Insights

Events, news, and features – discover the work of our researchers and the Foundation.

Flags of different nationalities

Our colleague Silvia Dreier has taken on the task at the Einstein Foundation Berlin of advancing the recruitment of international researchers. She is now deeply involved in the topic, and we wanted to know: How is it going?

Mahmood Soofi in the mountains

The Executive Board of the Einstein Foundation Berlin has approved nine new grants with a total volume of €4.74 million for the next five years. The projects cover a wide range of topics, from algebraic geometry and novel approaches to quantum simulation and climate research to the social dynamics surrounding the establishment of nature conservation areas.

Further insights

On 12 and 13 October, the ReBOUND Conference in Berlin will bring together researchers and stakeholders from science policy and research governance to develop shared perspectives on research culture and generate concrete impulses for its further development.

Robot looks into the camera

From the question of how older adults can continue to live independently to how mathematics helps us understand the brain: check out the events offered by the Einstein Center Digital Future.

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco

In August, the German Academic International Network (GAIN) conference will once again bring together postdocs, early-career researchers, German research institutions, and partners from science and politics. The Einstein Foundation will be on site to showcase Berlin as a hub for science.

Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow Stefano Evangelista will be holding sessions on "Writing Cosmopolitanism: World Literature, World Citizenship" as part of the IWL Summer School in July. The event at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin brings together students from all over the world with leading scholars in literary studies.

On 1 July, Einstein Visiting Fellow Tomila Lankina will deliver the 2026 Löwenthal Lecture at the Institute for East European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. She will speak about her forthcoming book, “To Live For Freedom: A History of Dissent in Russia”, which traces 400 years of Russian history.

Bunte Illustration unterschiedlicher Menschen (Köpfe)

The Einstein Center for Population Diversity regularly invites the public to a free lecture. Changing speakers offer insights into their research on unequal life courses, ageing societies and social diversity. Further information is available here.

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