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AWI Director visits GEOMAR
28. August 2026AWI Director Hajo Eicken visited the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research in Kiel. Director Katja Matthes welcomed Hajo Eicken during his first visit since taking office in March 2026. Both centers share a mission to better understand the ocean as a central component of the Earth system. AWI and GEOMAR collaborate on various initiatives, including the Helmholtz research program 'Changing Earth - Sustaining Our Future'.
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Third Place at the NordWest Awards
24. August 2026In collaboration with M2C – Institute for Applied Media Research GmbH, AWI researcher Björn Suckow won third place at the NordWest Awards for the Northwest Metropolitan Region with his project, 'Future Now! Northwest Metropolitan Region”. The project focused on the creative and practical dissemination of knowledge and skills relating to climate change, biodiversity, environmental change and sustainable urban development.
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AWI Director at the SCAR Delegates' Meeting
19. August 2026At the SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Delegates’ Meeting in Oslo, Hajo Eicken, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), represented Germany as the SCAR Delegate, alongside Petra Quillfeldt, Alternate Delegate and Chair of the German National Committee for Polar Research. The meeting focused on the growing importance of scientific expertise regarding Antarctica in light of rapid environmental change, and on Antarctica’s role in the Earth system. Key topics also included the SCAR Horizon Scan and initiatives such as Antarctica InSync.
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AWI at the IJCAI World Congress on Artificial Intelligence in Bremen
19. August 2026Artificial Intelligence Meets Polar Research: The IJCAI, one of the world’s largest and most important international AI conferences, is currently taking place in Bremen. The AWI is also represented with a booth there. Visitors can learn about the AWI’s research and see firsthand how artificial intelligence helps analyze scientific data and gain new insights.
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AWI Director Hajo Eicken visits the German Emigration Center
29. July 2026AWI Director Hajo Eicken visited the German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven, where he discussed potential collaborations with Managing Director Simone Blaschka and Advisor to the Director Birgit Burghart. They discussed ways to communicate complex issues, such as climate change, migration, and their societal consequences, more effectively. Further discussions and potential joint research projects are planned to expand the collaboration in the future.
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Visit at the British Antarctic Survey
24. July 2026On 23 and 24 July, AWI director Hajo Eicken and AWI researchers Stefanie Arndt, Nicole Biebow, Alexander Haumann and Michael Karcher visited the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge. During the meeting, the participants discussed current and future collaboration between the AWI and the BAS, and conversed about joint efforts in the division of polar research. A particular focus was placed on the international project Antarctica InSync.