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Humboldt explains – Convincing in the first meeting with a company

How do I convince a company for joint projects? What are the dos and don'ts? In the second episode of our new explanatory film series “Humboldt explains”, Alexander von Humboldt gives tips for a successful first meeting.

Humboldt Explains – Report Inventions and benefit from them

How do I recognize if I have an invention? How do I register it? And when does a patent arise?

Humboldt explains – Pitching my application-oriented research idea

How can you pitch your application-oriented research idea quickly, precisely and in a goal-oriented manner so that you can quickly convince your interview partners of your expertise and they are just as enthusiastic about your research idea as you are?

Humboldt explains – Networking despite social distancing

Networking despite social distancing via matchmaking platforms and the Map of Expertise? Not a matter of course for everyone! In the first episode of our new explanatory film series “Humboldt Explains”, Alexander von Humboldt introduces you to the world of digital research services.

60 Seconds Science: Anxiety and phobia

07.04.2021 – What do anxiety disorders mean for those affected? And why do they often go unrecognised? Researcher Dr Ulrike Lüken examines these and other questions on the subject of anxiety and phobia. As an expert, the scientist from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is looking for new forms of therapy to support those affected.

60 Seconds Science: Quantus

17.03.2021 – How can current measuring systems be improved using the latest research approaches? Scientist Dr Markus Kurtzik from the Humboldt University of Berlin, who has already worked on novel quantum sensors in his dissertation, is investigating this question.

60 Seconds Science: Can trees get the flu?

03.02.2021 – Plant viruses have long been a threat to trees in forests and urban areas. Nevertheless, their danger to native plants has not been thoroughly researched. The scientist Dr Carmen Büttner from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is an expert in the field of phytomedicine and investigates these viruses and their effects on nature.

60 Seconds Science: Visual Action

18.01.2021 – As an expert in active perception and cognition, Prof Dr Martin Rolfs investigates the question as part of his research: How does our brain process visual stimuli and what influence do they have on our actions?

60 Seconds Science: Robotic swarms

04.01.2021 – Prof. Dr. Pawel Romanczuk is an expert in the field of collective behaviour of biological swarms. In his research, he investigates questions such as: How biological behaviour can inspire artificial systems and how this intuitive swarm behaviour can be simulated?

60 Seconds Science: Face Perception

15.12.2020 – Prof Dr Rasha Abdel Rahmen is an expert in the field of neurocognitive psychology and researches questions such as: What influences and currents are necessary to shape human perception and how can this knowledge be adapted to automatic systems?

60 Seconds Science: Robotics

24.11.2020 – Prof. Dr. Verena Hafner is an expert in the field of computer science, researching adaptive systems and investigating the extent to which intelligence can be measured and how intelligent behaviour can arise.

60 Seconds Science: Philosophy of mind

20.10.2020 – As an expert in his field, Prof Dr Michael Pauen researches the philosophy of the mind with regard to digital technologies and explores the question of what makes us humans intelligent and able to cooperate and to what extent artificial intelligence changes our social skills.