Heide Ahrens, Secretary-General of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on dealing with dictatorships and on strengthening awareness. WWU - Goldmarie International exchanges and collaborations should be a matter of course for universities. It is, after all, only through insights and findings achieved through working together that global challenges can be mastered. However, the tensions arising from, on the one side, our own system of values - for example, our notions of the rule of law and academic freedom - and, on the other, from markedly different value systems in partner countries are constantly growing. In an interview with Norbert Robers , Dr. Heide Ahrens , Secretary General of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), talks about diplomacy in science. The issue of how to deal with researchers from politically and socially controversial states or dictatorships has become dramatic as a result of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. On the other hand, it was presumably already an issue for the German Research Foundation (DFG) before this war.
TO READ THIS ARTICLE, CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT
And extend your reading, free of charge and with no commitment.
Your Benefits
- Access to all content
- Receive newsmails for news and jobs
- Post ads
