Opening doors for equal opportunities

With the CaCTüS programme, Franziska Bröker is contributing to equal opportunities, while at the same time writing her PhD thesis. Jörg Abendroth With the CaCTüS programme, Franziska Bröker is contributing to equal opportunities, while at the same time writing her PhD thesis. Jörg Abendroth - PhD candidate Franziska Bröker from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics initiated the CaCTüS Internship programme for less advantaged students Franziska Bröker conducts research on human and artificial intelligence at the MPI for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen and at the University College London. The 28-year-old is committed to helping students from the Global South, for whom Bröker initiated the CaCTüS Internship programme. Shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the world, Franziska Bröker visited Zambia. In January 2020, the PhD candidate at the MPI for Biological Cybernetics taught at a symposium organised by her former colleague Renée Hartig. Around 30 students from the University of Zambia worked together with researchers from Germany and the US, attended to lectures and explored different scientific topics.