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Gauss Year 2027: we want your ideas!
Even today, Carl Friedrich Gauss is seen as one of the most important scientists of all time. 30 April 2027 will be the 250th anniversary of his birth, and the cities of Göttingen and Braunschweig are gearing up to bring together the past and future by celebrating the Gauss Year 2027. Everyone interested – whether from the worlds of culture, sport, voluntary organisa-tions or business – is invited to help shape the Gauss Year 2027! more…
Drawing the line: virtual versus physical fences
Virtual fences could make managing grazing livestock on farms more flexible and more efficient whilst im-proving animal welfare. A new study by the University of Göttingen shows that virtual fences trigger similar behaviour in cattle, in terms of how they move around in the field, to conventional electric fences. This find-ing clearly puts the concerns, which are commonly expressed about animal welfare, into perspective. The results were published in the journal Animal. more…
Vibrant environments: sonic agency in the Anthropocene
Birgit Abels, Professor of Cultural Musicology at Göttingen University, has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC has funded her project “Vibrant Environmentality: Sonic Agentivity in the Anthropocene” (VibE) with around 2.6 million euros over five years. This will allow Abels and her team to investigate how people co-create their world through interaction with sound and how making music can be key to possible responses to existential crises. more…
Honour for agricultural law expert
Professor José Martinez, an expert in agricultural law, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá, Colombia. This recognises his long-standing contributions to academic collaboration between the law faculties of the two universities. In addition, the award recognises his work at the German-Colombian Peace Institute CAPAZ which promotes peace and reconciliation in Colombia. more…
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New opportunities for Göttingen researchers: Enlight parners sign joint PhD agreement
The Enlight alliance has signed a comprehensive joint PhD framework agreement. The agreement applies to all disciplines and all ten partner universities and sets out clear provisions for joint supervision, evaluation and defence. The result is a double PhD degree and access to a strongly integrated international research environment. more…
INSIDE: Sun’s hidden magnetic field
Professor Laurent Gizon, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the University of Göttingen, has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC has funded his project, "Mapping Magnetic Fields in the Solar Interior’ (INSIDE)" with 2.5 million euros over five years. It aims to answer one of the most important unresolved questions in solar physics: what does the Sun’s magnetic field look like beneath its surface? more…