Research News

What is happening in Russia, far away from the front line, where the employment force is shrinking, companies are having to close, and whole regions are losing their young population? A new study from the University of Greifswald shows how the Ukraine War is affecting the Russian society from within…

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has granted four million euros in funding to the Research Unit “Transformative Climate Law: Space – Time – Society” for the next four years. The Unit is being coordinated at the University of Bremen. The spokespersons of the Research Unit, Prof. Dr. Claudio…

They are durable, cheap and everyday life is now hardly imaginable without them: plastics. More then 400 million metric tons are produced every year. As a large proportion is only insufficiently recycled, the environmental burden caused by plastic waste is increasing. Researchers from the University…

Wetlands, particularly peatlands, are among the Earth’s most important carbon sinks. By 2030, EU Member States must restore at least 30 per cent of their degraded wetlands. For the EU to achieve its restoration targets, it needs reliable information on which areas offer the greatest potential for…

A new international study published in Ambio highlights nine “bright spots” from around the world that demonstrate how peatland conservation, rewetting, and restoration can succeed. The examples range from community-led restoration initiatives and large-scale rewetting programmes to innovative forms…

During a cabinet meeting between Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s State Government and representatives from the Federal Government at the Representation of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Berlin on 7 July 2026, Federal Minister for the Environment Carsten Schneider and Minister-President Manuela…

It was long considered an established fact that bats only mate in autumn. An international study led by the University of Greifswald, now published in the journal Mammalian Biology, provides new findings that suggest that this assumption may not be correct. When investigating the common noctule…

Prof. Dr. Kilian Heck, an art historian at the University of Greifswald, was awarded the Borys Voznytskyi Medal by the city of Lviv in recognition of his efforts to protect Ukrainian cultural heritage. In 2022, he founded the Ukraine Art Aid Center (UAAC) together with the art historians Dr. Olena…

Why is it rare for dangerous blood clots to form in our blood? What happens if this safety mechanism fails? An international team of researchers involving the University of Greifswald has taken a major step towards finding the answer to this central medical question. The results were published…

People living in Germany have more confidence in themselves today than 20 years ago. They have more faith in their ability to influence their own lives and key life events. This has now been shown in a long-term study conducted by Dr. Theresa M. Entringer from the University of Greifswald and…