Alumni stories

International partnership that serves the community: Relebohile Mabunda from South Africa talks about her inner driving forces and her experiences in Germany. 

Dr Rebecca Hahn wants to make her university more inclusive. She relates how she's organising Pride Month at the University of Tübingen and the impact it’s making on the entire city.

Tanka Nath Dhamala from Nepal relates how study and research stays furthered his career. Although it wasn’t obvious, especially in his childhood and youth, that Dhamala would one day accomplish so much.

EU Green Deal: experts attending the Alumniportal panel discussion examine the challenges and potential outcomes for global trade in agricultural products.

Germany alumna Aigul Zhalgassova explains why digital accessibility is more than just a question of inclusion for people with disabilities.

Alumna Ruxandra Cosma from Romania recalls how her stays in Germany have exerted a long-term influence on her professional career and personal development.

There’s a lot of travel involved in studying abroad, taking part in an international exchange programme or completing an internship abroad. Eco-conscious travel enables students to contribute to climate protection.  

Germany is seeking to dismantle unequal power structures on a global basis and to make lasting changes. Alumni turn their attention to Germany’s new feminist foreign policy.  

Ninth Symposium for German DAAD law alumni in Paris: insights into gripping conversations about global crises, common values and Europe’s future.

Participants at International Day of the Tropics 2023 in Berlin discussed pathways to an equitable transformation in food systems. Germany alumni report on their experiences. 

Climate change, rapid urbanisation, infrastructural deficiencies and many other aspects are negatively impacting living conditions in our towns and cities. How can we make them more resilient and liveable? These were topics that Germany alumni addressed in the context of Community Challenge 2023. 

The story of spouses that have studied and conducted research in Germany together — funded by the DAAD and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.