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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Tackling the Global Challenge of Climate Change - German-African Cooperation in Education and Research
Opening Speech by state secretary Georg Schütte, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, at the Side Event “Strengthening Africa’s Competence in Combating Climate Change - African-German Cooperation in Education and Research” at the 21st UNFCCC…
First “European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation” supported entirely by universities is founded on the Upper Rhine
On 9 December 2015, the Universities of Basel, Freiburg, Haute-Alsace, Strasbourg and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology signed the founding documents for the trinational European Campus. The universities have thus broken new ground in…
Event Review: FOCUS - Smart Grid 2015
On November 12, 2015, the German Center for Research and Innovation in New York co-hosted a discussion on smart grid technologies with German partner organizations and experts in the field. Changing the current power infrastructure to a cleaner,…
TU Berlin Summer University: A space for international exchange
Registration for 2016 open now
Fraunhofer and the University of Auckland to co-develop a bionic elbow joint
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the University of Auckland in New Zealand will work hand in hand for the next three years on a project to develop a novel arm orthosis for elbows – the “Bionic Joint”.
German Science Centre Cairo participates in “Bio Vision Alexandria 2016” broaching the issue of “New Life Sciences”
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is organising the 8th biennial international conference “Bio Vision Alexandria 2016” at the Library of Alexandria from 12th to 14th April 2016. The German Science Centre (DWZ) will continue the tradition of involvement by…
Skilled Labour Helps Gaining Access to New Markets Worldwide
Renewable energies are no longer "alternative" energies, but have become profitable investments in recent years which improve the foreign trade balance of many countries. Studies show that the increased use of renewable energies raises the economic…
Event Review: 2015 Arnhold Symposium
On October 29, 2015, the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research together with The New School for Social Research and the German Center for Research and Innovation hosted this year’s Arnhold Symposium.
German Science Centre in Cairo organises first Egyptian-German competence cluster in water
Being faced with a rapid population growth, pollution and an ineffective irregation system, the scientific field of „water“ has become one of essential importance for Egypt over the last decades. The German Science Centre in Cairo is now establishing…
