What effect do images have? Why do we look at them? What is our attitude towards them? Professor Annette Haug will be exploring these questions. She is the first scholar at Kiel University (CAU) to receive an ERC Advanced Grant, which is how the European Research Council (ERC) supports senior top researchers with exceptional projects that promise ground-breaking findings. "This is a major milestone for the CAU and my research," says the archaeologist. She will receive a total of 2.5 million euros over five years for her project on "Fragile Images".