
Research vessel NOVA sets course for RotterdamMinister Krischer and Consul General Tijmes give the signal to set sail
On its way to the World Port Days in Rotterdam, UDE’s research vessel NOVA will become a platform for discussion about the future of inland shipping. At several stops along the route, the focus will be on automated navigation and sustainability.

Detecting Crises EarlierAI for Situational Awareness in the German Healthcare System
How can we gain a better overview of healthcare situations in future? What is available, and where? A collaborative project in which IKIM is playing a key role is developing AtheneKI, which can simulate and analyse crises. IKIM is receiving 2.4 million euros for the project.

Students explore the perspective of those affectedA child sent away – and life was different after that
Oral history opens up new avenues: to history as experienced first-hand, set against the backdrop of political, social and economic developments of the time. For 26 Bachelor’s students at the UDE, it provides a window into the perspectives of the ‘children sent away’.

Study on Problematic Internet UseTemptation Outweighs Stress

STRALI develops planning tool for local authorities Pinpointing where EV charging points are really needed

Federal Funding€580,000 for the West German Biobank Essen

Paper in Nature Communications Large-Scale Brain Analysis Reveals Multiple Pathways to Placebo Effects on Pain

41st round of the UDE Postdoc Seed FundingsTwo research projects have been awarded funding

IAQ Report on the Automotive Industry A Fair Transition?

New Series from the Institute for Socio-EconomicsWhy Economists Often Disagree

20 years of accreditation as a high-voltage laboratory at the UDE 20 years under high tension

Funding from the Volkswagen Foundation and the Young AcademyTWIST is one of “Best Research Environment 2026”

7 and 8 July: MS Wissenschaft Docks in DuisburgUDE Exhibits on Board

New Funding for Glioblastoma Research Novel Therapeutic Approach Under Investigation

Policy Management for DemocracyCeremony: 20 Years of the NRW School of Governance

ERC Advanced Grant for Christof SchulzFrom Empirical Trial-and-Error to Predictive Materials Synthesis Science

Medieval History Prize for Jan-Hendryk de BoerPopes without Rome

UDE starts three research projects on the transition of district heatingThe Summer provides Heat for the Winter

EU Commission’s draft legislation on pesticides European researchers highlight the risks

Peace Report 2026 Power Politics Drives Global Conflicts

New Hope for Chronic Nerve PainEU Project RESOLVE Launches


