International Fellowship Program Berlin

Richard von Weizsäcker Fellows in Berlin

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

How can African countries close the gap between what young Africans learn and what their economies need so that its fast-growing youth population becomes a resource rather than a crisis?

Unni Karunakara

How can global health governance move beyond solidarity as mere rhetoric? Does Germany have the will to shift power and resources toward those who need them most, or do the solidarity principles anchoring its domestic health system stop at the border?

Ratna Omidvar

How can we shift our thinking on migration from the language of burden and cost – and instead design conditions for arrival in which immigrants can unfold their rich potential?

Julia Cimafiejeva

I want to understand why Belarusian narratives have remained so invisible in Europe — and what happens when they become part of a shared European history.

Alhierd Bacharevic

Suma Chakabarti

Why does development advice so often fail — even when it is technically sound? And what role does empathy play in determining whether it is actually heard and acted upon?

Malih Ole Kaunga

I want to explore how a just transition can truly be inclusive — and who gets to define what inclusion means in climate action.

Lucy Naipante/IMPACT

Colleen Thouez

I want to understand how transformations in the world of work influence democratic trust, and how we can continue to ensure access and opportunity.

Sub\Urban Photography

Community Contributions

A Teacher Who Never Stopped Being a Student

Deputy President, UN chief, lifelong teacher: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has never stopped asking who education is for, and who is being kept from it.

Can diversity and social cohesion coexist?

In her Academy Lecture, The Honourable Ratna Omidvar explores social cohesion, diversity, and the bridge that unites them.

What should we understand about transatlantic illiberal-liberal divisions?

Read Daniel Hamilton's Academy Lecture reframing how we understand transatlantic divisions.

International Fellowship Program Berlin | Robert Bosch Academy

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