Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
My story begins four years ago. Three things happened in my life all at once: I was offered a new job at my university in Kenya, I was granted a fellowship by the Humboldt Foundation and I discovered I was pregnant. What to do?
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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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I work on the Philipp Schwartz Initiative that offers at-risk researchers a safe haven at German universities. I manage the programme.
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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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The more heterogeneous the researchers in a team, the more creative the results. A journey round the world discovering diversity.
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Excellence and diversity are not a contradiction in terms, according to Hans-Christian Pape. A conversation about the power of positive incentives and diversity in the Humboldt Network.
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Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a nature researcher and explorer, universal genius and cosmopolitan, scientist and patron. His lengthy Latin American journey from 1799 to 1804 was celebrated as the second scientific discovery of South America.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
The Earth is getting warmer, the virus is rife and, more than ever before, science is expected to provide explanations and solutions. When relationships are complex, answers uncertain and concerns great, good science communication is called for – and yet so difficult. Why this is and what can be done about it.
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We continue to support our fellows from Germany even after their fellowship abroad has come to an end and they have returned home.
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Many of the world’s best scientific minds choose one of the Humboldt Foundation’s attractive sponsorship programmes and spend time conducting research in Germany.
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