2016
DFG Attends DWIH Information Seminar in Troitsk
Director Victor Zadkov opens the information event at the Institute of Spectroscopy in Troitsk
(27.01.16) In January the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and other funding organisations and research institutions took part in an information trip to Troitsk. It was organised by the German House for Research and Innovation in Moscow (DWIH Moscow). The aim of the visit to the "science city" located a short distance from Moscow was to present funding programmes to the institutes of the Troitsk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
RTG 1956 Presents Itself at Pan-Russian Germanic Studies Conference
Professor Dirk Kemper (RGGU) and IRTG spokesperson Professor Elisabeth Cheauré (University of Freiburg) at the opening of the German studies conference
(14.03.16) Between 10-12 March, the Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU) hosted a congress on the topic "Boundaries and Overcoming Them". This year the pan-Russian XXXIIIth DAAD Germanic Studies Conference focused on the DFG-funded International Research Training Group 1956 "Cultural Transfer and 'Cultural Identity' – German-Russian Contacts in a European Context", based at the University of Freiburg and RGGU.
Bavarian University Representatives and Minister of State Visit Moscow
(24.03.16) At the beginning of March, a high-ranking delegation including Ludwig Spaenle, Minister of State, and Burkhard Freitag, President of the University of Passau, plus other representatives of Bavarian universities travelled to Moscow. To mark the visit of the Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST), the DWIH Moscow organised a roundtable discussion on current issues relating to the collaboration with Russian universities and research institutions.
Brochure on the Week of the Young Researcher at MIPT on “Discrete Geometry”
(16.03.16) In early September 2015 the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) organised the fifth German-Russian Week of the Young Researcher under the umbrella of the German House for Research and Innovation (DWIH Moscow). Over 50 doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and professors from both countries, including DFG Vice President Peter Funke and DFG Senator Professor Günter M. Ziegler (FU Berlin), spent a week discussing the topic of discrete geometry at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). The brochure can be downloaded from the DFG website.
The DFG Begins German-Russian Collaboration in Materials Research
Professor Odenbach (TU Dresden) at the “Prospects of German-Russian Scientific Cooperation in Clusters of Excellence (EXC) and Collaborative Research Centres (CRC)” workshop in Moscow (2013)
(10.03.16) Engineering sciences research funded by both the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) began in March. Over the next six years, the aim of this cooperation between three German and four Russian research groups will be to explore new fields in hybrid magnetic materials.
Annual Report for 2015 from the DWIH Moscow
(22.04.16) In April the German House for Research and Innovation (DWIH) in Moscow published its fourth annual report on the activities of German research and funding organisations in Russia. Despite changes in the political situation, the member organisations of the DWIH and the German Research Foundation (DFG) succeeded in organising a number of bilateral events again in 2015.
DFG President Gives Honorary Lecture at the April Conference organised by the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow
DFG President Peter Strohschneider
(25.04.16) In April, Professor Dr. Peter Strohschneider, the President of the German Research Foundation (DFG), gave an Honorary Lecture at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. It was part of the DFG's participation in the 18th "April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development" at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) and featured a section on academic administration and research funding.
DFG Leibniz Lecture with Hartmut Leppin at Lomonosov University
Professor Hartmut Leppin (Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main) at Lomonosov University in Moscow
(26.04.16) In April the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Russian Foundation for Humanities (RFH) jointly organised a Leibniz lecture for the second time. This year, the historian Hartmut Leppin (University of Frankfurt) addressed an audience of students and researchers numbering around 100 on the subject of "Early Christianity and Religious Violence" in the White Room of the Fundamental Library at Lomonosov University in Moscow.
DFG-Sommerempfang und Rundgespräch in Moskau
(30.06.16) At the end of June, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) hosted its traditional summer reception in Moscow. In the presence of over 150 invited guests, some of whom travelled from St. Petersburg, Kazan and Yekaterinburg, DFG Vice President Peter Funke and Ambassador Rüdiger Freiherr von Fritsch thanked the representatives of both countries for their successful collaboration in the past year.
Visiting Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) for Week of the Young Researcher 2016
DFG Secretary General Dzwonnek at Week of the Young Researcher 2016
(07.10.16) In early September the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) organised the sixth German-Russian Week of the Young Researcher under the umbrella of the German House for Research and Innovation (DWIH Moscow). At the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU), more than 70 doctoral researchers, postdocs and professors presented their research approaches in Urban Studies.
Anniversary: Celebrating 95 Years of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
Wilma Rethage says a few words of welcome on behalf of the DFG at the ceremony hosted by MGSU
(23.11.16) In early November, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) organised a ceremony to celebrate its 95th anniversary. A number of Russian and international partner universities and delegates from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Russian government were in attendance.
Resumption of Scientific and Technological Cooperation (WTZ) Proceedings with Russia
Scientific and technological cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Russian Federation
(24.11.16) At the end of November 2016, the Joint German-Russian Commission for Scientific and Technological Cooperation met up again for the first time in Moscow. Following the suspension of regular meetings due to the political situation, both sides agreed to continue many collaborations in the area of education, research and technology.
New Director for DFG Office Russia/CIS
Secretary General Dzwonnek with Ambassador von Fritsch (2nd from right) and the heads of the Russian funding organisations
© DFG / Oleg Voloshin
(26.09.2016) The DFG Office Russia/CIS has a new director: at a reception in the House of Scientists in Moscow on 15 September 2016, Dr. Wilma Rethage took over the role previously held by Dr. Jörn Achterberg. DFG Secretary General Dorothee Dzwonnek welcomed nearly one hundred guests to the reception, including the German Ambassador in Moscow, Rüdiger von Fritsch, and senior representatives of the DFG’s three key partner organisations in Russia: Vladislav Panchenko, the chair of RFBR, RSF director general Aleksandr Khlunov, and Vladimir Fridlyanov, the chair of RFH.