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The Americas and Democracy
© Bielefeld University Where are the democratic states on the American double continent heading? This question applies not only to the USA—in view of the presidential election in November 2020 for instance—but also to Brazil, for example, which is led by a right-wing government. Read the dossier in the new issue to find out what developments Bielefeld academics have been observing in the democracies of the Americas and what research they are carrying out on this and related topics at the Center for InterAmerican Studies (CIAS). This issue also deals with the future question: ‘What will electronics be made of in the future?’ (page 32). You will learn which business idea transformed a start-up from Bielefeld University into an internationally sought-after company (page 36). What challenges are associated with the digitalization of medicine? Professor Dr med. Sebastian Kuhn explains this in our section ‘The Big Picture’ (page 52). Kuhn has been setting up his new Digital Medicine working group at Bielefeld University’s Medical School OWL since October.
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Coronavirus and its Consequences
The Coronavirus, the pandemic and its Consequences: How Bielefeld researchers deal with these topics is the subject of the dossier in the new issue of the BI.research magazine. In this issue, we also deal with the question of the future ‘How can green technologies come out on top?’ In our feature section, we highlight a project with Bielefeld’s Laborschule. At the experimental school, children from pre-school age onwards experience democracy in a miniature community. We introduce you to Bielefeld anthropologist Professor Dr Minh Nguyen. She has received an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council. In our section ‘The Big Picture’, we focus on refugees and their accommodation.
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Theories in the Data Age
BI.research deals with the topic of Bielefeld University’s anniversary conference. In the dossier of this magazine, we examine the central question of the conference: have the great theories become obsolete in the face of Big Data? In this issue, we also deal with the question of the future: ‘What happens when algorithms predict the future?’ We feature a study on birds of prey that has been going on for 30 years. And we introduce you to Humboldt professor and mathematician Professor Dr William Crawley-Boevey. Finally, in our section ‘The Big Picture’, we focus on the topic of ageing.
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50 Years of Bielefeld University
To mark the anniversary, BI.research takes a look at how Bielefeld University – founded in 1969 as a reform university – maintains its innovative spirit and masters today’s challenges. The dossier on the title theme also includes the views of those responsible for the three founding faculties. Bielefeld University is focusing on the future – on new, courageous ideas: its academics are presenting a public anniversary project in the city from the field of psychology, they are exploring the challenges of inclusion, and they are dealing with the European Union as a project for peace in times of Brexit.
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-> Work
Whether we nurse family members, carry out social work and teach, or engage in business, work concerns each and every one of us and shapes our society decisively. With its Science Year 2018, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is also encouraging us to look at the working worlds of the future. In recent years, the topic of "work" has become an increasingly important field of research at Bielefeld University. The current issue of Bi.research, Bielefeld University's own research magazine, focuses on the research that scientists at Bielefeld University are carrying out in this field.
