No. 112/2021

5 HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 112/2021 24 Illustration: Humboldt Foundation/Martin Rümmele, Photos: Adobe Stock (fruits), Humboldt Foundation/Elbmotion IMPRINT HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 112 DO JOIN IN FOCUS 12 Long live diversity E xploring diversity on a journey round the world 16 A monoculture in German science – on no account G uest commentary by science journalist, Jan-Martin Wiarda 21 “It’s not enough simply to say, it is as it is!” I nterview with Humboldt Foundation President, Hans-Christian Pape 12 24 CLOSE UP ON RESEARCH The hidden costs of violence 26 FOCUS ON GERMANY Making the climb hard 30 NEWS 32 THE FACES OF THE FOUNDATION A who’s who of the people behind the scenes at the Humboldt Foundation PUBLISHER Alexander von Humboldt Foundation EDITORS IN CHIEF Georg Scholl (responsible), Teresa Havlicek EDITORS Ulla Hecken, Mareike Ilsemann, Lena Schnabel ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS Dr Lynda Lich-Knight PRODUCTION & GRAPHICS Raufeld Medien GmbH Nina Koch (Project Management), Daniel Krüger (Creative Direction), Carolin Kastner (Art Direction) FREQUENCY twice a year CIRCULATION OF THE ISSUE 44000 PRINTER Bonifatius GmbH, Paderborn ADDRESS Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Redaktion Humboldt Kosmos Jean-Paul-Straße 12, 53173 Bonn, Germany presse@avh.de , www.humboldt-foundation.de ISSN 0344-0354