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The Humboldt Foundation is inviting alumni of the Humboldt Network from Central and South America to pursue a further research stay in Germany. Selected researchers can be accompanied by a junior researcher.

Last change: 14/04/2021

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.

Last change: 14/04/2021

In early January, Turkey’s President Erdoğan appointed a new rector at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. Since then, the campus has seen protests, violence and arrests. Comments on this from the Humboldt Network

Last change: 14/04/2021

The Corona pandemic forces us all to keep our distance and robs us of things that define what we are: human closeness and social interaction. German Chancellor Fellow Diana Raiselis is working on sustainable concepts for reviving nighttime culture.

Last change: 14/04/2021

The best three works of journalism from the second round of the Communication Lab for Exchange between Research and Media have been awarded €500 each by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the International Journalists’ Programmes organisation.

Last change: 14/04/2021

For the first time ever, scientific magazines in the USA took a position during an American election campaign and endorsed the Democrat Joe Biden. How do Humboldtians view the election results? Initial reactions reveal hope and relief – as well as concerns.

Last change: 14/04/2021

In the coming months, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will be expanding its involvement in matters pertaining to equity, equality of opportunity, and diversity in the science system with a wide range of activities and measures.

Last change: 14/04/2021

The meeting of fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – originally scheduled to be held in Halle – will be conducted digitally on 18 and 19 November with the assistance of Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.

Last change: 14/04/2021

How are people around the world dealing with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic? To answer this question, the Humboldt Professor Anke Hoeffler and her colleagues Tilman Brück from the International Security and Development Center in Berlin and Patricia Justino from the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research in Helsinki, Finland, spent the six months since March 2020 gathering data on how people are dealing with this crisis. Nearly 12,000 people from more than 130 countries have completed the Life with Corona questionnaire. The international research group recently presented its initial findings.

Last change: 14/04/2021