Research centers

The Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg has two research centers: the interdisciplinary Earth and Society Research Hub and the cross-faculty Hamburg Center for Health Economics. Both centers concentrate researcher expertise in two research focal points.

Earth and Society Research Hub

The Earth and Society Research Hub (ESRAH) is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Hamburg. It is carried by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences as well as the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, but also has members from the Faculties of Business Administration, Humanities and Law. 

The ESRAH focuses on the dynamics between society, climate, Earth, and environment. Its main goal is to investigate how we humans influence the Earth system – locally, regionally and globally – and vice versa.

Climate change is a central, but by no means the only challenge that we want to understand and for which we want to find options for action. There are also questions such as: How can natural resources be used sustainably? How can necessary changes be shaped in such a way that they strengthen social solidarity? How can societies become more resilient?

Hamburg Center for Health Economics 

The Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) is a cross-faculty research center run jointly by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences; the Faculty of Business Administration (Hamburg Business School); and the Faculty of Medicine (UKE) at the University of Hamburg. The interdisciplinary HCHE contributes substantially to health economics research in Germany and abroad. Research at the HCHE focuses on topics such as health care financing, economic evaluation, hospitals and doctors, pharmaceutical markets, and public health.