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Dr. Katharina C. Cramer, Nicolas Rüffin, and Dr. Kristofer Rolf Söderström have successfully made the transition from researchers to entrepreneurs and founded the start-up TILLER ALPHA GmbH in early 2025.

Researchers investigate certificates promising sustainability for cocoa cultivation in Ghana Sustainability certificates such as Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Cocoa Life promise to improve the livelihoods of small-scale cocoa producers while preserving the biodiversity on their plantations. Together with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, researchers from the University of Göttingen have investigated whether sustainability certificates actually achieve both these goals.

HU biologist Kerstin Kaufmann leads ERC research project to unravel complex pattern formation processes in biological systems.

Platform offers insights into current research on the First World War, including over 1,600 articles and more than 3,700 illustrations Freie Universität Berlin has relaunched the international open-access encyclopedia "1914-1918-online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War.