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DAAD Global Centres Conference: Imaginaries of Climate Futures – Cross Regional Insights to get from Knowledge to Action

The IGCS Team, with Post-docs Dr. Mozhiarasi Velusamy and Lukas Paul Loose, IGCS Project Coordinator Lisa Van Aalst and IGCS Associate Researcher Christoph Woiwode participated in the midterm conference of the Global Centres.

The three-day programme brought together researchers and practicioners from all continents. The programme consisted of policy dialogues, panel discussions and individual presentations.

Most notably, the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS) hosted a workshop on Imaginaries of Inside-Out Place making: Sensing, Designing and Transforming (urban) Spaces with humans and the non-human world for sustainable and climate resilient futures that was guided by Dr. Christoph Woiwode and two IGCS funded researchers Dr. Keya Chakraborty and Mr. Lalit Kishor Bhati.

Many thanks to DAAD German Academic Exchange Service for organizing this wonderful event.

We kicked off another iteration of our flagship program, the IGCS Summer School 2024, hosted by RWTH Aachen University in the beautiful city of #Aachen, #Germany.

Each year, we handpick 30 outstanding international applicants—15 from German universities and 15 from Indian universities—to learn, discuss, and collaborate on critical topics related to the environment, sustainability, and climate change. This year, our focus is on the transformative concept of the Regenerative #Urban Futures — #CircularEconomies and Societies.

On behalf of the entire IGCS team, we are thrilled to welcome these brilliant minds from around the world and are eager to see the great ideas and solutions we will create together.

We would like to take this space to appreciate the organising team this year- Prof. Martina Fromhold-Eisebith from RWTH Aachen University, Ashwin Mahalingam from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Dr. Christoph Woiwode from Technische Universität Dresden, our team from the International Office RWTH Aachen University– IGCS Project Coordinators Ms. Lisa Van Aalst, Dr. Anna Kathrin Uffmann, IGCS Project Assistant Mr. Marvin Greiß and Mr. Rahul Govind Rajkarnikar for their dedication to this project. Thank you!

Do you want to broaden your horizons and bolster your career opportunities? Would you like to go abroad but still have questions regarding requirements, options, and funding?

No problem: RWTH Aachen University’s International Office is hosting the annual Go Abroad Week from October 23 to 27, 2023!

For more information on the Go Abroad Week, visit the website:
https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Im-Studium/Internationales/Outgoing/~gqav/RWTH-Go-Abroad-Week

The IGCS will be present at the Go Abroad Week on Monday, 1400 – 1700 CET, on the 6th Floor of the Super C building, RWTH Aachen University.

Come say hi! And learn what you can do as an exchange student in India.