After eleven years serving as President of the Senate of Economy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Radermacher did not stand for re-election to this position and was elected Honorary President with a large majority during a digital members’ assembly on February 19, 2021. In addition, Prof. Radermacher continues to serve…

New Podcast: At the end of January 2021, Prof. Dr. Estelle Herlyn met with IUFE Managing Director Florian Leregger (Austria) for the SDG Sustainability Breakfast. Their conversation focused on the 2030 Agenda as a “magical polygon of sustainability” and touched on topics such as climate protection, development, technology, and digitalization….

Professor Bernward Gesang has published an interesting book with Hanser Verlag titled Keeping a Cool Head – On the Usefulness of Philosophy for the Climate Debate, which delves deeply into the philosophical questions surrounding the climate discussion. In many places, Prof. Gesang presents lines of argument that FAW/n has long…

Artificial intelligence has now found its way into many areas of our lives. In the Cyber Podcast by the agencies Storymaker and DESIGN HOCH DREI, the topic is examined and discussed in greater depth in the context of communication and ethics. The latest episode features an interview with Prof. Dr….

The Alliance for Development and Climate, which was launched in 2018 as a joint initiative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the FAW/n, has now been transformed into a foundation. The foundation is based in Berlin and is…

On November 13, 2020, the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Dr. Gerd Müller was nominated by the German Federal Cabinet as a candidate for the position of Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). UNIDO promotes industrial development as a means of combating poverty, fostering…

From September 24–26, 2020, committed students and young professionals from various disciplines met in Kiel to learn how they can promote sustainable development and global climate protection. At the second “Ambassador Academy – Development, Climate and Population” the focus was on the topics of the Alliance for Development and Climate…

The well-known political expert and futurologist Daniel Dettling spoke in an interview with Kurier about the future of efficiency- and price-driven capitalism. Like FAW/n, he believes that this form of market economy has become outdated due to its inefficiency and will be replaced by an eco-social market economy. In the…

Energy and Climate Partnerships of Tomorrow On August 27, 2020, marking the 250th birthday of philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the association “Global Energy Solutions e. V.” was officially founded at a ceremony in Ulm City Hall, initiated by the FAW/n. The association will conduct analyses on current global energy,…

Prof. Radermacher contributed a foreword to the 2019 Sustainability Report magazine of the Nassauische Heimstätte corporate group. Under the motto “more drive to take action,” he highlighted the themes of housing and the Alliance for Development and Climate. Housing is a fundamental human need. Nevertheless, we must not overlook the…

In three episodes of the Future of Leadership Initiative podcast, Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Franz Josef Radermacher and Prof. Dr. Estelle Herlyn discuss the impact of COVID-19 on society and politics, the measures taken by the German federal government, the role of big data in democratic societies, the effects…

“We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest”. With these moving words, Albert Einstein – born in Ulm – Bertrand Russell, and nine other distinguished scientists and intellectuals addressed humanity on July 9, 1955. The famous resolution, later known as the Russell-Einstein Manifesto,…