Building up long-term networks

Two top researchers are the current incumbents of the -Brazil Chairvisiting professorship

If you get a search engine to calculate the distance between the Schloss in Münster and the Universities of Minas Gerais and São Paulo, the result it produces is around 10,000 kilometres. However, this long distance between them is no reflection at all’of the relations which the University of Münster has with institutions in Brazil. Actually, as far as scientific activities are concerned, Münster is one of the most active foreign universities in Brazil. Two Brazilian researchers who are currently guests at the University of Münster symbolise the close networks: Prof. Elaine Maria Souza Fagundes and Prof. José Carlos Vaz are the incumbents of the ’Brazil Chair’. ...