light at night are altering the living conditions of mosquitoes in Europe – with potential consequences for the spread of pathogens such as the West Nile virus. A new network project by the One Health…

7. July 2026

New study on climate action published

A new study by a research team from the University of Erfurt shows: The widespread assumption that people underestimate how strongly others support climate protection falls short of the mark. Instead, people sometimes even overestimate how many…

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