The Secretary General
Dr. Markus Zanner The Secretary General On 1 May 2025, Dr Markus Zanner became the new Secretary General of the Humboldt Foundation. Before he has held various positions of responsibility in science m
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Dr. Markus Zanner The Secretary General On 1 May 2025, Dr Markus Zanner became the new Secretary General of the Humboldt Foundation. Before he has held various positions of responsibility in science m
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Why are there so many vegans here in Germany when they have such great sausages? Humboldtians report on their experiences with German eating culture.
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Press Release
Robert Schlögl, Director at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, and at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim an der Ruhr, will take office on 1 January 2023.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Fifty years, one common path: a look back on our eventful life in academia.
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News
On a Humboldt study tour around Germany in 1972, the Romanian neuroscientist Maria-Luisa Flonta and the philosopher Mircea Flonta got to know each other. More than five decades later, they look back – on their eventful life in academia and their path together that is closely linked to the Humboldt Foundation to this day.
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Tomorrow’s food and how we’ll eat it
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Who actually does what at Humboldt headquarters? Who are the people making sure that everything runs smoothly? This page is devoted to the colleagues at the Humboldt Foundation.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
The past, for Sophia Labadi, is very much alive. The ethnologist and expert on heritage studies explores how heritage sites and European museums can promote social justice in African countries, combat poverty and actively counter climate change – along the way, she uncovers how colonial thinking sometimes prevents sustainable development.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
The Humboldt Professor Anke Hoeffler studies the causes of violence – whether in civil wars or people’s own homes – and what it eventually costs.
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