Science communication from Berlin and around the world
Whether podcast, YouTube video, or publication – the Berlin University Alliance reports on the research of its partner institutions, on the international cooperation of the Excellence Alliance, and on how it wants to change Berlin's academic landscape.
Berlin University Alliance in the Media
Here you will find a selection of current media reports (mostly German)
airport-region.com by Wirtschaftsförderung Land Brandenburg und Berlin Partner
- UNITE receives millions in funding for start-up and transfer platform. Distribution of the Berlin University Alliance press release shows great interest in Unite in the capital region, 16.07.2025
Altenpflege Online
- How the CaringS project aims to relieve the burden on care workers. Report on the CaringS research project funded by the Berlin University Alliance, 13.02.2025
Berliner Kurier
- Because of Trump: Berlin starts hunting for researchers from the US. Report by the Berliner Kurier with Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz, Managing Director of the Berlin University Alliance, 23.03.2025
Brain City Berlin - website of Berlin Partner
- Building bridges between Oxford and Berlin. Feature on the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership of the Berlin University Alliance
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Research transfer through agility. Interview with Dr. Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz on the founding of the innovate! lab at the Berlin University Alliance
Berliner Zeitung
- Berlin University Alliance in the final round for an innovative transfer center, in: Berliner Zeitung, 10.04.2024
- New course offering at Berlin universities: Gender and diversity in research. Report on the Certificate Program Gender & Diversity in Science & Technology at the Berlin University Alliance, in: Berliner Zeitung, 27.03.2024
- Berlin teenagers are asked to propose solutions to global problems. Report on the “Next Grand Challenge, in: Berliner Zeitung, 10.07.2022
Deutschlandfunk Nova
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What are the consequences of Trump's fight against science? Report with answers from Dr. Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz, Managing Director of the Berlin University Alliance, in: Deutschlandfunk Nova, 27.03.2025
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.)
- Our teacher Dr. Pepper. Report on intelligence research in the Berlin research area, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 01.10.2023
- Falling Walls Conference 2022: Thinking rationally and listening to each other, event report, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 11.11.2022
Innovationstreiber - The Magazine for Alumni of ZWM
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“An agile corporate structure.” Interview with Dr. Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz, Managing Director of the Berlin University Alliance, on the founding of “innovate! lab gGmbH”, in: Innovationstreiber 01/2025, Seiten 14-15
rbb
- Federal and state governments decide on science funding. In: rbb Inforadio, 19.5.2025
Tagesspiegel-reports from 2026
- “Berlin can do Boston, it just has to want to”: Is science in the capital on a par with the rest of the world? Conversation between Prof. Dr. Günter M. Ziegler, spokesperson for Berlin University Alliance, and Prof. Dr. Maike Sander, Scientific Director and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), in: Tagesspiegel, January 26, 2026
Tagesspiegel-reports from previous years
ZEIT
- Podcast “What now?” Episode: How deeply divided Germany is. Report on research by the Einstein Research Unit “Coping with Affective Polarization” at the Berlin University Alliance, in: ZEIT ONLINE, May 13, 2025