No. 116/2024

5 HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 116/2024 IMPRINT HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 116 / ISSN 0344-0354 28 26 FROM THE FOUNDATION’S NETWORK 28 CLOSE UP ON RESEARCH The heritage researcher 32 FOCUS ON GERMANY Unity and inequality 34 THE FACES OF THE FOUNDATION Combatting powerlessness PUBLISHER Alexander von Humboldt Foundation RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTENT Kristine Logemann EDITORIAL MANAGEMENT Teresa Havlicek, Dr Stephanie Siewert EDITORS Nina Hafeneger, Ulla Hecken, Mareike Ilsemann, Lisa Purzitza ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS Dr Lynda Lich-Knight PRODUCTION & GRAPHICS Raufeld Medien GmbH Jana Gering (Project Management), Daniel Krüger (Creative Direction), Maureen Vollmer (Art Direction) FREQUENCY once or twice a year CIRCULATION OF THE ISSUE 44,000 PRINT Bonifatius GmbH, Paderborn ADDRESS Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Redaktion Humboldt Kosmos Jean-Paul-Straße 12, 53173 Bonn, Deutschland presse@avh.de , www.humboldt-foundation.de FOCUS 12 An inheritance with long-term consequences How the colonial era continues to have an impact on science and research to this day 18 Humboldt belongs to you, but he also belongs to us Was Alexander von Humboldt an instrument of colonialism? 22 Questioning certainties Where the conditions in global academic life are starting to break down Illustration: Humboldt Foundation/ raufeld/Martin Rümmele, Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Marina Weigl 12