At an age where most scientists would have settled for the odd conference, Alexander von Humboldt was still seeking adventure. In 1829 he set off on an expedition that took him to the court of the Russian Emperor and the border with China.
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Interview with the US-China expert and former German Chancellor Fellow Michael Laha on the future of American foreign and science policy in the wake of the US elections on 5 November 2024
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The benefit of knowledge exchange: Alexander von Humboldt Professor Peter Dayan on how he wants to link machine learning with psychiatry resesarch.
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1/2025
Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will meet at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg from 25 to 27 February.
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Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at the University of Stuttgart from 22 to 24 November
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As Humboldt Professor Arno Rauschenbeutel is joining the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin where he will reinforce the new Center for Photonic Quantum Technologies in the Berlin-Adlershof Science and Technology Park.
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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.
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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.
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Interview with Markus Kissler-Patig, Head of Science and Operations at the European Space Agency, about the new golden age of space exploration and the search for life in our solar system and beyond.
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