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“Collaboration: the elixir of life” – the 2024 Humboldt Kosmos Lecture
The South African researcher, Daya Reddy, emphasised the importance of inclusion and cooperation in global science.
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“Courage is contagious” – The Philipp Schwartz Forum in Berlin
Some 360 persons attended the Philipp Schwartz Forum in Berlin on 3 and 4 April at the invitation of the Humboldt Foundation. Experts from the research community, public administration and the political sector discussed academic freedom and the protection of researchers who are at threat in their countries.
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“Cutting-edge research needs freedom”: Humboldt Professorships are bringing top international researchers to Germany
At the award ceremony for Germany’s most valuable research award in Berlin, Robert Schlögl, President of the Humboldt Foundation, stressed the importance of freedom for research and society.
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“Diversity is the best way to create a just society”: Federal President Steinmeier addresses the Humboldt Foundation’s digital Annual Meeting
More than 1,000 researchers from around the world attend online, conference theme is “Diversity of Ideas” .
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“Diversity of perspectives makes all the difference”
With its #ProgressDiversity campaign, the Humboldt Foundation is working to boost diversity in science and in the support it provides for outstanding, talented researchers. Interview with Judith Wellen, head of the Humboldt Foundation’s Strategy and External Relations Department, on the search for international talent, the power of diversity and the Foundation’s network of excellence.
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“Europe must invest in AI – now”
Humboldt Professor Holger Hoos is one of the signatories to an open letter from the Future of Life Institute in which AI experts call for a six-month moratorium on the development of artificial intelligence. In this interview he explains his motivation and his hopes for the future of AI research in Europe.
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“Europe should have acted sooner”
Interview with the Ukrainian scientist Dmytro Leontyev about the current situation, further options for international cooperation and the West’s naivety
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“Everybody’s star”
Whether as a discoverer, Romantic, Atlanticist, climate prophet or working class hero: there isn’t just one Humboldt, but lots of them. Historian of science, Nicolaas A. Rupke, has investigated how the various images of Humboldt have come about.
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“Humboldt had this ruthlessness towards himself”
Researcher, globetrotter, networker and discoverer – Alexander von Humboldt was a real high-flyer. But who was Alexander, the private person? An interview with journalist and author Dorothee Nolte about the life and loves of an immortal genius.
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“It is an act of democratic backsliding”: Humboldtian on the judicial reform in Israel
Israel faces a judicial reform that could potentially alter the course of democracy. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets to protest against the controversial plans proposed by Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government. Political scientist and former Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Or Tuttnauer, talks about the political crisis in his country.
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