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#DWIHzeitgeist February 2024

Three Questions for Ekkehard Strauss

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Prof. Ekkehard Strauss, speaker at our online event #DWIHzeitgeist – Science Diplomacy in Practice on February 1, 2024, and a professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin), part of UAS7 – German Universities of Applied Sciences, one of the DWIH main supporters with an office in New York.

News from the University of Cologne

The New University of Cologne Rectorate Takes Office Under the Direction of Professor Mukherjee

As of October 1, 2023, DAAD President Professor Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee is the new Rector of the University of Cologne. In addition, a newly elected team of Vice-Rectors takes up the operational divisions.

News from Campus OWL

New Podcast on Explainable Artificial Intelligence

AI is now encountered by people in almost all areas of life. AI is supposed to support, advise and provide objective and optimized solutions for difficult decision-making. But how can people understand why and how an AI has arrived at its respective result? In the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregional Research Centre (SFB/TRR) 318 of Bielefeld and Paderborn Universities, an interdisciplinary research team is dealing with this problem.

FUTURE FORUM 2023 Speakers

Five questions for Rita Sousa Silva

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Rita Sousa Silva, speaker at the FUTURE FORUM 2023, and a Research Fellow at the Young Academy for Sustainability Research at the University of Freiburg, Germany, one of the DWIH main supporters with an office in New York.

News from UA Ruhr

Prof. Renée Tribble on the Planning and Implementation of Citizen Science Projects

Prof. Dr. Renée Tribble conducts research on questions of participation and cooperative urban development at the Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University. Her approach is to involve civil society actors as early and comprehensively as possible in her projects. In an interview, she talks about the opportunities and challenges of research with citizen participation.

FUTURE FORUM 2023 Speakers

Six Questions for Isabel Bär

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Isabel Bär, speaker at the FUTURE FORUM 2023, and alumna of the DWIH main supporter Hasso Plattner Institute with an office in NYC.

STEP USA University Program

Five Questions for Alamir Mohsen

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Alamir Mohsen, founder of Lithium Designers GmbH, a German startup in the field of architectural and facade planning services, which just celebrated its fifth anniversary.