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70 scientists from the Max Planck Society are on the 2021 list of „Global Highly Cited Researchers“ compiled annually by Clarivate Analytics
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Scientific collaboration with Israel, a leading nation in research and innovation, is essential to us. In the light of decades of inspiring intellectual exchange and the special relationship between science organizations in our countries, we feel compelled to take a stand on recent developments that can negatively affect international scientific cooperation. Statement by the six German science organisations: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft , the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Helmholtz Association German Science and Humanities Council and the Max Planck Society.
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Germany retains its position as one of the world’s research giants according to the first Nature Index Germany compiled by Nature Research. The journal cites strong steady science funding as well as long-term investment in basic research as the key to the country’s success. However, a lack of diversity and slow adaptation to contemporary research directions could challenge Germany’s prolific research record going forward. In 2020, women accounted for just 19.4% of senior academic staff and the proportion of female start-up founders in Germany was just 15.4%. Against this background, the article about Max Planck Vice President Asifa Akhtar makes for particularly pertinent reading (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03321-1). However, the analysis also shows how the Clusters of Excellence have helped attract international researchers to the country.
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Six major European research organisations – the G6 – published their common statement on the priorities they wish to see in the design of the next EU Framework Programme on Research and Innovation (FP10). The statement reflects the outcome of a high-level dialogue that the G6 organised at Ringberg Castle (Bavaria) from April 17 to 19, 2023. The G6 invited representatives from the national governments of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, from the EU Commission as well as science experts to discuss the future of European research and the strategic imperatives for the next EU Framework Programme.
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A study reveals which factors influence the willingness for vaccination across Europe. To find out more about people who do not want to be vaccinated or are still undecided, a research team from the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy used very recently collected data on vaccination uptake and a number of influential factors for about 47,000 individuals in the high-risk 50+ age group across 27 European countries and Israel.
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Mercedes Gomez de Agüero, junior research group leader at the University of Würzburg (Max Planck Research Group), about the pioneering immunologist, bacteriologist and public health advocate Anna Wessels Williams (1863-1954), whose work was crucial in developing an effective treatment for diphtheria and who developed a rapid diagnostic test for rabies.
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Asifa Akhtar was elected as the new Vice President of the Max Planck Society
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Position of the President on partial agreements reached by the EU Parliament and the EU Council on April 17, 2019.
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Martin Stratmann, President of the Max Planck Society, on most recent developments in the light of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US President
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Frauen leben im Schnitt länger als Männer, sie haben aber auch mehr gesundheitliche Probleme. Diese geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschiede in Gesundheit und Lebenserwartung müssten in Medizin und Pflege mehr berücksichtigt werden.
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