Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Focus Long live diversity The more heterogeneous the researchers in a team, the more creative the results: this is a fact now generally acknowledged. Diversity in science has become an important catch
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Brief Enquiries How stony was the path to mathematical heights, Ms Pyakurel? I grew up in the little village of Kalika 3, on a plateau in the Himalayas some 70 kilometres east of the Nepali capital, K
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Brief Enquiries What can stop you, Mr Guck? Recently, it was the 30th anniversary of my accident. I have now been in a wheelchair for almost twice as long as I was able to walk. I was in Year 11 when
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Focus on Germany Making the climb hard Working-class children who reach the top in academia – that’s the exception in Germany. The experiences of one who managed. from 01. February 2021 Text: Uwe Schü
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Close up on research The hidden costs of violence The Humboldt Professor Anke Hoeffler studies the causes of violence – whether in civil wars or people’s own homes – and what it eventually costs. from
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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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Opinion On no account a monoculture In the German science system, opportunities are not fairly distributed. It is time for change. from 01. February 2021 by Jan-Martin Wiarda Do join in! We want to ta
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Brief Enquiries How did you become Ethiopia’s first female Professor, Ms Mekonnen? When I went to Germany in 1988 to do my dissertation, that was totally unusual for a woman from Ethiopia. Girls were
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Humboldtians In Private In the USA, nobody asks where I come from I was born and grew up in Cameroon. I have been living in Germany since 2011. If someone here asks me where I come from, it may indica
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Brief Enquiries Ms Ombaka, what’s it like being a single parent and a researcher? My story begins four years ago. Three things happened in my life all at once: I was offered a new job at my university
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