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ComLab#9: Contested Freedom – from Migration to AI and the Climate Crisis
Humboldt Professorship Germany’s most valuable research award brings top international researchers to German universities.
Michaela Mahlberg | Applied linguistics
Language is the key to the world. Michaela Mahlberg uses computer-aided, quantitative linguistic methods to study huge bodies of text, not least with regard to the social function of language. At the new centre of Digital Humanities and Social Studies she will explore the social dimension of the datafication and algorithmisation of culture and society. more
Fatih Ömer İlday | Physics / materials science
F. Ömer İlday has played a seminal role in developing ultrafast laser technology, transforming the field of non-linear laser-matter interactions in the last few years. He is now invited to join Ruhr University Bochum to explore new research fields in materials science and establish a world-class research centre. more
Ariel Dora Stern | Health economics
Germany has a highly efficient health service but is not in the international vanguard according to health system research. Ariel Dora Stern, one of the few researchers with a global reputation in the field, is now invited to Potsdam to drive this highly relevant and promising field of research, which has been underrepresented in Germany to date. more
Suvrit Sra | Mathematics and machine learning
When mathematics meets AI, and optimisation, machine learning: mathematician Suvrit Sra’s fundamental works on methods of optimisation have made a seminal and incomparable contribution to the theoretical understanding and continued development of learning systems. The Technical University of Munich wants to harness the Humboldt Professorship for Artificial Intelligence to expand its leading position in the field of artificial intelligence. more
Arnim Wiek | Sustainability research
Arnim Wiek is a world leader in sustainability science and has played a seminal role in shaping its development. At the University of Freiburg, Wiek is invited to establish a Center for Sustainable Food Economy that will create synergies between existing research activities both there and at other universities in the tri-national Upper Rhein region. He will also help to reinforce efforts to internationalise sustainability research in Germany. more
As Humboldtians, they are all members of the Humboldt Family: currently sponsorship recipients and alumni from more than 140 countries, including 61 Nobel Laureates.
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Mouhamed Moustapha Fall (German Research Chair at AIMS Senegal)
“Mathematics offers huge optimization potential to the African people.”
“Mathematics offers huge optimization potential to the African people.”
Humboldt Geography of Knowledge Where do most of the successful applicants and nominees come from and where are the Foundation’s alumni doing their research today?
Humboldt is everywhere
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"We can’t understand reality without talking about it." Linguist Michaela Mahlberg studies the social function of language. She is one of 12 top researchers who will be awarded a Humboldt Professorship on 13 May!
Ukraine networking meeting
On 17 and 18 April, more than 160 Ukrainian researchers met in Berlin.
"Academic freedom concerns us all"
Three hundred people got together at the Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum.
Network meeting in Magdeburg from 24 to 26 April
More than 120 researchers from 35 countries to attend network meeting of Humboldt fellows
Support for researchers at risk
Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum in Berlin
Progress in medical technology is made every day. It brings huge benefits but also poses major challenges for health economics and policy. Today on #WorldHealthDay, we introduce Humboldt Professor Ariel Dora Stern, who joined the HPI as new Chair for Digital Health.
Ten years of German Research Chairs for Mathematics in Africa
Congratulations on the anniversary at the Siyakhula Festival in South Africa, amongst others, from Sabine Döring, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Water is a valuable resource and its pollution is a global problem. #Humboldtian Gloria Ugwuja from Nigeria and her host Andreas Taubert are collaborating on water treatment methods.
Racism is toxic for every society
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Humboldt Foundation is calling for more humanity and understanding
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Ukraine networking meeting
On 17 and 18 April, more than 160 Ukrainian researchers met in Berlin.
"Academic freedom concerns us all"
Three hundred people got together at the Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum.
Ten years of German Research Chairs for Mathematics in Africa
Congratulations on the anniversary at the Siyakhula Festival in South Africa, amongst others, from Sabine Döring, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Racism is toxic for every society
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Humboldt Foundation is calling for more humanity and understanding
Sustainable Futures: The Humboldt Colloquium in San Francisco
From February 29 to March 2, more than 100 alumni discussed visions for a sustainable future with partners from politics and science from around the world.
Zero Discrimination Day
Humboldt Professor Till Bärnighausen on the fight against AIDS
Humboldtians on their female role models
Which female researcher has seminally shaped your career?
New scouts selected: Mainz University especially successful
In the third selection round of the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme, 19 new scouts were selected for the Humboldt Network, including eight female scientists.
“The horror can happen again”
Filmmaker and author Marc Sagnol on the international Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Pressemitteilungen
Network meeting in Magdeburg from 24 to 26 April
More than 120 researchers from 35 countries to attend network meeting of Humboldt fellows
Support for researchers at risk
Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum in Berlin
Secretary General of the Humboldt Foundation retires
After 14 successful years, Enno Aufderheide is leaving the Foundation at the end of March.
Humboldt Colloquium “Sustainable Futures” in San Francisco
About 100 researchers from all disciplines will get together in San Francisco from 29 February to 2 March.
Network meeting in Konstanz
Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at the University of Konstanz from 21 to 23 February
Humboldt Foundation campaigns for democracy, human rights and openness
The Foundation takes a clear stance against right-wing extremism and racism.
Federal Cross of Merit awarded
Former Humboldt Foundation President Hans Christian Pape honoured
2023 Reimar Lüst Awards
Sophia Labadi and Christian Dustmann have been singled out for their outstanding research in ethnology and economics.
2023 Humboldt Residency Programme
Members presented the projects they developed around the subject of “Precious Resources”.
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"We can’t understand reality without talking about it." Linguist Michaela Mahlberg studies the social function of language. She is one of 12 top researchers who will be awarded a Humboldt Professorship on 13 May!
Progress in medical technology is made every day. It brings huge benefits but also poses major challenges for health economics and policy. Today on #WorldHealthDay, we introduce Humboldt Professor Ariel Dora Stern, who joined the HPI as new Chair for Digital Health.
Water is a valuable resource and its pollution is a global problem. #Humboldtian Gloria Ugwuja from Nigeria and her host Andreas Taubert are collaborating on water treatment methods.
„Wir wurden auch dazu aufgefordert, unsere Studierenden zu zensieren.“ Zwei Forschende im Exil berichten vom Druck, den sie an ihren Heimatunis erlebt haben und den Hindernissen für Wissenschaftler*innen in autoritären Regimes. #SchwartzInitiative
Celebrating women and their achievements – today and every day. We at the Humboldt Foundation stand up for equal rights!
Calling all Humboldtians with a passion for Science Communication! Apply now for ComLab #9 in Berlin and develop projects with experts from science, media & civil society organisations on issues of Migration, AI & the Climate Crisis.
Apply now: Humboldt Residency Programme 2024! Work together with researchers, artists, journalists and civil society actors in Berlin/Brandenburg! This year's topic: Power and Knowledge – Confronting Global Imbalances in our Knowledge Systems.
Apply now: Together with the British Academy, we invite 30 early career researchers from the UK & Germany to participate in the UK-German Frontiers of Humanities Symposium on “Natures, Cultures and Communities”!
The Humboldt Foundation provides opportunities and builds bridges. We asked Humboldtians like Lei Fang how the fellowship has shaped their lives and what it means to be part of the Humboldt network.
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Georg Forster Research Fellowship
The Fellowship for postdoctoral and experienced researchers from developing and emerging countries who are contributing to sustainable development. The sponsorship is equivalent to the Humboldt Research Fellowship.
Publications in the Humboldt Network
Omri Boehm, Daniel Kehlmann: Der bestirnte Himmel über mir
Ullstein, 2024
Ulinka Rublack: Dürer im Zeitalter der Wunder
Klett-Cotta, 2024
Hartmut Rosa: When Monsters Roar and Angels Sing
Kohlhammer, 2023
Élisabeth Décultot: Inventions of Enlightenment Since 1800
Liverpool University Press, 2023
Heiner Bielefeldt, Nicole J. Saam (Hg.): Die Idee der Freiheit und ihre Semantiken
transcript, 2023
