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Research project: Changing childhoods
Early-career researcher Jan David Hauck has received a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant with LMU.
Read moreFar-right shocks to the system
Where is right-wing extremism rearing its head in Bavaria? How is the political establishment responding? A research project has been set up to answer these questions.
Read more“Coral reefs have profound significance for people’s lives”
Every spring, LMU biologist Annika Guse visits Japan to study nocturnal coral spawning under a full moon.
Read moreEvents at LMU
26 March 2024 | Lyrik Kabinett: Poetry in Motion
Once a month, Ko Bylanzky, initiator and organizer of this event series, hosts a unique evening at which three guests regularly mesmerize the audience.
Read moreuntil 5 April 2024 | Travelling Back
A critical perspective is presented on the narratives and collections Bavarian scientists Johann Baptist von Spix (1781–1826) and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868) brought from Brazil in the 19th century
Read more26 March 2024 | Meet & Greet – Bertelsmann
The Career Service on-site events offer the opportunity to get to know one company at close quarters.
Read moreINSIGHTS. Magazine
Polyglot machines
How artificial intelligence learns the rich variety of human languages: Hinrich Schütze, computational linguist at LMU, researches multilingual software that can do small languages. From the research magazine EINSICHTEN
Read moreFrom the steppe to the city
A social transformation is underway in Mongolia, as many nomadic pastoralists move to urban areas. Geographer Lukas Lehnert investigates what this means for the environment and ecosystems. From the research magazine EINSICHTEN
Read more“When success dictates self-worth”
When does wanting to do well become unwell? Barbara Cludius researches the propensity for perfectionism. In our EINSICHTEN interview she explains how a harmful thought construct is related to various mental disorders.
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