LECTURE PROGRAMME OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Interviews, videos, reports, ...

Hard Nuts to Crack! The impact of science on the European climate policy

Interview with Manfred Fischedick

Science has presented its case, now politics must act: Manfred Fischedick, Director and President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, on challenges and requirements for European Climate Policy.

Interview

Elizabeth Schwarzhaupt is sworn in as a Federal Minister on 14 November 1961.

The Long Struggle of Women

Interview with Christa Nickels

Christa Nickels was not only a co-founder of the Green Party, but also a member of the German Bundestag in the 1980s. In April 2023, she spoke in Japan about political equality. How she made herself heard and why a feminist foreign policy is important.

Interview

Portrait Sadia Shakil

Strong Women Empower Women

Interview with Sadia Shakil

Female entrepreneur Sadia Shakil travelled to her native country of Pakistan for the German government’s lecture programme to speak to female founders about female entrepreneurship and her own career in the IT industry. In this interview, she speaks about her impressions, role models and the empowering role of networks.

Interview

Illustration: In front of the Turkish flag, a hand holds a large magnifying glass on civilians.

“I felt despair, but also great courage”

Interview with Udo Di Fabio

The former judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court, Udo Di Fabio, participated in the lecture programme and travelled to Turkey to speak with journalists about the situation regarding freedom of expression there. In this interview, he shares his personal impressions and explains why discussions with the Turkish government continue to be important.

Interview

Photo of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a speech in the Bundestag.

The Watershed Era: A New Security Architecture for Europe?

By Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet

How will Russia’s war against Ukraine affect Europe’s future security architecture? Will Europe become more autonomous in its security and defence policy after the watershed or will it remain the European pillar in NATO?

Specialist Article

Illustration: Shaking hands, banknotes change hands under the table

Where It’s Not Just the Earth Which Quakes

By Jens Kraus-Massé

Crime, natural disasters, assassinations of presidents: Haiti is in a never-ending political crisis. What is Germany undertaking to support this country politically? Ambassador Jens Kraus-Massé has reason for hope despite difficult general conditions.

Interview

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Jewish Life Beyond the Shoah

By Andrei Kovacs

Jewish life in Germany looks back over 1,700 years of history, which has been celebrated with a nationwide anniversary since 2021. Andrei Kovacs, head of the Jubilee Association, talks about the targets for the festival year.

Interview

Freedom of the Press Under Attack – in Germany and Paraguay

The work of journalists has changed worldwide in 2021. Observations from the work of Reporters without Borders and a panel discussion held in Asunción on freedom of the press in Germany and Paraguay.

Report

So Where Do You Come From?

By Khuê Phạm

German-Vietnamese author Khuê Phạm presented her debut novel at the Literature Festival in Singapore. And she notes: there, of all places, far from home, many people are asking questions very similar to her own about their homeland and their identity.

Report

Neurodiversity Inclusion

What is neurodiversity and what benefits does it bring to the workplace? Many organisations are still failing to include diversity in the workplace. What needs to be done to make teams more diverse?

Video

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International cultural relations in the digital age: what’s next?

How is external cultural policy shaped by digitalization ? Corneliu Bjola, Nicholas J. Cull, Ojoma Ochai and Manouchehr Shamsrizi talk about challenges and opportunities.

Video

1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany and France

Andrei Kovacs gave a lecture on Jewish life in Germany and the challenges in the face of increasing anti-Semitism in Europe (in French).

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