’Who, if not colleagues, should help?’

Scientists who had to flee Ukraine can apply for a scholarship through a Collaborative Research Centre (SFB), in which HU economist Georg Weizsäcker is involved, until 21 May.

Mr Weizsäcker, how did this idea and the SFB’s involvement come about?

Weizsäcker: We had heard from other large third-party funded projects of the German Research Foundation and the European Research Council about the possibility of involving people affected by the war. Some of our SFB members come from Ukraine, and as economists we are very internationally oriented in our research projects anyway. So it made sense not only to do something humanitarian, but also to start an attempt at professional cooperation. ...