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Max Trommsdorff (Project Group Member 2025/26) has published a review article in Nature Review Cleans Technology on the current scientific state of agrivoltaic cropping systems. This research ties in on his work with the Group Project Agrivoltaics at FRIAS.

Ina Kuhn (YAC Member 2025/28) erforscht die kulturellen Hintergründe der Abstinenz von Alkohol. In der Badischen Zeitung gibt sie sieben Ratschläge, wie ein Leben ohne Alkohol gelingen kann.

Sven Beckert (Marie S. Curie Fellow 2018/19) has published a book on the global history of capitalism, he worked on during his fellowship at FRIAS. He discusses the decline of neoliberalism and digital colonialism in an interview with DIE ZEIT (in german).

Tim Krieger (Rector’s Fellow 2025) hat in der Badischen Zeitung die Verleihung des Wirtschaftsnobelpreises 2025 kommentiert. Welche Rolle Macht in der Ökonomie spielt, schildert er in einem Artikel mit Lars Feld (Rector’s Fellow 2014) und Justus Haucap in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung.

Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen has awarded Jürgen Osterhammel (FRIAS Distinguished Fellow) the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art at the request of the Federal Ministry for Women, Science and Research. This is one of the highest cultural honors of the Republic of Austria.

FRIAS-Direktor Ralf von den Hoff spricht in der Badischen Zeitung über das neue US-Fellowship-Programm – eine gemeinsame Initiative des FRIAS und zweier weiterer baden-württembergischer Institutes for Advanced Studies mit dem Ziel, Wissenschaftler:innen zu unterstützen, die ihre Forschung in den USA nicht fortsetzen können.

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FRIAS Alumnus Sven Beckert releases Global History of Capitalism

With his new book, Harvard historian and FRIAS alumnus Sven Beckert presents a monumental work and a first-ever comprehensive history of capitalism on a global scale and across centuries. In 1,280 pages, he examines both the success story and the dark side of this influential economic system. Beckert maintains close ties with FRIAS.

Tobias Rees in a black coat giving a lecture

Artificial Intelligence

Rethinking what thinking is

For the philosopher Tobias Rees, artificial intelligence represents a disruption of Europe’s philosophical project. However, this disruption also presents an opportunity to rethink thinking, according to a central thesis of his lecture at the University of Freiburg, which was organized by FRIAS.

Group pictures of the 10 members Young Academy for Cultures and Societies Research

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Zehn PostDocs erforschen an neuer Akademie Fragen des „guten Lebens“

Das FRIAS richtet mit der Young Academy for Cultures and Societies Research (YAC) eine neue Plattform für hochqualifizierte Postdocs ein. Bis 2028 widmen sich zehn Wissenschaftler:innen aus Freiburg und aus aller Welt dem Thema ‚The Good Life – What Makes a Good Society‘.

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Faces of FRIAS

A series of interviews showcasing our Fellows and their projects.

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