This spring semester's first issue of the event series “Uni-Einblicke” takes us to the Institute for Euro-pean Global Studies (EIB). The guided tour for students and staff of the University of Basel on March 10 will give insight into the interdisciplinary research at the EIB.
The Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded three new professorships to the University of Basel. Three researchers, two men and one woman, have chosen the University of Basel as their host institution and will take up their work at the Department of Biomedicine and the Faculty of Psychology.
In the past two decades, water frogs have spread rapidly in Central Europe. Using a new statistical model, researchers from the University of Basel were now able to show that local species such as the Yellow-bellied Toad and the Common Midwife Toad are suffering from the more dominant water frogs.
Graphene, a modified form of carbon, offers versatile potential for use in coating machine components and in the field of electronic switches. Since it produces almost no friction at all, it could drastically reduce energy loss in machines when used as a coating.
Archaeologist Dr. Monika Baumanová’s research focuses on the development of urban environments in Africa from the 14th to the 20th century. She is particularly interested in the interplay between spatial and social change. The visiting researcher, currently at the University of Basel’s Centre for African Studies, gives us an insight into her work.
The scientist, author and essayist Gottfried “Jeff” Schatz passed away last year. In his honor, the Biozentrum will host the Gottfried Schatz Memorial Symposium on April 1, 2016.
In the J.J. Bachofen Lectures the Department of Ethnology engages fundamental questions of the field. The event on March 18, 2016, centers around a core principle of anthropology: the affiliation of human beings to a single, collective world.
The University of Basel has joined the International Dual Career Network (IDCN). The global non-profit network supports partners of newly appointed professors as they explore their career options in the region after relocation.
Fuel cells generate electrical energy through a chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. To obtain clean energy, the splitting of water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen is critical. Researchers at the University of Basel study how sunlight can be used for this purpose.