Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Even as a child I used to ask myself how people in different societies lived together and why things in other countries were so different from what I was used to in the UK.
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Anyone who wants to can take part in Hans-Arno Jacobsen’s research project – all you need is a smartphone.
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It is possible to smell disease. The Arab-Israeli researcher Hossam Haick has now presented the evidence.
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Gilbert Adum is Ghana’s frogman. As one of the founders and head of the SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana organisation, he passionately campaigns for the survival of the amphibians in his native country.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Who actually does what at Humboldt headquarters? Who are the people behind the scenes making sure that everything runs smoothly? This page is devoted to the colleagues at the Humboldt Foundation, their lives at work and beyond.
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On 31 July 2025, the long-standing Deputy Secretary General and latterly interim Secretary General of the Humboldt Foundation, Thomas Hesse, is retiring. The Foundation would like to thank him most warmly for his enormous dedication and his untiring work on behalf of the Humboldt Network.
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The meeting of fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - originally scheduled to be held in Rostock - was held digitally on 21 and 22 April with the assistance of the University of Rostock.
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22/2025
Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at the University of Bayreuth from 12 to 14 November
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Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will meet at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz from 19 to 21 April.
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Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to meet at Goethe University Frankfurt from 9 to 11 November
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