Call of the wild

What is wilderness? A refuge for nature worth preserving? A valuable resource for climate protection? The last remnant of the untamable? Join us on an expedition in this issue!

Childhood in the jungle

Do children who grow up surrounded by untamed wilds develop a different concept of nature to Western urban kids? Anthropologist Francesca Mezzenzana is exploring what the consequences are.

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Prof. Jens Kersten

On the fundamental rights of foxes

Professor of law Jens Kersten thinks the German legal system “needs a serious environmental overhaul.” He argues that nature itself should be made a legal person – with constitutional status.

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Long process of taming

The path to the livestock we know today from their wild ancestors was a long one. Paleoanatomist Joris Peters studies the rich and varied relationship between human and animals, that shaped both

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The first dropout

Living in and with the wilderness: Literary scholar Klaus Benesch on the brilliant author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau and his influence on today’s world-weary generation.

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Portrait of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerd Sutter

Pathogens on the move

MERS, bird flu, Covid-19, monkeypox: infectious diseases are increasingly passing from animals to humans. LMU virologist Gerd Sutter explains why this is and what we can do about it.

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The strange world of the ocean deep

Life exists even miles under the sea, where microorganisms create peculiar ecosystems. Geobiologist William Orsi explores this fascinating wilderness in the remote depths, a place where time has another meaning.

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THE INTERPRETER

Some scientific terms manage to make their way into everyday speech. Here, we ask LMU researchers to tell us what they mean – to define them, and to outline how they became popular.

The interpreter: Felix Havermann explains CDR

Felix Havermann on “carbon dioxide removal (CDR)”

The LMU geographer explains which methods might be able to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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The interpreter: Oliver Jahraus on kafkaesque

Oliver Jahraus on “Kafkaesque”

LMU's Vice President and literary scholar Oliver Jahraus explains why Kafka and his work do not necessarily have to be Kafkaesque.

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The interpreter: Olivia Merkel on “nanocarriers”

Olivia Merkel on "nanocarriers"

The Professor for Drug Delivery explains how nanocarriers safely deliver pharmaceuticals to their desired destination in the body.

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To the entire dictionary

Unpacking luck in the genetic lottery

Certain genes can be more active in some people and less in others, which influences our immune system. Human geneticist Sarah Kim-Hellmuth wants to understand these connections better and develop personalized therapies

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German commanders with the African Askari patrol, German East Africa 1900s

A massive use of force

“There were great similarities between the empires”: The historian Tom Menger talks about colonial warfare and takes a close look at German colonial history in Africa.

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Rescue vessels work at the site of the stuck container ship Ever Given on the Suez Canal, Egypt

Strategies to counter the domino effect

If replenishment falters at a single point only, complex global supply chains are in danger of collapsing. Economist Lisandra Flach explores how these production chains can be made more resilient.

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A new world order

Historian Kiran Klaus Patel and international law expert Christian Walter talk about what Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means for the coexistence of nations and international norms.

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