by Prof Dr Simone Fulda, President of Kiel University

They say that quantum computers will revolutionise our lives. In a way, it all began at the Kiel Fjord: Max Planck, the Nobel Prize winner from Kiel, is considered to be the founder of quantum physics, and quantum materials are researched at the CAU today. The QuantumBay initiative now aims to boost the use of quantum computers in Kiel.

The question of who actually rules whom is rarely easy to answer. This is also the case with algorithms. The problem is addressed by the sociology of algorithmic rulership.

Members of Kiel University who focus on issues of environment and climate protection express their views in the "Unter Zwei" (below two) interview series run by klik – klima konzept 2030. Among them is junior professor Christian Baatz. He researches climate ethics, sustainability and global justice.

Closed borders as a result of the COVID pandemic: Professor Matthias Lücke from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy Kiel is examining the influence of COVID on migrant workers abroad in eastern Europe.

After the nations agreed on a global minimum tax for companies, this could be the start of a new tax competition: one for highly skilled workers. This is the finding of a study in which business professor Jost Heckemeyer is involved.

Professor Silja Klepp is the new joint holder of the UNESCO Chair on Integrated Marine Sciences. She focuses attention on the political and social dimensions of climate change and environmental changes.

The Kiel-based research and development project BlueHealthTech starts its implementation phase with federal funding of €15 million. Co-organiser Carsten Schultz, Professor of Technology Management, examines how new knowledge emerges at the interfaces of completely different professions.

In the Cluster of Excellence ROOTS, Dr Søren Wichmann is studying the lengths of words in different languages. Through his work, the linguist has discovered a new link between linguistics and archaeology.

For many people, even in today's enlightened times, it’s only their own perspective that counts. However, we knew better, even in antiquity.

"I would like to become a volcanologist." Hannah Völkel's goal is ambitious, but thanks to her Deutschlandstipendium (Germany Scholarship) she can work towards it with a certain calm confidence.

The China Centre at Kiel University was founded ten years ago. Since then, it has established a wide-ranging local, national and international network.

Biomarkers for lung diseases

Metals from the sea

Multi-layered ancient texts

Orthodontics with modern technology

Algebra for quantum mechanics

As president of the German Society for Nutritional Medicine (DGEM), Professor Anja Bosy-Westphal supports the #ErnährungswendeAnpacken! (tackle the nutritional transition) alliance. In an interview with unizeit, she explained what it’s all about and what she is researching herself.

Increasing demand for quinoa makes agricultural companies in Germany interested in cultivating it too. Suitable varieties are being bred and researched at Kiel University. A new cultivation trial begins in April.

In a joint research project, the Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry is investigating immunocastration – an animal-friendly alternative to surgical castration of piglets. The goals here are to reduce reservations and develop recommendations for agriculture.

Professor Eva Stukenbrock has been a member of the French Academy of Sciences since January 2022. This special honour is largely based on her expertise on pathogenic fungi. How she discovered her love of fungi and what plans she has for plant sciences in Kiel, she describes in conversation with Rosemary Wilson, coordinator of the Kiel Plant Center.

The book within the book as the key to strange worlds: how the writer Cornelia Funke uses this literary motif is being researched by specialist in German studies Olaf Koch.

A life completely without social media hardly exists in society today. But how do we shape the increasingly inevitable digital side of our existence? And what does that do to us?