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Times and Wonders: The new forsch is out now!

The new issue of the University of Bonn’s research magazine forsch is now available. In forsch 2025/01, the focus lies on the interplay between science, ethics, and global collaboration. The magazine showcases how researchers are addressing pressing societal challenges – and how science can actively contribute to public discourse.

Bharat Desai Receives Humboldt Research Award

Bharat Desai, Professor of International Law at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India, has been honored with a Humboldt Research Award. He was nominated for the €60,000 prize by Professor Stefan Talmon, an international law expert at the University of Bonn, and will now spend a year working in Bonn alongside his host.

Photovoltaics, Food Sharing and Fair Soccer

Each spring, Poppelsdorf Campus is transformed into a hot spot for sustainability. The public was invited to find out more about what the University of Bonn is doing in the areas of research, teaching and operations on Sustainability Day, held May 21, 2025. Numerous staff and students were involved in making the day a success, manning the 25 or so stands.

The Fascinating World of Beetles

Over 400,000 beetle species have been described to date, making them the largest order of any liv-ing thing. Each individual one triggers spontaneous emotions in us: some people will let out a loud, shrill scream if they see a black beetle, while most will find ladybirds especially charming. When you have someone taking as close a look as photographer Carolin Bleese has done and a researcher as besotted with beetles as is Professor Dr. Nicholas Gompel from the Institute of Organismic Biology at the University of Bonn, then you get some completely new angles on the humble beetle. Running until August 31, 2025, the new special exhibition in P26 entitled “Fascinating Beetles” will display the images that have resulted from the collaboration between the two.

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Events

Tuesday Jun 17, 2025

How to Find Options for Reorientation

Zoom

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Maybe you’re looking for a new direction, e.g. because you want to change subject or university, drop your studies altogether or have some completely different ...

Tuesday Jun 17, 2025

Workshop „Antisemitismus - Wahrnehmen und Begegnen“

Universität Bonn, der ...

10:00 AM - 02:00 PM

Dieser Workshop gibt einen grundlegenden Überblick zum Thema Antisemitismus. Er zeigt auf, was Antisemitismus eigentlich ist und woran aktuelle Formen erkannt ...

Tuesday Jun 17, 2025

Weaving Indigenous Knowledge in Food Systems Transformation

Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße ...

04:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Indigenous food systems play a crucial role in promoting ecological and socio-economic sustainability, yet they continue to be overlooked in scientific ...

Tuesday Jun 17, 2025

Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture by Marcy Norton

In person event: Impulse ...

04:15 PM - 05:45 PM

What can contrasting approaches to animals tell us about human social organization? While early modern Europe was structured by nested hierarchies—dividing ...