Ulrich Panne

The Natural Entrepreneurs project guides students aged 14-18 to address sustainability challenges by drawing inspiration from nature. Using STEAM-based designs, teams collaborate on SDG-based challenges for viable solutions. An online platform serves as the project core, fostering European teamwork. Guided by provided materials, teachers and students navigate challenges to solutions.…

Ayitévi F. E. Hounou-Adossi’s vision is to use information and communication technologies to reduce preventable deaths and disabilities through simple actions that everyone must know and can do.

How Psychiatric Epidemiology Can Help Reduce the Impact of Traumatic Events War, violence and abuse leave consequences that go much beyond physical destruction and pain. Armed conflicts, acts of terror, political violence, torture, and natural disasters affect millions around the world, with lasting social, political, economic and psychological consequences. These…

“Scientists catch a comet and land on its surface” is a headline from the realm of science fiction. Comets are „dirty snowballs“ made up of rock, dust, ice and frozen gases, cruising through the Solar System at high speeds. Little is known about their origins, but scientists suspect they were…

Nominated by: Leibniz Universität Hannover Presented by: Alexander Börgel

Carlos Abad is addressing the challenge faced by people with reduced mobility by developing a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology that utilises bioelectrical signals from the brain to control electromechanical actuator elements. The project successfully implemented BCI sensors to control a wheelchair, with predetermined thoughts and a mobile application assisting in…

Science Fuse is a social enterprise working to improve the quality of science education among 3- to 14-year-olds. We are working to change how science is perceived and communicated both inside and outside classrooms in Pakistan. We curate informal STEM learning programs, student engagement programs, teacher training and informal science…

Nominated by: Heyo Kroemer, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Presented by: Viktor Matyas

Emerging telerobotics concepts enable AI for universal assistance robots, as big data is gathered beyond lab walls. This way, robots learn new skills and increase failure tolerance during operation.   Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Climate change, Covid-19, Digital Health, Engineering, Food & Agriculture, Resilience, Robotic, Space & the Universe.

Sunil Amrith is the Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History at Yale University, He is the author of four books, including Unruly Waters (2018) and Crossing the Bay of Bengal (2013). His work connects environmental history with the history of migration, with a focus on South Asia, Southeast Asia,…