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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
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.
National Academies of Sciences address recommendations on protecting the oceans to the G20 countries
Representatives from the national academies of sciences of the G20 countries handed over recommendations to the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in Tokyo, Japan, for later consultation at this year’s G20 summit. The statement with recommendations…
Start of EU-project CyberSec4Europe on cybersecurity and data protection
The research Project CyberSec4Europe on cybersecurity and data protection in Europe was launched this week. Goethe University Frankfurt has assumed the leadership and co-ordination of the 43 total consortium partners from science, business, industry…
