A research network brings academics together to study mechanisms of radicalisation and to explore possible ways to prevent it.

A PhD in Germany is possible thanks to grants from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The closing dates for application depend on your country of origin.

That’s how many musical manuscripts written by the composer Georg Philipp Telemann are locked away in a vault in Frankfurt. Digitisation of the baroque works is enabling researchers all over the world to study them.

Religious research is as wide-ranging as its subject matter is complex: when is religion tolerant, and when does it foster radicalisation? These are just two of the many questions that researchers are exploring at interdisciplinary centres. You can also read in this edition about the research a French physicist is doing at the nano level, learn about current funding programmes and discover our number of the month.

Through its International Climate Protection Fellowships, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports young researchers from developing countries. Applications can be submitted until 1 March 2019.

Physics research into nanosensors and their numerous possible applications is thriving. Professor Yannick Dumeige from France is working in this field in Germany.