Freie Universitaet Berlin

The European Network of Academic Sports Services (ENAS) has awarded the “UniSport-O-Mat” project, created by the University Sports Center (UniSport) at Freie Universität, with the 2022 ENAS Award. The award, which includes 2000 euros in…

A burial is currently being planned for the human remains that have been uncovered in the course of several excavations on the Freie Universität Berlin campus since 2015. The members of a working group made up of institutions researching…

The European Research Council (ERC) is funding a new research project led by the psychologist Verena Klein through an ERC Starting Grant. The European Research Council uses ERC Starting Grants worth up to 1.5 million euros to support…

The European Research Council (ERC) is awarding more than 1.33 million euros in funding to a research project organized by Danish film and media studies scholar Dr. Steffen Hven from Freie Universität Berlin. With his research project,…

Professor Robert Bittl, an experimental physicist at Freie Universität Berlin, is to receive over two million euros through an ERC Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) as part of a joint international research project.…

Public awareness is growing around the subject of microplastics as harmful pollutants. To date, this problematic source of pollution has primarily been investigated in bodies of water. However, recent studies are beginning to focus more…

Dr. Ahana Aurora Fernandez, a biologist at Freie Universität Berlin, has been chosen as the recipient of this year’s Marthe Vogt Award by the Forschungsverbund Berlin (FVB, Research Association of Berlin). In her doctoral thesis, which…

The most common type of meteorites that fall onto Earth are called chondrites, which represent little modified aggregates of dust from the early solar nebula. Therefore, it has long been assumed that chondrites represent the most…

Arabic studies scholar Professor Beatrice Gründler of Freie Universität Berlin will be awarded an honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands. She will receive the accolade in recognition of her numerous contributions to…

The debate surrounding affirmative action policies to counteract inequality against underrepresented groups continues to raise questions about the use of quotas when it comes to hiring people to leadership positions or public offices. A…