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“Safe haven for a new start”

Strengthening freedom of scientific research: Success stories from five years of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative. An interview with programme director Barbara Sheldon.

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“Racism is toxic for every society”

On 21 March, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Humboldt Foundation is calling for more humanity and understanding and takes a clear stance against racist attitudes and actions.

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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos

“It's not enough simply to say, it is as it is!”

Focus “It's not enough simply to say, it is as it is!” Excellence and diversity are not a contradiction in terms, according to Hans-Christian Pape. A conversation about the power of positive incentive

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“It's not enough simply to say, it is as it is!”

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“It takes the entire network”

Andrea Löther led a study commissioned by the Humboldt Foundation to analyse the potential and needs of female scholars and scientists around the world with regard to whether they could be persuaded to become internationally mobile and undertake a research stay in Germany. A conversation about access, barriers and opportunities for more excellence through diversity.

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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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“Humboldt had this ruthlessness towards himself”

Interview “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?

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“Humboldt had this ruthlessness towards himself”

“Everybody’s star”

Interview “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. R

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“Everybody’s star”

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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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