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Ludwig Prandtl
(2014)
When Ludwig Prandtl took up the Chair of Applied Mechanics at Göttingen University in 1904, the small university town became the cradle of modern fluid mechanics and aerodynamics. Not only did Prandtl found two research ...
Jahrbuch der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
(2018)
Mit ihrem Jahrbuch legt die Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Rechenschaft über ihre Tätigkeit im Jahr 2017 ab. Das Jahrbuch enthält den Tätigkeitsbericht des Präsidenten und die Arbeitsberichte der Forschungsvorhaben, ...
Fluchtmigration aus Syrien - Eine biographietheoretische und figurationssoziologische Studie
(2019)
The armed conflict in Syria which began in 2011, caused one of the largest refugee movements in the context of collective violence and war since World War II. Those who fled during the complex, increasingly violent and ...
Warenvernichtung als Rechtsproblem
(2024)
Since 2018 at the latest, the destruction of unsold consumer goods has been the focus of public attention. Against the backdrop of growing ecological awareness among the population and prompted by extensive media coverage, ...
Safe to be open - study on the protection of research data and recommendations for access and usage
(2013)
This study addresses the most important legal issues when implementing an open access e-infrastructure for research data. It examines the legal requirements for different kinds of usage of research data in an open access ...
Positionierungen im Kontext von Inklusion
(2024)
In light of the increasing responsibility of parents of children with ascribed special educational needs for their children’s education, the present study examines the subjectivation of such parents in the context of school ...
Das Globale im Lokalen
(2013)
Umweltgeschichte und Umweltzukunft
(2009)
Global climate change, the extinction of species, animal pests and natural catastrophes dominate debates on the future of the earth. Often these phenomena are considered as something new, which they are not, and many of ...
„Nomadin-Sein“ im „Dorf der Solidarität“ - Eine kritische Ethnografie zu Camps für Rom_nja in Rom
(2019)
In Italy, Solidarity Villages are state-provided places of accommodation for Romani people. In Rome, they are typically fenced off areas equipped with low-quality portable housing. In the media, these halting sites are ...
Vom Verstehen zur Verständigung - Dokumentation der öffentlichen Vorlesungsreihe zum Europäischen Jahr des Interkulturellen Dialogs 2008
(2009)
This volumes deals with the presentations and debates from the guest lecture series on the occasion of the "European Year of Intercultural Dialogue" 2008 at the Göttingen University.
Die königlichen Frauen der III. Dynastie von Ur
(2008)
The kings of the III. Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004 BC) were always married with several women at a time, of which only one woman took the position of a queen. Among the large number of economic documents of that period, which ...
Being as Inheritance
(2025)
In an era of growing political conflicts and resurgent national populism, the enduring significance of nations, ethnicities, and cultural roots remains undeniable. This work examines how contemporary literary fiction ...
Interpretive Social Research - An Introduction
(2018)
This volume is a clear introduction to methods of data collection and analysis in the social sciences, with a special focus on interpretive methods based on a logic of discovering hypotheses and grounded theories. The chief ...
"Fit im Forst"
(2013)
"Helden und Denker" der Pädagogik im Spiegel ihrer Fachlexika von 1774 bis 1945
(2018)
Wer sind die Helden und Denker in Pädagogik und Erziehungswissenschaft, wer ihre Heldinnen und Denkerinnen? Welche Personen werden in den Nachschlagewerken der Disziplin – in ihren Wissensspeichern – mit eigenem Lemma ...
Der Schutz von Natura-2000-Gebieten bei Errichtung und Betrieb von Offshore-Windkraftanlagen - Eine Untersuchung der Tragweite des Habitatschutzrechts auf erteilte und zu erteilende Genehmigungen von Offshore-Windparks
(2015)
Die Frage nach dem Schutz von Natura-2000-Gebieten bei Errichtung und Betrieb von Offshore-Windkraftanlagen verknüpft eines der bedeutendsten Problemfelder des Naturschutzrechts mit der Diskussion um die Windenergienutzung ...
Kaleidoskop der jungen DaF-/DaZ-Forschung
(2009)
The articles in this anthology display the diversity of innovative approaches chosen in ongoing or concluded PhD and professorial dissertations in the field of German as a Foreign or Second language. They include studies ...
Das moderne Krankenhaus: Ort der "desorganisierten Kriminalität"?
(2018)
The organizational requirements for an error-free and effective care of patients within a large-scale hospital are high: despite all efforts to improve the process quality and the establishment of risk management systems ...
Der Syndikus-Steuerberater
(2020)
The liberal professions are subject to an ever changing legal basis and thus constantly undergo minor or major amendments. A fundamental innovation in the current law governing the liberal professions of tax consultants ...
Aktuelle Probleme des Wissenschaftsrechts
(2011)
Wissenschaft meint seit jeher nicht nur theoretische Reflexion, sondern immer auch gesellschaftliche Praxis. Heute steht diese Praxis, die Welt der modernen Wissenschaften und ihrer institutionellen Formen mitten im Strom ...
Gerecht sorgen - Verständigungsprozesse über den Einsatz knapper Ressourcen bei Patienten am Lebensende
(2013)
Viele Menschen sterben heute im hohen Alter nach längerer chronischer Erkrankung. Aufgrund des medizinischen Fortschritts ist es möglich, menschliches Leben selbst unter sehr prekären Bedingungen zu erhalten; schwierige ...
Das Wechselmodell – Reformbedarf im Kindschaftsrecht?
(2018)
This volume brings together the papers of the 15th Göttingen Workshop on Family Law, which was held on the 20th October 2017 in cooperation with the joint project "Power and Powerlessness of Maternity". All in all eight ...
Europäisches Unterhaltsrecht
(2010)
Eisenbahn Spielen! - Populäre Aneignungen und Inszenierungen des Schienentransports in großen und kleinen Maßstäben
(2016)
Gemessen an Transportleistungen und Motorisierungsgrad ist Deutschland eigentlich ein Autoland. Dass Deutschland aber auch ein Eisenbahnland ist, zeigt die Leidenschaft, mit der Lokomotivführer-Streiks und Pünktlichkeitsquoten ...
Intermediate Filament Mechanics Across Scales – From Single Filaments to Single Interactions and Networks in Cells
(2022)
The mechanical properties of cells are largely determined by the cytoskeleton. The cytoskeleton is an intricate and complex structure formed by protein filaments, motor proteins, and crosslinkers. The three main types of ...
Zyklus und Serie - Van Goghs Ansichten des ummauerten Feldes in Saint-Rémy
(2018)
A few weeks before van Gogh admitted himself into a mental hospital in Saint-Rémy in spring 1889 he had written to Gauguin that he wanted to create a “consolatory art for distressed hearts”. From his bedroom in the clinic ...
Ein Königreich für Kohle?
(2017)
The South African UNESCO world heritage site of Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape became the site of a conflict in 2011, when a coal mine was built in close proximity. The area of tension evolved around matters of conservation ...
Reading matters
(2023)
The present book is a special gift for a special colleague and friend. Defined as an “Unfestschrift,” it gives colleagues, students, and friends of Regina Bendix an opportunity to express their esteem for Regina’s inspiration, ...
Taste | Power | Tradition
(2017)
The idea of origin in terms of space and culture as a special indicator of quality is one of the most influential strands in contemporary food. It impacts on politics, economics and everyday life – and it connects these ...
Musikalischer Humor als ästhetische Distanz?
(2015)
Humor ist leichter definierbar über (subjektive) Reaktionen des Hörers als musikimmanent (objektiv). Soziokulturelle Vorgaben wie Zeitgeist, Bildung, Erwartungshaltung und musikalische Sozialisation sind bedingende Faktoren ...
Verantwortung und Gemeinschaft in modernen Gesellschaften
(2024)
These conference proceedings contain the presentations given at the 19th Göttinger Workshop on Family Law, which took place on November 10, 2023. The workshop was held on the occasion of a legislative initiative of the ...
KindersoldatInnen im Kontext - Biographien, familien- und kollektivgeschichtliche Verläufe in Norduganda
(2018)
Lange vor „IS“ und „Boko Haram“ galt die messianisch-christliche „Lord’s Resistance Army“ (LRA) in Uganda als die vielleicht brutalste Rebellengruppe Afrikas oder der Welt – und als eine, die sich sehr klar auf die Entführung, ...
"Wir schützen unseren Park" - Aushandlungsprozesse von Räumen, Identitäten und Institutionen im Pendjari-Nationalpark (Benin)
(2017)
Pendjari National Park in northern Benin is not only a tourist attraction and an area for the protection of biodiversity, it is also a showcase for participatory management approaches. Since its foundation as an animal ...
"Unity in Diversity is not for us"
(2024)
Unity in Diversity is not for us explores the lived experiences of primarily Muslim lesbians and trans men (LT+) in Indonesia, where Islam is the majority religion. Using an ethnographic approach, the book traces how LT+ ...
Kultur als Eigentum: Instrumente, Querschnitte und Fallstudien
(2015)
Im Zeitalter verknappender Ressourcen ist Kultur – beispielsweise in Form von traditionellem Wissen oder Kulturerbe – in den Brennpunkt wirtschaftlicher, politischer wie ideeller Interessen gerückt. Die Rechte an Eigentum ...
Unionsrechtliche Probleme der Überlassungspflicht für sortenrein erfasste Haushaltsabfälle zur Verwertung
(2018)
Waste is a commodity, and in particular the separately collected, single-variety waste from private households such as waste paper is a highly coveted commodity that public bodies responsible for waste management, i.e. the ...
Die Generation Oslo im Westjordanland
(2020)
The past fifty years have seen far-reaching changes in Palestinian society in the West Bank. The Israeli occupation which began in 1967, the political mobilization of the 1970s and 1980s, and the so-called peace process ...
Implementing open access mandates in Europe
(2012)
The implementation of open access policies in Europe is a socio-technical undertaking whereby a wide range of stakeholders work together to bring out the benefits of open access for European and global research. This work ...
Das Beiratsmodell
(2018)
Kaleidoskop Sportrecht
(2024)
Sports law is a cross-sectional subject, which is connected to all areas of law. As a result, issues of sports law often give rise to multi-layered and complex, but also extremely interesting fields of conflict. Sports law ...
Europäisierung des Rechts - Deutsch-Ungarisches Kolloquium Budapest 2007
(2008)
The series is published by the Law Faculty of the Georg-August-University, making events at the Faculty of an interested public.
Inkludierte Exkludierte
(2019)
Racism as a historically grown power relation varies in its complex configurations, depending on social-political as well as local-historical contexts. This study examines how students deal with racism, with a particular ...
Zur Funktion und Bedeutung kognitiver Metaphern in Hermann Hesses Märchen - Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der China-Symbole
(2020)
Hermann Hesse erlangte von Beginn seines literarischen Schaffens an viel Beachtung. Es gibt zahlreiche Monographien und wissenschaftliche Aufsätze über seine Werke, die meisten konzentrieren sich auf das traditionelle ...
Building on experience
(2008)
The LIBER Architecture Group reflects on experience of European library building projects from the past twenty years in order to plan the next generation of library buildings. This documentation of recent library building ...
Zwangsbehandlung bei Selbstgefährdung - 14. Göttinger Workshop zum Familienrecht 2015
(2016)
This book presents the lectures of the 14th Göttingen Workshop on Family Law, which took place on 13th November 2015 and was organized in cooperation with the Center for Medical Law of the University of Göttingen. It deals ...
Weltenfragmente
(2024)
The origins of the Ethnographic Collection at the University of Göttingen date back to the Age of Enlightenment. With over 19,000 objects, it is one of the most important teaching and research collections in the German-speaking ...
The Recreational Frontier - Ecotourism in Laos as Ecorational Instrumentality
(2017)
This study treats ecotourism in National Protected Areas of Lao PDR as a “recreational frontier” which instrumentalizes the recreation of human natures in capitalism’s centers for that of nonhuman natures at capitalism’s ...
Handeln in Hungerkrisen
(2012)
Italiener in Göttingen
(2024)
Nordhorner Volksfront?
(2023)
Das niedersächsische Nordhorn war historisch lange eine Hochburg der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands (KPD) sowie später der Deutschen Kommunistischen Partei (DKP), bis in die 1990er-Jahre hinein konnten sie hier ...
Die mathematischen Tagebücher von Helmut Hasse 1923
(2012)
This book contains the full text of the mathematical notebooks of Helmut Hasse (1898-1979), who was one of the leading mathematicians of the 20th century. The originals have been preserved in the Handschriftenabteilung at ...
Kirchliche Personalführung am Beispiel der Jahresgespräche - Eine kirchentheoretische Reflexion
(2015)
Nahezu alle (evangelischen) Großkirchen in Deutschland haben nach der Jahrtausendwende flächendeckend Mitarbeiter- oder Personalentwicklungsgespräche eingeführt. In der Hannoverschen Landeskirche wurde deren Einführung als ...
Between Imagined Communities and Communities of Practice - Participation, Territory and the Making of Heritage
(2015)
Community and participation have become central concepts in the nomination processes surrounding heritage, intersecting time and again with questions of territory. In this volume, anthropologists and legal scholars from ...
Arbeit am Gottesbegriff Band 3 Theologie als sprachliches Denken
(2021)
Joachim Ringleben systematically explores the traces of linguistic thought in partly unprinted works: first in biblical contexts (prophetic speech, Ps 119, Paul), then in dogmatics (concept, Christological dogma, h. ...
"Spongy, slimy, cosy & more" - Commemorative Volume in Celebration of the 60th Birthday of Joachim Reitner
(2014)
This volume contains papers presented in part at a symposium held in May 2012 at Göttingen University, to honour Professor Joachim Reitner for his numerous contributions to the fields of geobiology, geology, and palaeontology. ...
Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen von Open Access-Publikationen
(2006)
Even earlier than other sectors of society, science was confronted with the Internet as a new communication medium. Yet it has lasted several years until the Internet has gained reputation as a publication medium for ...
Kollaborative Innovationen
(2017)
Innovation is increasingly based on distributed knowledge sources, given that firms often do not possess all competencies necessary for fundamental innovations. Hence, the manner in which firms organize the access to ...
Vergewaltigung und sexuelle Nötigung
(2010)
Sexual violence attains a high level of public attention, almost daily the media report about it. Also for the crime and justice policy, it was always a reason to discuss the sharpening and expansion of sentences. More ...
Die unzulässige Substitution des chefärztlichen Behandlers und ihre Auswirkungen
(2022)
It is common practice for patients in a hospital to be treated by the on-duty physician. If patients want to be treated by a certain physician, then they are subject to additional charges. This is referred to as ‘chief ...
Grundsätze über die Anlagen neuer Sternwarten - Mit Beziehung auf die Sternwarte der Universität Göttingen. Von Georg Heinrich Borheck
(2005)
The Göttingen Observatory, workplace of the famous scholar Carl Friedrich Gauss, is an important architectural monument. In 2005, it has been reconstructed jointly by the Georg-August-University and the Academy of Sciences ...
On Track or Off The Rails?
(2022)
In order to achieve a transition from a transport system centred on the individual car to one centred on (electrified) rail a new focus in infrastructure planning is needed. The preparation of project proposals for the ...
KindersoldatInnen im Kontext
(2018)
International Lateinamerika-Kolloquium 2009 - abstracts and program
(2009)
The International Lateinamerika-Kolloquium, held in April 2009 at the Geosciences Centre of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, brings together researchers from all fields of earth sciences. The abstracts contained in ...
Politik und Recht erleben, Zukunft mitgestalten
(2023)
The transformation towards a carbon-neutral society can only succeed in cooperation with citizens and not against them. This edited volume shows ways to achieve this goal. It presents the results of the interdisciplinary ...
Burials, Texts and Rituals
(2008)
The villages on Bali’s north-east coast have a long history. Archaeological finds have shown that the coastal settlements of Tejakula District enjoyed trading relations with India as long as 2000 years ago or more. Royal ...
Erhard Weigel (1625-1699) und seine Schüler - Beiträge des 7. Erhard-Weigel-Kolloquiums 2014
(2016)
Erhard Weigel (1625-1699) was a German mathematician, astronomer, educator, philosopher, and inventor. He was professor of mathematics at Jena University and is considered a key figure in the development of the mathematical ...
(Ab)Bilder
(2023)
Illustrations are a central component of scientific practice. They generate knowledge, shape and order it, communicate, position and discuss it at the same time. Such images, so-called epistemic images, can thus hardly be ...
Demokratie-Dialog 15-25
(2025)
Würde und Selbstbestimmung über den Tod hinaus
(2017)
Whilst the treatment of mortal remains was largely predetermined in previous generations as an essential part of their respective cultures, the significance of the commandment to respect "dignity" and "piety" has nowadays ...
„Lola, du musst mir helfen“
(2024)
What relations (of difference) between students develop in such practices of ‘Planarbeit’ in individualized secondary school teaching in which students relate to instructional tasks and to each other? In this study, a ...
Biographie und Raum
(2022)
Das Instrument der Direktzahlungen in der Agrarpolitik der USA und der EU - Eine Konvergenzanalyse
(2018)
Lange Zeit stellten die entkoppelten Direktzahlungen ein wichtiges Instrument zur Förderung der Landwirtschaft sowohl in den USA als auch in der EU dar. Ihre Abschaffung in den USA durch die Agrarreform von 2014 markierte ...
Tradition und Zukunft
(2005)
This book assembles like a balance of activities papers about all working areas of the Lower Saxony State and University Library (SUB), forming a Festschrift for its director Elmar Mittler for his 65 birthday. Within the ...
(De)formierte Körper 2
(2014)
Evolutionsbiologie im Biologieunterricht der SBZ/DDR
(2018)
The scientific and public discussions over the last 200 years were shaped by findings from the field of evolutionary biology. Back in 1877, when Ernst Haeckel asked for the inclusion of evolutionary biology into class, he ...
Das Fassadenuntergeschoss der Kathedrale San Rufino in Assisi
(2022)
The basement of the façade of the San Rufino at Assisi is part of the newly erected Cathedral, which can be dated between 1140 and about 1240. Its extensive décor shows the self-confidence of its sole initiators, the Canons ...
Viele Wege führen nach Indien
(2012)
Recent developments have caused important changes in the IT industry: while being considered comparatively resistant to international relocation of jobs for a long time, the IT industry's landscape has changed a lot in the ...
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach - Bibliographie seiner Schriften
(2010)
This bibliography documents the printed works of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840) and makes them accessible for research purposes. Blumenbach was Professor of Medicine and Natural History at the University of ...
Biodiversitätsmuseum Göttingen
(2021)
Currently, researchers from many excellent departments are working in the broad field of biodiversity and sustainability research on the Göttingen Campus. In the Museum of Biodiversity, we will introduce the research from ...
(De)formierte Körper 2
(2014)
Convergence Culture Reconsidered
(2015)
Taking media scholar Henry Jenkins’s concept of ‘convergence culture’ and the related notions of ‘participatory culture’ and ‘transmedia storytelling’ as points of departure, the essays compiled in the present volume provide ...
Beiträge zum Göttinger Umwelthistorischen Kolloquium 2010
(2011)
This annual yearbook presents essays in environmental history based on lectures given at the Göttingen study group “Environmental History” by external authors. As previous yearbooks it is dedicated to the plurality of ...
Gegenwärtiger Rassismus in Deutschland - Zwischen Biologie und kultureller Identität
(2015)
Kaum ein anderes Thema polarisierte die bundesrepublikanische Öffentlichkeit in den vergangenen Jahren so nachhaltig wie die Veröffentlichung der tendenziell rassistischen Theoreme Thilo Sarrazins im Sommer 2010. Rassistische ...
Evolutionsbiologie im Biologieunterricht der SBZ/DDR
(2018)
The scientific and public discussions over the last 200 years were shaped by findings from the field of evolutionary biology. Back in 1877, when Ernst Haeckel asked for the inclusion of evolutionary biology into class, he ...
Deutschland und die "Wende" in Literatur, Sprache und Medien - Interkulturelle und kulturkontrastive Perspektiven Dokumentation eines Expertenseminars für internationale Alumni der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen vom 8. – 13. Juli 2007
(2008)
With its expert seminars for alumnis abroad the Georg-August-University Göttingen wants to strengthen its contact with the alumni in the long term and create a global network. This volume is the result of a seminar on ...
Im Diesseits das Jenseits bereiten
(2016)
This study reveals that in medieval Dutch vernacular texts (from the Brabantine authors Jan van Boendale, Lodewijk van Velthem, and Jan van Leeuwen, and in the anonymous Boek van Sidrac) the treatment of individual and ...
Vertretung handlungsunfähiger volljähriger Patienten durch Angehörige
(2010)
Die moderne Medizin bringt es mit sich, dass Entscheidungen zur ärztlichen Behandlung sehr weit reichende Folgen für das Leben eines Patienten haben können. Die Patientenautonomie gebietet es daher, dass der Patient in ...
Das Instrument der Direktzahlungen in der Agrarpolitik der USA und der EU - Eine Konvergenzanalyse
(2018)
Lange Zeit stellten die entkoppelten Direktzahlungen ein wichtiges Instrument zur Förderung der Landwirtschaft sowohl in den USA als auch in der EU dar. Ihre Abschaffung in den USA durch die Agrarreform von 2014 markierte ...
Convergence Culture Reconsidered
(2015)
Taking media scholar Henry Jenkins’s concept of ‘convergence culture’ and the related notions of ‘participatory culture’ and ‘transmedia storytelling’ as points of departure, the essays compiled in the present volume provide ...
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach - Bibliographie seiner Schriften
(2010)
This bibliography documents the printed works of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840) and makes them accessible for research purposes. Blumenbach was Professor of Medicine and Natural History at the University of ...
Tradition und Zukunft
(2005)
This book assembles like a balance of activities papers about all working areas of the Lower Saxony State and University Library (SUB), forming a Festschrift for its director Elmar Mittler for his 65 birthday. Within the ...
Beiträge zum Göttinger Umwelthistorischen Kolloquium 2010
(2011)
This annual yearbook presents essays in environmental history based on lectures given at the Göttingen study group “Environmental History” by external authors. As previous yearbooks it is dedicated to the plurality of ...