Reimar Lüst Awards for international scholarly and cultural exchange granted
Women often underestimate their professional qualifications. Therefore "active recruitment of women is extremely important". Jutta Allmendinger, president of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, on#diversity in science at the Humboldt Foundation's Annual Meeting. #ProgressDiversity
The Humboldt Foundation has made appointments to two chairs at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Kigali, Rwanda.
With more than 1,000 participants from nearly 80 countries, this year’s Annual Meeting of the Humboldt Foundation was once again a highlight among the many meetings and encounters in the Humboldt Network.
This year’s awards for the best networking initiatives developed by Humboldtians are going to Argentina, Bulgaria, Nigeria, the Czech Republic and Uzbekistan.
Humboldtians and journalists came together for the third virtual Communication Lab for Exchange between Research and Media held in June.
Diversity of perspectives is the precondition for excellence. So, for us, excellence starts with indicating diversity in our language.
The first winners of the 2022 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship announced.
Dr Ángela Mouriz García, neurophysiologist, medical pioneer in Spain and Humboldtian, celebrated her 100th birthday on 22 May - congratulations!
Humboldtians and journalists came together for the third virtual Communication Lab for Exchange between Research and Media held in June.
This year’s awards for the best networking initiatives developed by Humboldtians are going to Argentina, Bulgaria, Nigeria, the Czech Republic and Uzbekistan.
With more than 1,000 participants from nearly 80 countries, this year’s Annual Meeting of the Humboldt Foundation was once again a highlight among the many meetings and encounters in the Humboldt Network.
The Humboldt Foundation has made appointments to two chairs at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Kigali, Rwanda.
Diversity of perspectives is the precondition for excellence. So, for us, excellence starts with indicating diversity in our language.
Dr Ángela Mouriz García, neurophysiologist, medical pioneer in Spain and Humboldtian, celebrated her 100th birthday on 22 May - congratulations!
Behind the scenes at ComLab#3: Journalist and ComLab alumna, Mele Pesti, recorded the process by which participants learn from one another and shares insights on the nuances of interdisciplinary communication.
The Humboldtian Conrado Hübner Mendes has publicly criticised Brazil’s chief public prosecutor. Now he is personally experiencing how President Bolsonaro’s loyal supporters crack down on critics.
No one knows yet how the pandemic will impact the careers of young researchers. In this three-part series, we profile Feodor Lynen Research Fellows and show how they are dealing with the challenges facing them.
Reimar Lüst Awards for international scholarly and cultural exchange granted
The first winners of the 2022 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship announced.
Federal President Steinmeier adresses more than 1,000 individuals sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation, alumni and guests at the Foundation's Annual Meeting.
In the second round of the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme, a further 23 scouts, including 10 female researchers, were chosen to recruit talented individuals for the Humboldt Network.
On 23 and 24 June 2021, international researchers will be meeting for the Humboldt Foundation’s virtual Annual Meeting.
Three million euros for additional research fellowships and a research hub
Experts and displaced researchers will gather at the Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum on 26 and 27 April.
By creating the Philipp Schwartz Initiative, the Humboldt Foundation became Germany’s first research organisation to establish a funding programme to protect researchers who are persecuted and at threat.
Diversity in science and research: The entire new edition of the magazine Humboldt Kosmos to the topic of diversity. Let’s talk, on Twitter with #ProgressDiversity!
Women often underestimate their professional qualifications. Therefore "active recruitment of women is extremely important". Jutta Allmendinger, president of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, on#diversity in science at the Humboldt Foundation's Annual Meeting. #ProgressDiversity
Kick-off to the third edition of our #ResearchComLab: Vito Cecere of the German Federal Office opens the 4-day Science Communication workshop on sustainability and social justice. #scicomm
Volcanic eruptions are spectacular events, but can pose an acute threat to human societies. An international team including #Humboldtian Arianna Soldati has shown that a specific seismic signal may predict how dangerous the eruption will be.
Coming from a farming family with 12 children and with a maths teacher who treated her with contempt because she was a girl, Humboldtian Urmila Pyakurel didn't have an easy path into academia. But she succeeded! #ProgressDiversity #EUDiversityMonth
“What others consider normal? That is not a question I ask myself. My normal is different anyway.“ Jochen Guck, director of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, experiences academia as the ideal environment for #diversity: #ProgressDiversity #EUDiversityMonth
„We have made highly effective vaccines against Covid-19; we must do the same for malaria.“ Immunologist and Humboldtian Faith Osier works to make the disease history – in our lifetimes.
Congratulations to the Humboldtians who received an ERC Advanced Grant, among others Anton Zensus, Hendrik Dietz and Georg Vogeler!
