Valentin Jünger
From Tear to Target: Biomolecular Profiling for Precision Treatment of Corneal Neovascularization
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Members of the International Research Cluster 2025/26
EnviroLink: Linking Research, Education, and Technology in Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences
Members of the International Research Cluster 2023/24
Conflict-Induced Displacement and Socio-Economic Resilience: Learning From Neglected Conflicts in Cameroon and Myanmar
Innovative Tandem Collaborations 2026/2027
Vatho Chem
Revitalizing and Documenting Kölsch: From Archival Materials to an AI-Ready Speech Recognition and Synthesis System (Chat-Like) for the Endangered Kölsch Dialect
Mwangala Nalisa
BioC2 global: On-site biodiversity genomics for One Health
Sabine Weiss
Rethinking Time in Transitions: Towards More Inclusive Pathways through Education and Society
Innovative Tandem Collaborations 2026
Fernando Bolaños Zarate
From References to Practices: Critical Engagement with Educative Normative Documents through Workshops, Animation, and Chronicle
Elli Cryan
What Happens to Genes Without a Role? Identifying the Lost Genes That Once Controlled the Production of Red Pigments in Amaranth
Bethan Davies
What Works to Prevent Radicalisation? A Realist-Inspired Review Of Educational Interventions
Miloš Kalc
Chronic Fatigue Management in Immunotherapy: A German–Slovenian Collaboration for Precision Exercise Oncology
Sangwouk Cho
AEON: International Aging-Entropy Open Research Network
Zhe Wang
Bridging the Modality Gap: A Task-Oriented Generative Framework for Robust Medical Image Analysis with Incomplete Data
Innovative Tandem Collaborations 2025/26
Matilde Botto
Comparative Perspectives on Sexual Offences Law: From Consent to Sexual Harassment
Ying Neoh
Critical AI Literacy as a Core Competence of Digital Citizenship: Student Teachers’ Perspectives in Australia and Germany
Innovative Tandem Collaborations 2025
Dennis Agelebe
Digital and Energy Regulatory Directives in Advancing Energy Transition in Africa: Exploring Approaches for Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Development in the AU Vision 2063
Kasimir Dederichs
Disrupted Community Involvement? Changes in Civic Engagement Across Life Events
Gözde Özenç İra
Inclusive Pedagogy in Music Education: A Comparison of the Perspectives of Teachers Across Primary and Special Education Schools in Germany and Türkiye
Innovative Tandem Collaborations 2024/25
Monika Prusinowska
The Legal Dimension of China’s Presence in Latin America: Opportunities, Risks, and Responses
Binaya Pattnaik
From Lab to Community: A Collaborative Approach for Education and Awareness on Microplastics
Christian Ngongang Ouankou
A Hands-on Training Programme and workshop in Skills Lab and Basic Techniques for Stem Cell Research
Innovative Tandem Collaborations 2024
Trudruá Dorrico
Future Ancestralities in the Amazonia: Indigenous Arts of Resistance
Richard Kiaka
Mtu ni Watu - Disclosing Hidden Stories of Fieldwork
Mert Koçak
Gender, Migration and Digitalization of Care Work: Discourse Analysis of Care Service Websites
Ana Macanovic
The Online and Offline Effects of Terror Attacks on Public Opinion Regarding Immigration
Innovative Tandem Collaborations 2023/24
Arjang Omrani
Curating and Weaving Memories: Critical Multimodal Collaborations
Olesia Kucheriv
Thin Films of Aziridinium-Based Hybrid Perovskites: From Fundamental Understanding Towards Optoelectronic Applications
India Nattermann
Boundaries and Liminality in Flavian Poetry
Innovative Tandem Collaborations 2023
Federico G. Corsi
The Atoms of Epicurus. Philosophical and papyrological reassessment of the significance of Epicurus’ 25th book On Physics for his atomistic justification of free will.
Somayeh Khademi
The Comparison of Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development in Geography Classes in North-Rhine Westphalia and Iran
Interviews
Meet Ndapewa Fenny Nakanyete!
Ndapewa Fenny Nakanyete is a geography lecturer and is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Cologne in collaboration with the University of Namibia. For more information check the video description on YouTube.
Meet Veronica Kimani!
Veronica Kimani is a researcher and PhD student at the University of Cologne. She holds a Master of Arts in History from Kenyatta University, Nairobi. For more information check the video description on YouTube.
Interview: Lekan Balogun
We spoke to Dr. Lekan Balogun, researcher, dramatist and self-proclaimed, “complete man of the theatre”, about Nigeria, Shakespeare and his work.Read the interview
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