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Since 2023, Science Communication Support (Scicomm-Support) has been providing support to those facing hostility in the field of science communication. Julia Wandt has been involved from the very beginning and explains what makes Scicomm-Support unique on a global scale and the challenges she faces in her work.

In the world of the arts, people talk a lot about one another but little with one another, says Elena Korowin. The Braunschweig-based professor, who is supported by zukunft.niedersachsen, acts as a bridge between East and West, sees herself as a diplomat without a mandate, and teaches cultural transfer – despite reservations. A video portrait.

Mobility is a defining feature of world affairs – yet our understanding of migration is still based on outdated models. The "Aufbruch"-project by Manuela Bojadžijev and Robin Celikates draws on new research designs to use migration as a means of better understanding the transformations of our time.

Creativity is indispensable in scientific research: new hypotheses or research questions rarely arise from pure rationality. Working together with a fellow researcher, computational biologist Martin Lercher is exploring how research scientists can learn to be more creative.

An authoritarian government can put pressure on universities and research institutions – because the state provides them with funding and regulates their organisation. In a study commissioned by the Volkswagen Foundation, legal scholar Christoph Möllers has examined where the German research system is vulnerable to political influence and how it can be better protected.

Many non-governmental organisations (NGOs for short), such as associations and foundations, are struggling with limited resources – and with the question of why good ideas often get stuck at the pilot project stage. Change! Fellow Prof. Dr. Orestis Papakyriakopoulos from the Technical University of Munich wants to change that.