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January 27, 2026

From Hamburg to Uganda: how an NGO learned to reinvent itself

Carolin Waldner, ESCP Business School; Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business School, and Stephanie Schrage, University of Kiel

A German NGO (VCA) supporting water and hygiene initiatives in Uganda sheds light on better ways for aid organisations to serve local communities and integrate staff on the ground.

November 13, 2023

We can still prevent the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet – if we act fast to keep future warming in check

Richard Levy, GNS Science; Dan Lowry, GNS Science; Denise Kulhanek, University of Kiel; Gavin Dunbar, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Huw Joseph Horgan, ETH Zurich; Molly Patterson, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Nick Golledge, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Tina van de Flierdt, Imperial College London

Seafloor sediments from beneath the Ross Ice Shelf represent an archive of warmer periods in Earth’s past. An ambitious international project aims to uncover what we can learn about our hotter future.

Alineamiento de Kermario, en Carnac (Francia). Wikimedia Commons / Vassil

November 5, 2020

Cuando transformamos el entorno, transformamos nuestra mente

Felipe Criado-Boado, Instituto de Ciencias de Patrimonio (Incipit -CSIC); Andy Clark, University of Sussex; Johannes Müller, University of Kiel, and Luis M. Martinez Otero, Instituto de Neurociencias (CSIC - UMH)

Un estudio europeo liderado por el Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio del CSIC trata de demostrar que la cultura material afecta nuestros modos de pensar, atender y razonar.

November 16, 2016

Climate change ‘hotspots’: why they matter and why we should invest in them

Barbara Neumann, University of Kiel and Sylvia Szabo, University of Southampton

Some areas expecting big environmental changes already have large, vulnerable populations.

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From Hamburg to Uganda: how an NGO learned to reinvent itself

We can still prevent the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet – if we act fast to keep future warming in check

Cuando transformamos el entorno, transformamos nuestra mente

Climate change ‘hotspots’: why they matter and why we should invest in them

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