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The 6G mobile communications standard is set to be introduced at the end of this decade. The goal: more secure and faster connections, including for drones, flying platforms and satellites. The project “Holistic 3D Communication Networks for 6G (6G-TakeOff)” investigated how 6G can be made possible.

At the 2025 ESA Ministerial Council meeting in Bremen, Europe’s space experts discussed ESA’s future orientation. University President Jutta Günther attended an evening reception at Bremen Town Hall, where she spoke to participants and presented the new Cluster of Excellence “The Martian Mindset.”

Researchers at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the University of Bremen have studied the nutritional value of five edible seaweeds, some of which are not well-known, and their potential for sustainable nutrition. Their study was published in the Discover Food journal.

The University of Bremen’s MUTIG-VORAN project aimed to make automated driving safer and more efficient. By combining interdisciplinary expertise from industrial mathematics, AI, and communications engineering, the researchers demonstrated how networked mobility of the future is becoming reality.

On November 29, the Faculty of Physics and Electrical Engineering will host an exciting, spectacular, and educational physics show. Additionally, throughout the Advent season, physics enthusiasts can watch physics experiments on YouTube every other day.

Research with large datasets is becoming increasingly relevant across various academic disciplines. In a position paper, 40 researchers from 21 German and Austrian research institutes are calling for greater political and academic engagement in digital and data sciences.

The increasing number of people in need of care is primarily due to the expansion of benefits provided by the long-term care insurance system, rather than demographic aging. This is the conclusion of the new Care Report, compiled by SOCIUM at the University of Bremen on behalf of BARMER.

On November 18, the unifreunde Bremen Association, in collaboration with the University of Bremen and Constructor University, presented the Bremen Thesis Award. Eight researchers were recognized for their outstanding master’s theses and dissertations.

Olaf Eisen, glaciology professor at both the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University of Bremen, will be awarded the 2026 Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal from the European Geosciences Union (EGU).

Nasima Selim joined the Institute of Anthropology and Cultural Research at the University of Bremen in October 2025 as Professor of Public Anthropology.

Rainer Malaka, Professor of Digital Media and Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics / Computer Science, has been honored with the 2025 IFIP Fellow Award from the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).

Marine researcher Antje Boetius, cooperation professor at the University of Bremen, has been awarded the Pour le Mérite Order. Admission to the order is one of the highest honors in Germany for outstanding achievements in the arts and sciences.

The majority of the population wants to see more climate protection. At the same time, however, many people are concerned about the consequences of climate policy. This is revealed in the second Cohesion Report published by the Research Institute Social Cohesion (FGZ).

Once again, the CAMPUSiDEEN competition has honored the best ideas from Bremen's higher education landscape. The jury selected one winner in each of the categories Business Concepts, Impact Award, and Audience Award, and two winners in the Business Ideas category.

The State and University Library Bremen (SuUB) stores around 9,500 occasional writings from Bremen, including funeral speeches and congratulatory messages for weddings, birthdays, and other events. A DFG-funded project is now making the collection available online.

According to those affected, gambling ads have a double effect: They make it easier to start and also reinforce continued gambling. A study shows that advertising has a strong or very strong influence for about one in three people in outpatient gambling addiction treatment in Lower Saxony.

The universities of Oldenburg and Bremen have been working together for 25 years. With a revised cooperation agreement, they are intensifying their long-standing partnership. In the new agreement, both universities have laid down the framework conditions for long-term strategic cooperation.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an international research team led by Florian Meyer from the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) at the University of Bremen a Synergy Grant in recognition of their research on fire safety in space.

Experts will discuss sustainability in space at Space Hub Bremen. The University of Bremen invites you to attend the event, which begins at 5:00 p.m.