At the turn of the year, Hans-Christian Pape’s term in office as President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, that he assumed in 2018, comes to an end. The Foundation would like to thank the outgoing President for his commitment in turbulent times.
A response to the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) from biogeographer and Humboldtian Tobias Kümmerle
The newly selected winners of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize include the Humboldtians Largus T. Angenent and Hartmut Rosa.
From 17 to 19 November, 150 researchers from the Japanese Humboldt Network, Japanese junior researchers as well as some of the Foundation’s partners and friends in German academia and politics got together at an online Humboldt Colloquium.
On 29 November, the members of the Humboldt Residency Programme got together for the last public event discussing how social cohesion is experienced and can be conveyed on campus.
Enno Aufderheide, Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, on how the science community should deal with China – an opinion piece in the DIE ZEIT newspaper
Sara Fouad, Egyptian professor of architecture, who specialises in waterways regeneration, shares her view on the situation in Egypt and how COP27 could bring much needed change.
“Dwindling resources – growing conflicts”: Report on the 6th Communication Lab (28.–29.10. & 4.–5.11. 2022)
Mayra Flores Tavares, International Climate Protection Fellow from Brazil, shares her hopes for the future of the tropical forests following the victory of Lula da Silva in the Brazilian presidential election.
“We are losing an advantage” - Interview with Antje Schwalb, member of the selection committee
Iran is currently experiencing one of the largest waves of protests in decades. We spoke with the Iranian Humboldtian Raika Khorshidian about different forms of protest, communication channels and the cultural scene’s influence in Iran
The Munich immunologist Julia Jellusova, a new scout in the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme will utilise her own networks to recruit three postdocs for her team.
The best projects from the fifth Communication Lab, “The New Global – cooperation for the future”, were honoured at a virtual award ceremony on 2 September 2022.
Cocoa is a core economic commodity in Ghana. The Ghanaian International Climate Protection Fellow Gabriel Antwi-Boasiako is working on a holistic model to predict the future and development of cocoa cultivation in his home country.
Discover how you can utilise the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme and the Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for your international academic collaborations.
Watch the video message from Hans-Christian Pape, President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, at the opening of the 2021 GAIN annual meeting.
From environmental activist to Chile’s Comptroller General: what has especially shaped the career of the Humboldtian Jorge Bermúdez Soto. An interview.
The Humboldt Foundations Philipp Schwartz Initiative and partner institutions prepare to take in researchers
What made scientific policy advice on the pandemic so successful in Uruguay. An interview with Rafael Radi
Hajime Konno has been selected to receive the 2021 Philipp Franz von Siebold Award in recognition of his contributions to increasing mutual understanding of Germany and Japan’s culture and society.
During the summer school “Communicating Science”, 50 junior researchers from 26 countries will work together to elaborate recommendations for action.
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.
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.
Dr Ángela Mouriz García, neurophysiologist, medical pioneer in Spain and Humboldtian, celebrated her 100th birthday on 22 May - congratulations!
