In order to support junior researchers in networking and establishing their research careers, the faculty of mathematics, natural sciences, and materials engineering has established a graduate centre. The centre has supported young researchers in organising events and launching new services.

Augsburg researchers working in climate science, climate politics and environmental medicine share their views on COP27

As a lawyer for the New York Attorney General's Office, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Chancellor Fellow Leo OʼToole dealt with the legal aspects of the opioid crisis. He is now researching the role that respective health and legal systems play in the opioid crisis at Augsburg's Institute for Bio, Health and Medical Law.

The Centre for Climate Resilience was officially opened with a symposium at the University of Augsburg on the 25th of October 2022. The Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts and the Bavarian State Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection, Markus Blume and Thorsten Glauber, respectively, praised the new research centre in their welcoming address.

Founded at the end of 2020, the Centre for Advanced Analytics and Predictive Sciences (CAAPS) brings together data collection and processing departments in a multidisciplinary research centre. Throughout the development phase, new professorships were successfully filled, new degree programmes were established, and the first research projects acquired.

Prof. Dr Elisabeth André, Chair for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Applied Computer Science at the University of Augsburg, was presented with the Bavarian Order of Merit by Minister-President Dr Markus Söder on Thursday the 13th of October in the Antiquarium of the Munich Residence. With this award, the Free State of Bavaria honours outstanding service to the Free State.