On 27 June in Berlin, the Young Academy and the Volkswagen Foundation presented the "Best Research Environment 2026" award. The award recognises innovative, supportive and creative research structures. Among the five winning teams, each of which…
The Department of Religious Studies and the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt are organising the 4th German South Asia Day. To mark the occasion, the university will welcome numerous academics from the humanities and social sciences to its…
What will a hot summer feel like in the future? And how can cities, healthcare and we ourselves cope better with heat? Questions like these are the focus of the HeatFuture Lab Thuringia, which the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour at the…
The Max Weber Centre for Cultural and Social Science Studies at the University of Erfurt invites applications for the Max Weber Prize for Young Researchers. This prize is intended to honour outstanding work by an early-stage researcher within the…
The Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt is offering Distinguished Fellowships for the academic year 2027/28. They are awarded for three to ten months, start on 1 October 2027 or 1 April 2028 and end on 31 July 2028 at the latest.…
Led by the Brandt School, the University of Erfurt is one of the founding organisations of the new Fulbright “Transatlantic Diplomacy Program” (TAD). The transatlantic exchange opportunity aims to train and empower outstanding young professionals…
The results of the latest PACE study (Planetary Health Action Survey) have just been published. In this study, a research team regularly takes a psychological look at climate change and, in particular, analyses people's willingness to take action to…
How can effective climate protection be achieved in a democratic society? Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and communications researcher Professor Cornelia Betsch from the University of Erfurt will talk about this on 18 May in the House…
Professor Andreas Goldthau from the University of Erfurt has been appointed to the "Energiesysteme der Zukunft" (ESYS) initiative, where he will be working on strategies to strengthen resilience and security of supply in the energy and industrial…
Despite clear evidence against a link between vaccinations and autism, the US health authorities claim the opposite. A study involving the University of Erfurt shows the consequences: Declining willingness to vaccinate and growing mistrust. The…
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