On June 27, 2025, the "ALKOR" open ship event took place as part of the “Kieler Woche”. Over 2,000 people participated in this GEOMAR outreach event. Among the visitors invited by Dr. Hassan Humeida were members of the Central Education and Advisory Center for Migrants (ZBBS), the Center for Empowerment and Intercultural Creativity (ZEIK), the One World Alliance – Schleswig-Holstein, the Turkish Community of Schleswig-Holstein, as well as scholarship holders of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) scholarship program, as well as a delegation from Shanghai Ocean University. Furthermore, international groups from Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Ghana, Togo, and Cameroon were among the international guests.
A collective of artists supported by the Arthur Boskamp Foundation, Hohenlockstedt, recently visited the CRC 1182 for two days in preparation for a newly launched art project. The group of around 15 guests was hosted by CRC 1182 Principal Investigator Ute Hentschel Humeida on March 10, 2025 at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, amongst others, to learn about the concept of metaorganism research in Kiel, have guided tours around several locations at GEOMAR and Kiel University and generally find inspiration in the host-microbe research field.
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On Sunday, 1 September from 11 am to 5 pm GEOMAR opend on the eastern shore.
On this day, we offered exciting insights behind the scenes of ocean research. What questions about the oceans are currently occupying scientists? How do we investigate these questions? Scientists from various GEOMAR research areas will provide answers at information stands and in lectures in the lecture theatre.
Discover knowledge on board the ALKOR
Friday, 28 June 2024, from 10:00 to 17:00 at the GEOMAR pier on the Kiellinie. Experience exciting insights and discoveries about marine research on board
As part of the outreach activities between GEOMAR Kiel and the Central Education and Counselling Centre for Migrants in Kiel (ZBBS), a group of visitors from the Centre for Empowerment and Intercultural Creativity (ZEIK) came to GEOMAR on 28 February 2024. The group consisted of 30 people from Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia and Turkey who are interested in the topic of "sustainability" and have been attending regular workshops on the UN Sustainable Development Goals at ZEIK in Gaarden since September 2022. In this context, they were given a lecture on the GEOMAR research vessel ALKOR under the direction of Captain J.-P. Lass and a presentation of short films on marine science work at GEOMAR in the library with the help of Barbara Schmidt and Bettina Reuter. The group was very interested and asked many questions. The event was organised by Hassan Humeida (FB3, Marine Symbioses)
