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A collaborative team of scientists, including researchersGoethe University Frankfurt, has conducted research revealing how Streptococcus pneumoniae selectively captures the host sugar sialic acid as soon as it is released from human cells, providing new insights into how the bacterium establishes itself in the upper respiratory tract.

A collaborative project between Goethe University and DFKI has developed mechanisms that allow consumers to decide for themselves which smart living data they want to share—while at the same time providing companies with access to high-quality data for AI innovations.

Do terrorist attacks influence voting behavior in the communities where they occur? A new study suggests they do – and the effect is striking. Even more surprising are the mechanisms through which these events shape electoral outcomes.

Starting school is one of the first major milestones in a child’s life. For many families, it is an exciting and emotional moment. But how do children themselves experience this transition? That is the focus of a new study led by educational researcher Dr. Johanna Wilmes at Goethe University Frankfurt.

78th Annual Conference of the Society for Music Research // September 29–October 2, 2026 // Westend Campus, Goethe University Frankfurt

Goethe-Unibator Competition Supports Startups That Promote Sustainability

Networking, paddling, celebrating – Invitation to the Alumni Lounge on August 28, 2026

Who takes care of you – and who or what do you care for? These questions are at the heart of the WHO CARES? exhibition, on display at University Library Frankfurt’s Schopenhauer Studio. The exhibition challenges the everyday assumptions of life, science, and societal structures, while reimagining care for both human and non-human entities.

The Goethe Study Experience Program (GStEP) enters the 2026/27 winter semester with an expanded academic offering. The program is designed for exchange students from Goethe University’s international partner universities, and provides an academic introduction to Goethe University, Frankfurt and some of the intellectual traditions that have shaped both the city and Europe.

Nearly twenty graduates from Turkey, Afghanistan, Syria and Ethiopia have completed the professional development program “Contact Studies: Educational Competence in a Migration Society” [Kontaktstudium: Pädagogische Kompetenz in der Migrationsgesellschaft] at Goethe University Frankfurt.

In its recently released “Recommendations for Higher Education in the Age of Generative AI,” the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat, WR) advocates for “intellectual sovereignty” as a guiding principle to provide universities and all involved stakeholders with direction and serve as a framework for engaging with generative AI.

The university town of Aarhus was the destination of the excursion led by Danish instructor Marlene Hastenplug in early May, with 13 students from the Institute of Scandinavian Studies traveling to Denmark. The program included visits to museums, guided city tours, lectures, and a stop at the university library, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, where staff member Pernille Holm Lindhardt gave the group an enthusiastic tour.

A football match between Israeli and Iranian researchers, a Mongolian horsehead fiddle, dishes from around the world – and the launch of Goethe University’s first Science Diplomacy Award all point to the same idea: scientific exchange begins with human connection.

Musicologist and conference co-organizer Prof. Dr. Daniela Philippi discusses the German Musicological Society’s annual conference, “Institutions of Memory and Media of Musical Memory”, which will take place at Goethe University Frankfurt at the end of September.

Celebratory colloquium and portrait unveiling: Faculty of Physics and Physics Gender Equality Council honor Marietta Blau, Elisabeth Bormann, Alice Golsen, and Gisela Eckhardt.

A celebration of curiosity, collaboration and international friendship filled one of Goethe University’s guesthouses as 28 young researchers from around the world received their certificates marking the completion of this year’s Goethe Research Experience Program (GREP).