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Residency Programme 2024
Humboldt Residency Programme on power and knowledge: participants present their findings
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?
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Wealth of ideas: The first Humboldt Hackathon in Berlin
Under the banner “Mobilizing diverse minds across the globe”, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation recently conducted the first Humboldt Hackathon.
2024 Reimar Lüst Awards
Kateřina Čapková and Bala Venkat Mani awarded for research that focuses on refugees and migration
Between the Lines
Humboldtian Rosa Coppola was working on the concept of artificiality in the works of the late experimental poet, academic and philosopher, Max Bense, when she discovered new approaches to Bense’s oeuvre and to her own research work.
Was genau sind Erinnerungen? Und gibt es eine Möglichkeit, sie festzuhalten? Philosoph und #AvHProfessor Sven Bernecker auf ARTE.
Advent Concert 2024
The Humboldt Foundation invites you to its annual Advent Concert on 5 December. Join our livestream!
Five new Alexander von Humboldt Professors selected
Germany’s most valuable research award to go to Cologne, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Münster and Tübingen.
Network meeting in Erlangen
Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg from 20 to 22 November
Mentoring for women in the Humboldt Network
Women Forward – The 2024 Humboldt Mentoring Program brought together women from the Humboldt Network.
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 “Belonging”!
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Wealth of ideas: The first Humboldt Hackathon in Berlin
Under the banner “Mobilizing diverse minds across the globe”, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation recently conducted the first Humboldt Hackathon.
Between the Lines
Humboldtian Rosa Coppola was working on the concept of artificiality in the works of the late experimental poet, academic and philosopher, Max Bense, when she discovered new approaches to Bense’s oeuvre and to her own research work.
Advent Concert 2024
The Humboldt Foundation invites you to its annual Advent Concert on 5 December. Join our livestream!
Mentoring for women in the Humboldt Network
Women Forward – The 2024 Humboldt Mentoring Program brought together women from the Humboldt Network.
Humboldt Fellowships – even more flexible
The Humboldt Foundation is making its research fellowships even more attractive.
At a crossroads? US foreign and science policy after the US election
Interview with the US-China expert and former German Chancellor Fellow Michael Laha.
Global Health Communication
Researchers and journalists came together at the World Health Summit 2024 in Berlin.
Research and Diversity: creating habitats
At the University of Regensburg’s Institute of Zoology, Humboldt Fellow Marion Cordonnier is investigating how humans influence ant diversity. Discover how the French ecologist combines her research with a surprise addition to the family and her wishes for other female researchers.
Conflict zones of freedom – how can we communicate migration, climate change & AI?
At ComLab#9 (19 to 22 September), 40 researchers and journalists from 28 countries around the world shared ideas.
Pressemitteilungen
2024 Reimar Lüst Awards
Kateřina Čapková and Bala Venkat Mani awarded for research that focuses on refugees and migration
Five new Alexander von Humboldt Professors selected
Germany’s most valuable research award to go to Cologne, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Münster and Tübingen.
Network meeting in Erlangen
Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg from 20 to 22 November
Georg Forster Research Awards 2024
Humboldt Foundation honours development-relevant research by Amy Theresa Austin and Andre Russowsky Brunoni.
New edition of our magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Everything just looted? How colonialism is still affecting science
Awards all round: AI in mathematics, microscopy and climate research
Geordie Williamson receives the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2024, and Max Planck-Humboldt Medals go to Laura Waller and Torsten Hoefler
Bonn Humboldt Award Winners’ Forum: Global Perspectives on Kant
Kant’s philosophy from a non-European and post-colonial viewpoint
Kosmos Lecture at the Humboldt Foundation’s summer reception
The South African researcher Daya Reddy to speak on inclusivity in global science and scholarship
Resilient science for a changing world
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation launches new strategy
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Was genau sind Erinnerungen? Und gibt es eine Möglichkeit, sie festzuhalten? Philosoph und #AvHProfessor Sven Bernecker auf ARTE.
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 “Belonging”!
From infectious diseases to female agency in India – 3 days of exciting interdisciplinary exchange on the “Challenges of Mobilities" at our German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium.
Every year in August, our current Humboldt Fellows are invited on a two-week tour through Germany – the #AvHStudyTour. We are happy that you enjoyed it, dear Humboldtians, and thank you for the great pictures you sent us!
How can we live a sustainable life in harmony with nature? The participants in the 2024 #HumboldtResidencyProgramme, Adenike Adebukola Akinsemolu and Christer de Silva, find the answers in indigenous communities. Read more in our Residency Diary!
When one journey ends, another begins... Our Chancellor Fellows 23/24 are on the home stretch of their stay in Germany. We wish all of you the best of luck in your future endeavours. Stay in touch!
"Interchange among researchers can give rise to different perspectives that expand our inherent experiences and standpoints." #Humboldtian Dhanasree Jayaram on her experiences with Science Diplomacy and why it is so important.
Building bridges – that's not only the goal of the Humboldt Foundation, but also of our annual meeting! A huge thank you to all Humboldtians who made this event what it is: a celebration of the Humboldt Family!
Rebuilding Ukraine together: Robert Schlögl, President of the Humboldt Foundation, discusses the role of culture and education at the Ukraine Recovery Conference #URC2024.
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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
Rosi Braidotti (Ed.): The Edinburgh Companion to the New European Humanities
Edinburgh University Press, 2024
W. Daniel Wilson: Goethe und die Juden. Faszination und Feindschaft
C.H. Beck, 2024
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
