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Distant Worlds

By Markus Bernards

By Anne Hard

By Eva Grubinger

Microworlds

By Dirk Eidemüller

By Phyllis Mania

By Benedikt Vogel

Terrestrial Worlds

By Frank Frick

By Larissa Tetsch

Virtual Worlds

By Dirk Frank

By Aeneas Rooch

By Andreas Lorenz-Meyer

By Dirk Eidemüller

Intellectual Worlds

By Eva Döhne

By Anke Sauter

By Anke Sauter

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Speaking, Narrating, Remembering 

Striking continuity
What makes the Nigerian film so successful
By Pia Barth 

Searching for the silenced memory
Literary studies in Zimbabwe embark on the search for alternative narratives
By Tanaka Chidora 

“At home, we didn't even have a book about Africa"
Now and then: an intergenerational dialogue on African Studies at 51ÁÔÆæ Frankfurt
By Anke Sauter 

Immersion in a new language
How Africans in the Rhine-Main region learn German
By Axel Fanego Palat 

African scholars at 51ÁÔÆæ Frankfurt
Alain Joseph Sissao and Thompson Gyedu Kwarkye 

Peace, Democracy, Future 

A country between hope and uncertainty
Democracy, mobility and biotechnology in Tunisia after 2011
By Veit Bachmann, Kmar Bendana and Betty Rouland 

Home advantage?
Local perspectives on the peace efforts of African regional organisations
By Antonia Witt, Omar M. Bah, Sophia Birchinger, Sait Matty Jaw, Adjara Konkobo and Simone Schnabel 

Paradoxical successes, expected failures
Development projects in Africa
By Helmut Asche 

Money can't always build a better community
The impact of World Bank participatory development projects in The Gambia
By Anke Sauter 

The myth of development cooperation
Increasing demands from donor organisations make regional actors' work more difficult
By Jonas Krumbein 

An ambivalent partnership
The AFRASO programme shed light on the complex relations between Africa and Asia – with a focus on China
By Uta Ruppert and Stefan Schmid 

Spotlight on Africa 

From Africa research to Africa-related research
A change in perspective can be observed in all disciplines
By Kokou Azamede and Hans Peter Hahn 

Research in Africa – who is talking about whom?
Insights into the debate on representation, decolonisation and the future of African Studies
By Melanie Gärtner 

Faces of Frankfurt
Mamadou Diawara 

Learning from each other
The Frobenius Institute and the Oswin Köhler Archive have been cooperating closely with African partners for years
By Jonas Krumbein 

Africa Alive
Frankfurt has hosted the annual film festival since 1994
By Anke Sauter 

From slavery to Barack Obama
Simon Wendt, Professor of American Studies, on the multifaceted significance of Africa for Black America
By Dirk Frank 

History without Words 

News from the Stone Age
Archaeologists from Frankfurt study rock art in the Namib Desert
By Peter Breunig and Gabriele Franke 

Small pieces, big impact
What carbonised plant remains and clay shards reveal about the Nok culture 3,000 years ago in West Africa
By Katja Irle 

Far-travelled fragments
Archaeology wants to trace intra-African connections by analysing pottery
By Sonja Magnavita and Oumarou Amadou Idé 

Teeth of our ancestors
Discovery of a lower jaw in Malawi and what happened next
By Markus Bernards 

Climate, Earth, Environment

An attempt to rescue the savannahs
Impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies
By Andreas Lorenz-Meyer 

Here we go gathering!
A German-Beninese team is studying the world of fungi in West Africa
By Stefanie Hense 

Going with the flow
How climate and land use affect river sediments
By Markus Bernards 

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Spotlight 

Stroboscope images for physics lessons 

Motion with consequences 

Animal migration in the “Serengeti of the East"
The extraordinary migratory behaviour of the Mongolian gazelle poses major challenges for nature conservation
By Markus Bernards 

Ocean sunshade
How clouds influence climate change
By Andreas Lorenz-Meyer 

When cancer cells migrate
How metastases develop in the brain
By Anja Störiko 

Faster and faster 

The unmoved mover
How the tiniest particles approach the speed of light
By Dirk Eidemüller 

Video recognition:
Spot the difference?
By Markus Bernards 

Tickling Schrödinger's cat
When a molecule flies apart and stays bound at the same time
By Dirk Eidemüller 

Humans in motion 

Kids' stuff?
ADHD can affect adults too
By Jan Schwenkenbecher 

What can sport achieve?
Final score from a research project on immigrant integration
By Jan Schwenkenbecher 

Dampening cramp
Sports physician shows that targeted training with electrical impulses raises cramp threshold frequency
By Anne Hardy 

Motion with meaning 

Speaking with our hands
How gestures and facial expressions can underline, supplement and modify the meaning of words
By Anke Sauter 

The fox who came in from the cold
How biologist Günter Tembrock used film for his behavioural research
By Sophia Gräfe 

Mobile production, mobile consumption
How the mobility of devices has changed film production
By Laura Laabs 

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Chinese Perspectives
Interview with political scientist Heike Holbig about China's successful politics in relation to the pandemic
Anke Sauter 

Risks from the laboratory?
On the nexus of biosafety, biosecurity and pandemic preparedness
Una Jakob 

Who will defeat the Black Death?
The legal profession and the rise of public disease control in the early modern period
David von Mayenburg

“Mongols who are not vaccinated are not permitted to enter the capital"
Successful smallpox prevention and inoculation in China in the 17th and 18th centuries
Iwo Amelung

Behind a mask, at a distance or in digital space
Where can people meet up in times of the pandemic and how can lively get-togethers take place?
Dirk Frank

The family system: little room for manoeuvre
Sabine Andresen on the particular burdens on families during the pandemic
Anke Sauter

The heart after COVID-19
Not all long-term damage disappears without treatment
Anne Hardy

The conspicuous absence of crowds Escape or confrontation?
How the pandemic has influenced the way we watch movies
Isadora Campregher Paiva

Plague and excess
A deadly plague in ancient Athens left its mark on Europe's cultural memory
Hartmut Leppin

Lockdown of democracy
The pandemic further afflicts an already weakened patient
Stephan Lessenich

The illusion of endless awakening
Socio-psychological aspects of crisis management or lessons that could be learned from the pandemic
Vera King

Dying without saying “Goodbye"
During the pandemic, social distancing applies for the sick and dying too
Anke Sauter

Believing the good is possible Philosopher
Claudia Blöser is studying the nature, norms and functions of hope
Pia Barth

The crisis as an opportunity
Economic policy mistakes and new scope for action
Stefan Terliesner

Learning from crises
Data from the 2008 financial crisis shed light on the potential consequences of the pandemic
Markus Gangl

“We need to rethink the system"
Lessons from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for the future of healthcare
Anja Störiko

The Bed Forecast
Data models calculate intensive care bed requirements for the next two weeks
Andreas Lorenz-Meyer

“Neither the devil's work nor a promise of salvation"
Experience with digital learning in distance teaching will change school education
Katja Irle

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What influences the atmosphere

Global warming: Once a promise, now a threat
On the research of the greenhouse effect up to the Paris Climate Agreement
Markus Bernards 

When the Arctic was tropical
What we can learn from the warm periods of the past
Anne Hardy 

Greenhouse gases thought dead
Searching for traces in the atmosphere
Jan Schwenkenbecher 

Living in a changing climate

Adaptation or extinction: Species diversity in a warming world
Can mutually dependent plants and animals stay in sync?
Markus Bernards

The forest of the future… 
… needs different trees. Researchers are working out which ones
Jan Schwenkenbecher 

The parasites invasion
Tropical diseases
Heinz Hänel 

»West Nile fever, hantavirus infections and leishmaniasis will soon become highly relevant diseases in Central Europe«
Interview with Sven Klimpel
Markus Bernards 

The source of life
How climate change affects global groundwater levels
Tim Schröder 

Humans and climate crisis

The end of a singularly beautiful, calm spring day
For the political philosopher Darrel Moellendorf, climate policy is a question of global justice
Rolf Wiggershaus 

The power of the pen

I consume, therefore I am
Why sustainable consumer behaviour is so difficult to realise
Birgit Blättel-Mink 

Water as a weapon
Climate change makes perfidious forms of exercising power even more effective and harmful
Christina Kohler 

»As if the Earth were for all time Earth«
How German literature relates the story of the era of the Great Acceleration
Bernhard Malkmus 

Back to the future
How a new stage play evolved at Schauspiel Frankfurt

»Conspiracy theorists have the better stories«
Stephanie Dreyfürst champions improved communication of scientific topics 
Anke Sauter 

From knowledge to action

Wrangling at length
A brief overview of the (less than successful) pas de deux between science and politics in the struggle to mitigate climate change
Birgit Blättel-Mink

Overcoming our weaker ecological self
Why it is so difficult to abandon old habits
Jeannette Schmid 

(In)credibly green?
How investors seek orientation in the booming green bond market 
Pia Barth 

Can education prevent forest fires?
Between drill and personal responsibility: How education in the spirit of sustainable development might look
Helge Kminek 

Taking action on climate change

Main? Or Milan?
How climate change is making itself felt in Frankfurt am Main and what the city can do about it
Stephan M. Hübner 

MOtiVES
Making mobility climate-friendly without sacrifice
Anja Störiko 

Underwater battery in a quarry lake
Innovative intermediate storage for solar and wind energy
Anne Hardy 

Fusion energy: Solar fire on Earth
The vision of clean and inexhaustible electricity
Dirk Eidemüller

How EU agricultural policy could contribute to climate protection
Heike Nitsch and Jörg Schramek

»Research is our lever«
Professor Birgitta Wolff, President of 51ÁÔÆæ, on the growing significance of sustainability research during her term of office 

Standpoint: Will we sort it out or not? 

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