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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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More than 1,000 researchers from around the world attend online, conference theme is “Diversity of Ideas” .
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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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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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