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How can the transition to the future in the home country be organized after studying or doing a doctorate in Germany? This question was the focus of the KAAD's digital reintegration seminar.

In Semarang, science and practice came together to reflect on food security and social responsibility.

This virtual KAAD seminar focused on the question of what education can contribute to common orientation and responsible action in times of global upheaval.

How do international doctoral candidates experience the research landscape in Germany? Which structures support, which challenge and which relationships characterize academic work?

Dr Mirjam Rossa, Head of the Latin America Department at KAAD, intensified the exchange with universities and alumni in Argentina and Uruguay in a spirit of shared responsibility.

KAAD congratulates Fr Dr Carlos Ignacio Man Ching SJ on his appointment as Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. His professional career combines academic work, pastoral responsibility and international networking - and illustrates in a special way the impact of our alumni in their home countries.

On the occasion of her birthday, we remember Dr Maria Alberta Lücker, who laid the foundation for KAAD with courage and foresight.

At the heart of the universal church, our scholars encountered the history of faith – and each other.

At the seminar of the East African KAAD Alumni Association in July 2025 in Mwanza, Tanzania, economic, legal and ecological interdependencies in the region were analyzed and discussed.

Fundamental questions dominated the KAAD Spiritual Days, which took place in July at the Benedictine monastery in Beuron: Who can I trust? What sustains me when certainties disappear? Where is my place in a world that seems to be falling apart at the seams?