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Why is Aachen better than New York?

The best researchers are highly sought-after and go where the best conditions beckon them. They head for famous universities all over the world like Harvard and Oxford. Or for the ones that have specialised in order to reach the top in a particular field - like Aachen.

Humboldtians in Focus

Humboldtians in Focus

Waiting for a New Heart

Psychologist Gerdi Weidner examines how heart transplants can become unnecessary.

Interviews

Interviews

Is It Really Just About the Money?

What does Germany have to do to attract top-flight researchers? And how can the private sector get involved? A discussion with Lorraine Daston, Arend Oetker and Helmut Schwarz

Opinions

Opinions

We Need a Welcoming Culture

Academia as the melting pot of the 21st century: who has the best ideas is only revealed by international comparison.

View onto Germany

View onto Germany

Mustard and Gummi Bears

Anyone who has worked as a researcher in Germany later becomes an unofficial ambassador for the Federal Republic in his or her home country. But what do researchers take back home from their everyday life here? We asked them for their shopping lists.

News from the Foundation

News from the Foundation

New excellence network in Africa

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is launching the African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) in conjunction with researchers from various African countries.