Cutting-edge research for a
Changing world

Our Mission | Institutes overview | Career

Our goal is to preserve a world worth living in. To this end, we generate knowledge and research new technologies for greater resilience and sustainability - for the benefit of the climate, the coast and people.
Institutes overview | Career | Our Mission

Our institutes contribute to the research fields "Earth and Environment", "Helmholtz Information" and "Matter" of the Helmholtz Association.
Career | Our Mission | Institutes overview

Fundamental understanding, practical application - the interdisciplinary research spectrum covers a unique range.

Latest News from Hereon

Archaeological finds such as this ruin provide information about the population on earth many centuries ago. Credit: Nicolas Antunes

Unstable climate - bad luck for humanity

Major study links the history of human development with climate data

Hereon names a very special ship

The new Hereon research vessel, CORIOLIS, was officially named on November 18, 2024, at the Hitzler Shipyard in Lauenburg

Better research together

Last week, Dr Nina Gray from New York University visited the Hereon campus in Teltow

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht – Centre for Materials and Coastal Research GmbH has been renamed Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH. With this new name and new logo, the research center is expressing its current mission and the organizational structure with its sites and field locations.

Events

Event

05.02.2024 2nd Baltic Earth Scientific Colloquium
21.02.2025 Advancing Sustainable Development: Sustainability Science Summit 2025

Jobs

20.11.2024 - 11.12.2024 Gebäudetechnikerin (m/w/d) für das Technische Liegenschaftsmanagement
03.12.2024 - 19.12.2024 Research Assistant
12.11.2024 - 29.12.2024 Wissenschaftliche Geschäftsführung (m/w/d)

Helmholtz Association

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is a member of the Helmholtz Association.

Climate Service Center (GERICS)

Practical preparation of knowledge in climate research.

Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is a member of the German Alliance Marine Research.

Eu Flagge

European projects

Pan-European and European- funded projects in which the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is involved.