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Excellence Strategy: Cluster of Excellence for the University of Regensburg
After a long and highly competitive competition, the University of Regensburg (UR) is one of the winners of the Excellence Strategy.
How the Brain’s Visual Systems Help Us Understand and Act in the World
Professors Angelika Lingnau of the University of Regensburg and Nancy Kanwisher of the MIT McGovern Institute are conducting research on the brain's visual systems and their role in enabling human beings to comprehend and navigate the world around them. They have been awarded a grant from the MIT Germany-University of Regensburg Seed Fund program, which is intended to support their research endeavors.
Margins of Memory: Cultures and Politics of Non-Hegemonic Remembrance
Early career scholars launch new international LSC research network at the University of Regensburg
Bessel Research Award brings Berkeley scientist to Regensburg
Professor Michael Zuerch from the University of California, Berkeley is awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize.
Knowledge, Culture and Law across Societies and Spaces
2025 International conference of the Regensburg Leibniz ScienceCampus to launch the second funding phase until 2028
Facts and Figures
Flagships
Fresh Science, Diverse Careers
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Richard Höfer, Professor of Analysis and Numerics of Partial Differential Equations - Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2025
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UR's intramural funding program supports early career scientists.
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Simon Lebek is UR’s Professor of Internal Medicine with a focus on Experimental Cardiology and Gene Editing.
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Jan Wilhelm leads the junior research group 'Computational Electronic Structure Theory' at UR’s Institute of Theoretical Physics.
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Juliane Tomann is UR’s Junior professor for Public History.
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Tenure Track Professor at UR: Annabelle Bohrdt, Institute of Theoretical Physics
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Postdoc at UR: Oleksandr Zabirko, Institute for Slavic Studies.
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Tatiana Klepikova is UR’s Freigeist Fellow, doing research on queer literatures and cultures.
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Research Group Leader at UR: Tomer J. Czaczkes, Institute of Zoology - Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2024
Doctoral Researchers
Postdocs
Tenure Track
Early Career Promotion
Leibniz and Fraunhofer
Support and Structures
Universität Regensburg Regulations for Ensuring Good Academic Practice (PDF)
Guidelines for Handling Research Data (PDF)
Research Data - UR DataHub
Internationalization@UR | UR international: Internationalization Strategy 2023-2027
UR Data Protection Officer dsb@ur.de | Information sheet on AI (via VPN, German only)
Chairperson
Professor Dr. Ernst Tamm, Vice President for Research
Members
- Professor Dr. Andreas Merkt (Catholic Theology)
- Professor Dr. Jürgen Kühling (Law)
- Professor Dr. Steffen Sebastian (Business, Economics & Management Information Systems)
- Professor Dr. Wolfgang Herr (Medicine)
- Professor Dr. Meike Klettke (Informatics and Data Science)
- Professor Dr. Katelijne Schiltz (Philosophy, Art History, History and Humanities)
- Professor Dr. Angelika Lingnau (Human Sciences)
- Professor Dr. Christiane Heibach (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
- Professor Dr. Clara Löh (Mathematics)
- Professor Dr. Dominique Bougeard (Physics)
- Professor Dr. Dina Grohmann (Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine)
- Professor Dr. Oliver Reiser (Chemistry and Pharmacy)
Upcoming Meetings
- October 30, 2024
- November 27, 2024
- December 18, 2024
- January 15, 2025
- May 21, 2025
- June 25, 2025
- July 23, 2025
Sessions begin at 2 p.m.