He liked to formulate succinct sentences and deliver punch lines. He took a stand against slavery, colonialism and environmental destruction. What stance would Humboldt take on current issues? We present his quotes in a new light.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Extremism is booming and, in many countries, threatening democracy. The good news is that you can train resistance to propaganda and disinformation.
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Humboldt Foundation’s Annual Meeting was just one of several events to be held digitally this year. The Foundation relied on digital formats for a number of events in 2020.
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The Humboldt Foundation is inviting alumni of the Humboldt Network from Central and South America to pursue a further research stay in Germany. Selected researchers can be accompanied by a junior researcher.
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Dr Serge Alain Fobofou Tanemossu earned his doctorate in chemistry at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry in Halle and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
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Experts and researchers who have fled their country have gathered at the Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum that was held on 10 and 11 May in Berlin and online. The event has jointly been organised by the Humboldt Foundation’s Philipp Schwartz Initiative and the InSPIREurope project. In addition to examining the situation of researchers from Ukraine and Afghanistan, the conference focussed on the specific working conditions of persecuted researchers and how researchers in exile enrich scientific communities.
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From environmental activist to Chile’s Comptroller General: what has especially shaped the career of the Humboldtian Jorge Bermúdez Soto. An interview.
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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has joined forces with nine European partners to support, promote and integrate researchers at risk on a coordinated basis in Europe and thus provide them protection in coming years.
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On 21 June, leading AI researchers and civil society actors met at the Humboldt Academia in Society Summit in Berlin to discuss the future of artificial intelligence.
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