Press Releases

“Better connected!” – the latest issue of the Humboldt Kosmos magazine on how important research networks are for the world during and after the pandemic

Some 80 researchers from Latin America and Germany will gather in Santiago de Chile from 26 to 28 March.

Some 100 researchers from southern Africa and Germany to gather in Pretoria, South Africa, from 6 to 8 March.

About 100 researchers from all disciplines will get together in San Francisco at the invitation of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation from 29 February to 2 March.

Guillermo Wilde (Argentina) and Nousheen Zaidi (Pakistan) to receive the Georg Forster Research Award that comes with €60,000 for each.

The historian Kateřina Čapková and the literary scholar Bala Venkat Mani receive this year’s Reimar Lüst Awards.

The Foundation takes a clear stance against right-wing extremism and racism. It is appalled by the displacement plans uncovered in January by the investigative network Correctiv.

President Hans-Christian Pape expresses solidarity with Ukrainian network members and the people of Ukraine.

The internationally renowned specialist for coinage during the Roman Imperial Era and the Migration Period has been singled out to receive the Reimar Lüst Award.