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Sustainability Meets Entrepreneurial Drive

Innovative ideas for a more sustainable future took center stage yesterday at the grand finale of the Goethe SDG Contest 2026 at Goethe University Frankfurt. Six finalist teams pitched their

Fair Careers in Academia

Goethe University Frankfurt study offers first systematic insight into diversity and discrimination in academic careers Academic excellence depends on diversity, freedom and fair opportunities. But independent research can only thrive

How Life Could Arise from Molecules

Many properties of molecules cannot be predicted from the properties of the atoms they consist of these properties only emerge when they are combined – a phenomenon known in science

Portrait von Britta Baumert

Britta Baumert, Catholic Theologian

For as long as she can remember, Britta Baumert knew one thing: she wanted to become a teacher. Having reached that decision while still at school, it initially did not

Japan Honors Japanologist Michael Kinski

Michael Kinski, Professor of Japanese Cultural and Intellectual History at Goethe University Frankfurt, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Japanese

Advancing Research in the Future of Sport

Goethe University Frankfurt and Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG have signed a cooperation agreement that expands their existing partnership. Planned initiatives include the exchange of expertise, joint research projects, public events,

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Download it now: The New Goethe Uni App 2.0

Dear Students, Now you can organize your everyday university life even more easily and conveniently: With the new Goethe University App 2.0, you can, for example, directly access your course

The Powerlessness of the Working Class in the 21st Century

British political scientist Cain Shelley is a fellow at Goethe University’s Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften Institute for Advanced Studies working on „A Class For Itself?: The Future of Class Politics.“ Nowadays, the

Encounters with police violence

The KviAPol research project deals with “Police Use of Excessive Force”. UniReport: Ms. Abdul-Rahman, Professor Singelnstein, the Black Lives Matter movement in the US in particular likely roused people throughout

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