Looking Beyond GDP
20. April 2026
Alfons Weichenrieder, Professor of Public Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt, argues in a recent study that Net Domestic Product (NDP)
Alfons Weichenrieder, Professor of Public Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt, argues in a recent study that Net Domestic Product (NDP)
The German Research Foundation’s (DFG) Research Training Group “Standards of Governance” is an interdisciplinary research initiative run jointly by TU
Ladislaus Ludescher on the decline in funding for development work and for combating hunger at a time when military budgets
Questions for Dr. Judith Müller, Research Associate at the Buber-Rosenzweig Institute and co-organizer of the conference “European Hebrew Text Cultures:
Political scientist Prof. Monika Oberle participated in the joint “Pilot Monitor for Civic Education” project. Speaking to UniReport, she explains
The “ADFC Bicycle Climate Test,” in which over 200,000 cyclists participated nationwide, rated Frankfurt as Germany’s most bicycle-friendly city among
In his new book “Gefährliche Rivalitäten” [Dangerous Rivalries], historian Werner Plumpe shows how history has always been shaped by economic
Andrea Kießling, Professor of Public Law, Social and Health Law, as well as Migration Law at Goethe University Frankfurt, reflects
Impressions from 2025 Annual Conference of NAFSA: Association of International Educators In late May, Dr. Johannes Müller, Head of the
Bernd Herzogenrath, professor at the Institute of English and American Studies, virtually brought together 133 artists from the fields of
Findings from the Meta-Project on Inclusive Education The “Needs-Based Diagnostics in Inclusive Education” funding directive, issued by the German Federal
Judith Schalansky assumes the Frankfurt Chair of Poetics in the 2025 summer semester. In conversation with UniReport, she discusses collecting
For the first time, the Historical Museum Frankfurt is collaborating with Goethe University researchers in its Stadtlabor. The result is
CPI spokesperson Prof. Stefanie Dimmeler on nearly 20 years in a continuously successful Cluster of Excellence and on new, exciting
Prof. Michaela Müller-McNicoll and Prof. Martin Beck, spokespersons for SCALE, on the Clusters of Excellence decision day, new ideas and
Agnes Brauer to also lead the Digital Humanities Team UniReport: Ms. Brauer, you are the new head of the Bibliothekszentrum
Nimrod Hurvitz is a visiting researcher at Goethe University’s Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften – Institute of Advanced Studies, focusing on the topic
Together, they oversaw the implementation of the COVID-19 regulations at Goethe University Frankfurt during the pandemic: René Hummerich and Heike
For the first time, the world’s leading conference on heavy-ion physics, Quark Matter, was held at Goethe University from April
Thomas Wilhelm, who has won several awards for his approach to teaching physics, explains why physics lessons sometimes aren’t very
The TeaP (Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen – Conference of Experimental Psychologists) is an important venue for early-career researchers in experimental
Political scientist Brigitte Geissel on the imminent election, voter fatigue and the need to involve citizens more effectively in democratic
A new book by Nordic scholar Matthias Egeler looks at the otherworld. The wicked fairy in fairy tales, the elves
Petra Schulz, professor of linguistics, looks at Germany’s latest “teen slang word of the year” announced at the 2024 Frankfurt
At the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften (FKH), Paul Lichterman, Professor of Sociology and Religion at the University of Southern California, is conducting
Prof. Doron Kiesel, educational scientist and founding director of the Jewish Academy (Jüdische Akademie), talks about the lecture series entitled
Students put their questions about the war in the Middle East to Israeli Consul General Talya Lador-Fresher. Hamas’ terrorist attacks
The Generative AI working group examines how AI is affecting Goethe University Frankfurt. We spoke to Julia Schmitt and working
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