Princeton University
Princeton University was founded in 1746 and is one of the most prestigious institutions worldwide. Building on diverse and long-time collaborations at a faculty level, Humboldt-Universität has been part of a strategic partnership with Princeton since 2012.
The aim of our cooperation is to address challenges of the present together in a transatlantic and scientific discourse. The partnership focuses particularly on research topics such as democracy research, sustainability, philosophical and ethical questions, as well as interdisciplinary projects that combine the natural sciences and the humanities.
The goal of our partnership is not only multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary cooperation in research and teaching, but also the transdisciplinary exchange of knowledge. The mobility of students and doctoral students, as well as the promotion of staff exchange, are also essential elements of this cooperation.
Since 2012, we have run numerous workshops and research collaborations in various disciplines and supported almost 30 projects with around 100 scientists and researchers financially.
As part of our partnership with Princeton University, we fund small and medium-sized research projects that strengthen the transatlantic scientific dialogue in annual calls for proposal. The funds enable the financing of small projects, workshops, conferences and visits between Princeton and HU. This gives researchers the opportunity to work together with colleagues at the other location and to jointly secure third-party funds. Through the funding, the aim is to intensify the cooperation between the two institutions and to enhance the visibility and internationalisation of the participating faculties. The calls for proposal are usually in autumn.
Do you wish to develop a new cooperation project with Princeton University, or to expand existing structures? The International University Collaborations Office offers a Zoom consultation once a month for initiating collaborations with Princeton University and other strategic partners of Humboldt-Universität. Come and visit us:
The first Thursday of every month from 10 to 11am.
You can find general information on the promotion of research and innovation in the USA on the website of the German Center for Research and Innovation New York.
The first Thursday of every month from 10 to 11am.
Within the framework of the HU-Princeton partnership, social scientists and legal scholars from both universities are collaborating as part of the project "Constitutionalism under Stress" (CONSTRESS) project since 2016. CONSTRESS offers an interdisciplinary combination of normative, legal and social science research, to develop a nuanced understanding of the current crises of constitutionalism. The cooperation is based on jointly held seminars and workshops that are open to master’s students and doctoral students from various disciplines at both universities. On the HU side, the teaching area "Comparative Politics and the Political Systems of Eastern Europe" is involved, as well as the Integrative Research Institute Law & Society (LSI).
In autumn 2023, Julia von Blumenthal, President of HU, travelled to the USA with a small delegation to renew the partnership with Princeton University. Other destinations were New York University, the German Center for Research and Innovation and the American Council on Germany. She reports on her trip in a video.
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Dr. Britta Schumacher
Officer, strategic partnerships (Princeton, Zürich, São Paulo) | German Centres for Research and Innovation New York and São Paulo
International science cooperation Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin Room 2267 britta.schumacher@hu-berlin.de +49 30 2093 20092
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Consultation
The consultation for HU members on collaboration opportunities as part of our strategic partnerships takes place on the first Thursday of every month from 10 to 11am.
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"Sounds of Water": New research project with Princeton
Strategic Partnerships
Supported by the Princeton-Humboldt Strategic Partnership Initiative, researchers from both universities are launching the project "Sounds of Water". It explores how music evokes thoughts and which role social and cultural factors play in this process.
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Joint project with Princeton: Examining Imperial Interconnections
Strategic Partnerships
The new collaborative research and teaching project "Investigating Imperial Connections: British and German Empires, Ethnography, and Art" brings together scholars and students from Humboldt and Princeton University.
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22.05.2025
18:00
Collegium musicologicum, Am Kupfergraben 5, room 501Cooperations
Lecture: How music shapes thought – imagination and intersubjectivity
Go to event pageWhy do people spend so much time listening to music – and where do their thoughts wander while doing so? In her lecture, music psychologist Elizabeth Margulis from Princeton University explores the individual and cultural aspects of memory and imagination at play.
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