Three of Europe's biggest philanthropic foundations have joined together to award 5 million euros to tackle some of the most pressing global challenges of our time: Wellcome Trust, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and Volkswagen Foundation have funded six research groups from across Europe to drive action through cross-border collaboration.

Das Wissen über und die Praxis der offenen Wissenschaft ("Open Science") weiter voranbringen – das ist das erklärte Ziel des Fellow-Programms "Freies Wissen". Nach der Erstausschreibung in 2016 ist für die zweite Runde in 2017 die VolkswagenStiftung neue Partnerin in dem von Wikimedia Deutschland und dem Stifterverband initiierten Programm.

Experts discussed how the humanities and social sciences deal with the social challenges of digitization at the Herrenhausen Conference in Hanover which took place from May 31 till June 2, 2017.

Nestling blue tits can discriminate between the smell of other nestlings and adapt their begging behaviour accordingly. This is the outcome of the latest study by Freigeist-Fellow Dr. Barbara Caspers and Dr. Peter Korsten from Bielefeld University.

The Herrenhausen Symposium "The Long End of the First World War: Ruptures, Continuities and Memories" questioned the idea of a static and clearly defined "end" of the War.