Daniela Russ, Photo: Antje Gildemeister, Leipzig University
Daniela Russ , Photo: Antje Gildemeister, Leipzig University - News from At a time when the world is being rocked by multiple crises, a research network in Central Germany is showing new ways forward. Professors Daniela Russ and Jonathan Everts are part of this initiative. They explain how they want to use interdisciplinary approaches from globalisation and transformation research to help train a new generation of scholars for the challenges of the 21st century. The world is changing dramatically: as military conflicts and bitter trade wars rage, companies are abandoning a global mindset in an effort to strip production chains back to the bare minimum. At the same time, new inequalities are emerging, not only in the cost of living, but also in terms of the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, as well as resilience to zoonoses and modern diseases. The end of globalisation?. The situation is daunting: how can we address all these challenges at the same time? To make matters worse, this very question has polarised societies.
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