How research is stepping up for peace
Science aims to make the world a better place. It is embarking on a peace mission and making use of its core competency: the endless discussion of grey areas. What works and what doesn’t.
Wars are here. And they are here to stay. World peace seems once again to be incredibly far away, with only the slightest chance of progress possible. The latest issue of Horizons shows that science can also help here. It presents research projects that seek to understand the process leading to peace, debates pacifism and just war with an ethicist, brings scientific diplomacy into play and meets two researchers who are collaborating with the other side across conflict lines.
And that’s not all: On your marks, get set, be smart! At the Science Olympiad, there are medals to be won, not to mention friends from all over the world and amazing memories to be made. Five participants tell their stories.
Other highlights include: foxes and researchers who wish each other goodnight in the national park, what we now know about long Covid, and a business economist who can’t be pigeonholed.
The latest issue of Horizons is just as diverse as research itself – and, as always, freely accessible for everyone.