“We are living in an era of profound change, characterised by shifts in the international order and accompanied by major global challenges,” said DAAD President Prof. Dr Joybrato Mukherjee in Bonn. “This state of change is challenging us: we need to think in a science-based and transnational way in order to secure the standing of Germany and its universities in the global academic system. At the same time, we want and need to work with as many international partners as possible to find evidence-based solutions to the pressing challenges facing our planet,” continued Mukherjee.

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