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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
E.ON Ruhrgas scholarships: Norwegian-German exchange more popular than ever
More and more Norwegians have set their sights on studying or conducting research at German universities, and Norway is an increasingly popular destination for German students and researchers. The E.ON Ruhrgas scholarship programme provides an…
DAAD to have New Secretary-General
Dr. Dorothea Rüland, currently director of the Center for International Cooperation at Freie Universität Berlin, will assume her post as the new Secretary-General of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Bonn on 1 October 2010. DAAD Vice…
Civilizing the World Order? The Scope and Potential of Transnational Norm-building Networks
Issue 1/2010 of the GIGA Focus International Edition has now been published ("Civilizing the World Order? The Scope and Potential of Transnational Norm-building Networks", Cord Jakobeit, Robert Kappel and Ulrich Mückenberger)
New centre will put Danish plant science among world's elite
LIFE- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen is investing in a new research facility that will further enhance its reputation and attract the brightest minds. Already today, plant scientists at LIFE are finding plant biotech solutions…
Chinese-German Centre for collaboration in land use research
A scientific platform for research collaboration brings together researchers from the Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) of the Chinese Academy of…
td-net: Swiss-academies award for transdisciplinary research 2010
Unter der Schirmherrschaft der Stiftung Mercator Schweiz schreiben die Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz den «swiss- academies award for transdisciplinary research» aus. Der Preis zeichnet ein besonders gelungenes Projekt im Bereich der…
2010 Bologna Ministerial Anniversary Conference in Budapest and Vienna
The Bologna Declaration has reformed the structures of European higher education systems over the past ten years in a revolutionary way and has played a remarkable role in strengthening the competitiveness and attractiveness of European higher…
CeBIT - Innovation is not the product of chance
Germany has few natural resources, which means that it depends on ideas and innovation. Every year the government and industry invest billions of euros in research for this reason. At CeBIT, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research demonstrates…
ESO Expresses Support for Victims of Chile Earthquake - No Damage to ESO Observatories
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck central Chile at 03:34 local time (07:34 CET) on Saturday 27 February 2010. The epicentre was 115 km north-northeast of the city of Concepción and 325 km south-west of the capital Santiago. The earthquake has caused…
