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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
EU project "STRONG-2020" at the forefront of strong interaction studies
EU project "STRONG-2020" brings together 44 institutes from all over Europe conducting research on the strong interaction. It will be financed with EUR 10 Million by the European Union within its Horizon 2020 funding program.
Pilot Africa Postgraduate Academy: Strengthening fundamental research in Africa
Researchers from Goethe University and the University of Basel are creating a postgraduate academy in Bamako (Mali). The project, entitled “Pilot Africa Postgraduate Academy”, has received € 973,000 from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. The aim is to…
First “BMBF Forum International”: Shaping a liveable future world of work through global research collaboration
Around the world, jobs are already undergoing profound changes due to digitalization. The German Federal Research Ministry held its first “BMBF Forum International” in Berlin on 21-22 May 2019 on the subject of “The Future of Work”. Representatives…
Russian-German Arctic research: Russian expedition TRANSARCTIC 2019 successfully completed
With the return of the Russian research icebreaker “Akademik Treshnikov” to the port of Murmansk, Russia, another successful chapter in Russian-German collaborative Arctic research drew to a close. On 20 March 2019 the ship embarked on the Russian…
Franco-German research initiative on low-pesticide agriculture in Europe
Is pesticide-free agriculture possible? German and French researchers are now working together to answer this question: The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) has launched a unique Europe-wide research initiative together with…
CLAIRE Opens German Office at German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
On April 8, the EU Commission published core requirements for a trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and has thus begun a process in which the EU AI Strategy will continue to take shape. CLAIRE (Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial…
Baden Württemberg's Minister President Kretschmann receives Europe's leading AI researchers
Scientists convene to advance European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems ELLIS
Nature Career Guide: Germany
The Nature International Journal of Science recently published a new edition of its Career Guide series. This time on Germany and its scientific landscape.
Launch of a Joint European Research Centre of Leuphana University Lüneburg and the University of Glasgow
With the opening of the European Centre for Advanced Studies (ECAS) on 1 April 2019, the cooperation agreed last year between Leuphana University Lüneburg and the University of Glasgow has reached another milestone.
