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A collection of Neanderthal skeletal remains found in the Goyet Cave in Belgium; three of them are examined in this study.

Research

Late Neanderthals in Europe originated from a single population

Eine neue Studie der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, der Universität Tübingen und der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Landesakademie von Baden-Württemberg) verdeutlicht die enormen Umwälzungen in der genetischen Geschichte der Neandertaler.

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Michael Welker Receives the Lautenschläger Prize

Theologian Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Welker has been awarded the Lautenschläger Prize for his lifetime scholarly achievements.

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Portrait photo of Christiane Wiesenfeldt. She looks directly at the viewer and smiles slightly. She has shoulder-length blonde hair worn loose.

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Christiane Wiesenfeldt is a new member of the Academy

Die Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften hat die Musikwissenschaftlerin Prof. Dr. Christiane Wiesenfeldt zum ordentlichen Mitglied gewählt.

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Photos of the three state research award winners: On the left (Largus Angenen) is an older man with glasses and short hair, in the middle is a woman with chin-length dark hair (Irena Kogan), and on the right is a younger man with short brown hair (Robert Zeiser).

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State research awards 2026 go to Tübingen, Mannheim, and Freiburg

This year, the state's most prestigious research prize, worth a total of €200,000, recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in microbiotechnology, migration research, and immunology.

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Portrait photo of Klaus Blaum. Front view of a man smiling at the viewer. He is not wearing glasses and has short brown hair.

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Klaus Blaum receives the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2026

Physicist Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum is receiving the award from the DFG for his work on physical constants and symmetries in nature, which is based on precision measurements using ions in electromagnetic traps. 

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Chest portrait of Stefan Maul. He wears round glasses, has short gray hair, and smiles at the viewer. He wears a shirt, tie, and suit jacket.

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Stefan M. Maul is "University Teacher of the Year"

Assyriologist Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Stefan Maul is receiving the award from the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV). Since 2019, he has been directing the excavation of ancient Nineveh, the former capital of the Assyrian Empire (now Iraq).

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Four portrait-format sheets show characters from different languages. Arrows point downwards from the sheets to a horizontal field containing zeros and ones. This field has "Global Basic Lexicon" written on the right-hand side.

academy program

Digital collection of basic vocabulary for around 1,500 languages of the world

New project included in the Academies Program funding.

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Current tender

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Call for proposals: WIN Conferences 2027

Current research projects

cultural studies

ROCEEH

The aim of the research center is to reconstruct the spatio-temporal migratory movements of hominids between 3 million and 20,000 years ago.

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Forschungsstellen

Monasteries in the High Middle Ages

Das Projekt untersuchte die klösterliche Welt des Mittelalters als Wegbereiterin der Moderne.

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Events and dates

13.04.
2026
7:30 p.m.

event

Concert marking the 200th anniversary of Franz Danzi's death
10.06.
2026
6:15 p.m.

lecture series

"We conduct research. For you." I: Work ethic and Max Weber. On the relevance of a classic
01.07.
2026
6:15 p.m.

lecture series

"We research. For you." II: Brand name or no name? Strategies of an Attic pottery workshop at the end of the 6th century BC.
08.07.
2026
6:15 p.m.

lecture series

"We research. For you." III: Can a Christian go to war? A question that was already widely debated in the 16th century.
22.07.
2026
6:15 p.m.

lecture series

"We research. For you." IV: Understanding machine learning – a physical perspective
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Das Magazin der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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Die 1909 gegründete Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften ist die Landesakademie der Wissenschaften von Baden-Württemberg. Als Gelehrtengesellschaft und außeruniversitäre Forschungseinrichtung fördert sie den fächerübergreifenden Austausch u.a. durch Vorträge, Veranstaltungen oder interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekte von etablierten sowie jungen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern.

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