Apply
Innovations for the economy and society emerge from the ideas and inventions of researchers and students. The transfer into application, such as through patents and spin-offs, helps find solutions to the challenges of our time.
Katrin Binner
Transfer and Exchange
Goethe University actively brings research findings into practice and society, engaging in dialogue with citizens, politics, and business.
Communicate
Goethe University engages in various forms of exchange with citizens, politics, economics, and society. Science communication makes research and its findings understandable and accessible to everyone.
Advise
Goethe University connects researchers with politics, economics, and civil society. The transfer of research results and discussions supports informed, knowledge-based decision-making.
Transfer News, Reports and Events
All ArticlesUniReport
Turning an Ecological Threat into a Sustainable Resource
The start-up Algrid won first place at the Goethe SDG Contest 2026. The team collects harmful Sargassum algae offshore and transforms them into valuable biomass for use in the pharmaceutical, energy and construction industries.
Mehaniq / Shutterstock
Press Release
“By Authority of the Good People”: Democracy in the United States in Times of Illiberal Politics
Panel discussion with Christina Morina, Till van Rahden, and Tine Stein on the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
Jürgen Lecher
Press Release
Goethe University Launches Science Diplomacy Award
Cultural anthropologist and folklorist Prof. Hande Birkalan-Gedik and biodiversity and global health researcher Dr. Ulrich Kuch recognized for strengthening academic freedom, international cooperation and dialogue in challenging contexts.
Web exclusive
“Hesse Needs Committed Workers and Businesses, Strong Regions and Reliable Support Structures”
This year, the Future Dialogue hosted by the Institute for Economics, Labour and Culture (IWAK) and the Hessian Ministry for Labour, Integration, Youth and Social Affairs took place at Hessentag in Fulda. Visitors looked back on 80 years of labor market development in Hesse while exploring current challenges and practical solutions for the future.