News
All press releases
Senate confirms its original decision to vote President Professor Metin Tolan out of office -
Pressemitteilung, 20.11.2024
The Senate's proposal to vote out the President of the University of Göttingen on 21 October 2024 had been very clearly rejected by the University’s highest supervisory body, the University Fo…
more…
The trail of the master forger: new evidence discovered -
Pressemitteilung, 19.11.2024
A document held in Göttingen University’s Faculty of Humanities has been revealed as an 18th century forgery. The document purports to be from 1266, but mentions a church in Pisa that was not …
more…
Tree islands restore nature in oil palm plantations -
Pressemitteilung, 15.11.2024
Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil…
more…
Diverse and diverging demands on forests in Germany -
Pressemitteilung, 13.11.2024
Forests provide biodiversity, ecosystem functions, income and much more. How can these diverse and seemingly diverging demands be met? An international research team led by Göttingen Universit…
more…
Good results for academic subjects -
Pressemitteilung, 12.11.2024
In the current Shanghai Ranking, Ecology at the University of Göttingen has once again been ranked first in Germany. The ranking also puts the Agricultural Sciences (which includes Forestry Sc…
more…
Cohesion through resilient democratic communities -
Pressemitteilung, 06.11.2024
A new EU joint research project led by the University of Göttingen will explore how migration, demographic change and current crises are affecting social cohesion and democratic structures in …
more…
Birds, bees and bats working together means more macadamia nuts -
Pressemitteilung, 05.11.2024
An international research team led by the universities of Göttingen and Hohenheim in Germany has gained new insights into how the interaction of birds, bees and bats significantly increases th…
more…
Islands are key to protecting plant biodiversity -
Pressemitteilung, 30.10.2024
From Tasmania to Madagascar to New Guinea, islands make up just over five per cent of Earth’s land. Yet, new research reveals that islands are home to over 31 per cent of the world’s plant spe…
more…
New approaches to synthesize compounds for pharmaceutical research -
Pressemitteilung, 28.10.2024
Junior Professor Johannes Walker, University of Göttingen, has been awarded an Exploration Grant from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation. Walker teaches and carries out research at the Instit…
more…
More resources needed to protect birds in Germany -
Pressemitteilung, 24.10.2024
Researchers at the Göttingen University and Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten (DDA) developed citizen science platforms as a new data source to evaluate the effectiveness of the 742 protected…
more…
Foundation Committee strongly rejects Senate's proposal -
Pressemitteilung, 22.10.2024
At its special meeting on 21 October 2024, the University Foundation Committee discussed the Senate's proposal to vote out the President of the University of Göttingen, Professor Metin Tolan. …
more…
Biodiversity change amidst disappearing human traditions -
Pressemitteilung, 17.10.2024
A Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science has been awarded to Dr Gergana Daskalova. The fellowship funds Daskalova’s research project “Biodiversity change amidst disappearing human tradit…
more…
Nitrogen pollution drives forest plants west -
Pressemitteilung, 11.10.2024
The movement of plant species across Europe has mainly been attributed to climate change. However, a new study shows that other environmental factors play an important role. An international r…
more…
University of Göttingen in Germany’s top ten -
Pressemitteilung, 10.10.2024
Good results for the University of Göttingen. In the current university ranking of the UK’s Times Higher Education (THE), Göttingen was able to maintain its position of 10th place in Germany. …
more…
Skill and technique in Bronze Age spear combat -
Pressemitteilung, 08.10.2024
How can we tell whether and how a prehistoric weapon was used? How can we better understand the dexterity and combat skills involved in Bronze Age spear fighting? A research team including Göt…
more…