Testimonials

Dr. Betsy Baker, International Lawyer, Professor, and Global Fellow at The Wilson Center Polar Institute

It was my pleasure to moderate the Transatlantic Tandem Talk “On Thin Ice” about the global impact of climate change in the Arctic. I would like to thank Dr. Eva Bosbach, Executive Director of University of Cologne's North American office. Her welcoming and introductory remarks contributed much to the program, in addition to her exceptional preparatory work and that of the office's team, and the co-hosting partners leading up to the event. Dr. Bosbach's vision for what the Transatlantic Tandem Talks can achieve was fully realized in this event. In the nearly 25 years since my Alexander von Humboldt Bundeskanzler Fellowship year in Germany in 1991 I have often engaged in some form of German-U.S. collaboration and cooperation, and am persuaded that it is needed now more than ever, and that it does make a difference. It was a pleasure working with everyone on this. Thank you for the chance to have participated!
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Dr. Jannik Martens, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

During my three years as a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University, the University of Cologne New York Office greatly helped me in extending my reach beyond my own academic community through outreach and networking. As part of the German House at the United Nations, the UoC NY Office is exceptionally well-connected with governmental and non-governmental agencies, as well as numerous other German and US-based academic institutions. I am grateful for the various invitations and opportunities facilitated by Eva Bosbach and her team. My active participation in events such as the PlantAct! Workshop, and most notably, our joint Transatlantic Tandem Talk titled “On Thin Ice: The Global Impact of Climate Change in the Arctic”, has significantly enriched my experience as a postdoc in NYC.
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Dr. Maureen Edobor, Assistant Professor of Law, Washington and Lee School of Law

The New York office of the University of Cologne has played a pivotal role in expanding my professional network and broadening my horizons. During my time as an intern in New York, I got in touch with the New York office of the University of Cologne, and through their efforts, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in a visit to the Deutsche Bundesbank, a highlight that enriched my understanding of finance. In addition, I was introduced to the University of Cologne's remarkable summer school program, which reinforced my decision to pursue my Masters at the University of Cologne because of the many international opportunities it offered. This experience facilitated my initial connections with students from Cologne and set the start for a network in the new city. I am immensely grateful for the role the New York Office has played in shaping my path and fostering my global academic aspirations.
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Charlotte Rabsch, incoming University of Cologne Master’s student in Business Administration with a focus on Corporate Development

Prof. Dr. Ansgar Büschges, Professor for Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, former Vice Rector for Academic Staff, University of Cologne

The New York Office is an invaluable asset to the University of Cologne. The events which we hosted together in New York and Washington, D.C. exemplified how important and helpful such a liaison office is specifically in North America. Due to the office’s immense network of high-level contacts, we could present our research to a highly interested and diverse audience, including experts from my own area of expertise, political stakeholders, and important contacts in the research funding landscape. Thanks to the office we could easily forge new contacts in the U.S. for future transatlantic collaborations, while at the same time showcasing the fruitful cooperation of our current project. The outreach was remarkable, for our U.S. network as well as for the UoC back in Germany, as I got to witness myself: Not only were my colleagues and I approached at the Society for Neuroscience Conference in Washington, D.C. about our event organized in New York by the UoC NY Office, but I was also contacted by an early career scientist from Columbia University who attended that event and now wants to return to Germany. Conversations between her and the UoC are now in progress. I was also particularly grateful for the opportunity to speak directly with DFG North America’s Program Director as well as with the Director Science and Technology of the German Embassy. These exchanges will be helpful not only for my current project with the C3NS network, but also for potential future UoC projects which can benefit from transnational funding and networks. Thank you Dr. Bosbach and the New York Office for organizing these excellent and productive events for us and for being a champion of our university in the US and Canada!
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Dr. Gesa F. Dinges, Postdoctoral Researcher, DFG Walter Benjamin Fellow, NeuroMechanical Intelligence Laboratory, West Virginia University

Thank you very much Eva for organizing these two highly exciting events in New York and Washington! Not only did everything run smoothly, but the audience was very interested in our work and engaged in the discussion. As a person who is about to enter the job market, these two days were very motivating and educational for me. On top of being able to present my work and network with colleagues in the field, I gained many insights into the German American cooperation that I would not have received without this opportunity.
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Dr. Hillel J. Chiel, Professor of Biology, Neurosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

I am deeply grateful for the hard work of Dr. Eva Bosbach and her team in arranging the two meetings that allowed my colleagues and me to showcase the exciting collaborative work we have been doing. The panel allowed the collaborators on our interdisciplinary, transnational project, funded in part by the NSF and the DFG, to provide the general public an understanding of the ways in which collaborations between neuroscientists and engineers are leading to deeper insights into how nervous systems control complex, adaptive behavior, and how this knowledge can advance the state of the art in robotics. I was particularly grateful that Dr. Bosbach and her team spent considerable time arranging for me to participate remotely, because I could unfortunately not attend in person. Thanks to their hard work, I was able to fully participate in the panel discussion. The work that Dr. Bosbach and her team are doing is very important for fostering international, interdisciplinary work and sharing its results with a broader public.
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Prof. Dr. Björn Schumacher, Director, Institute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, CECAD

I was fortunate to undertake two highly interesting events with the UoC NY Office during my research stay in New York. One high-scale, very well attended expert panel discussion “Live Long and Prosper: Aging Research in Academia and Industry” that the UoC NY Office organized together with the GCRI NY at the German House, and a talk for students at the High School for Math, Science and Engineering at the City College of New York. Both events were excellently organized and managed by Ms. Bosbach from the UoC New York Office.
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Prof. Dr. Axel Ockenfels, Leibniz Award Winner, Professor of Economics, University of Cologne

I enjoyed the opportunity to present my research to a very interested and lively audience in New York. Many thanks to Dr. Eva Bosbach and the New York Office for the invitation and perfect organization!
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Prof. Dr. Aria Adli, Professor for Linguistics and Head of the Sociolinguistic Lab, University of Cologne

The Liaison Office in New York City is an incredibly efficient part of the University of Cologne, run by Dr. Bosbach, who has a large network of policymakers, the diplomatic staff, and different players in science and education. Without her professional help, the organization of the event on the International Mother Language Day would not have been possible.
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Amy Davidson Sorkin, Journalist, Author and Staff Writer at The New Yorker

Moderating the panel on "Democracy and Education in the Age of Renascent Nationalism" at German House in New York this March was a memorable and significant experience for me. The day before, it became clear that the pandemic had reached the city, and Dr. Eva Bosbach and her team at the University of Cologne's New York office quickly pivoted, transforming what had been intended as an event before a large audience into an interactive livestream. As a result, the panelists, including academics and the head of Germany's office of civilization, were still able to exchange ideas, debate, and answer questions from the audience. The discussion was doubly meaningful—it was both a timely exploration of democracy and education and an example of how to sustain an academic community even in difficult times.
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Dr. Silke Hackenesch, Institute of History, Department for North American History, University of Cologne

Dr. Tiffany Florvil (UNM) and I immensely enjoyed the Transatlantic Tandem Talk about our joint class on the Black Lives Matter Movement in Global Perspective organized by the University of Cologne New York Office. We are grateful to Dr. Eva Bosbach and her colleagues for the invitation to share our research with a wider (digital) audience. Thanks to her incredible organizational skills and her successful effort to recruit multiple partners including the German Embassy in Washington D.C. and the DFG North America, we were able to truly engage in a transatlantic discussion about history and memory, political demands and forms of protest, racial profiling and racism and many other issues relevant to our time.
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Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas, Institute of Geography, University of Cologne

The virtual event “Sustainable Megacities” with the University of Cologne New York Office and the DWIH NY was excellently prepared, extremely motivating and attended by numerous very interested listeners. In the aftermath, several very interesting new international contacts have already developed. The refreshing format suggested by the organizers – to present 3 key images from our research findings – was a perfect conversation starter that allowed the audience to relate straight to the content and participate interactively. This innovative format will be useful for us in the future as well, as we will adopt it and use it in lectures. Once again, the successful event demonstrated how important meetings and exchanges through lectures and workshops with discussions are and remain – with digital channels and our New York Office making great contributions.
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Prof. Dr. Alga Zuccaro, Professor of Microbial Ecological Genetics at the Cluster of Excellence CEPLAS, University of Cologne

Many thanks to Dr. Eva Bosbach from the University of Cologne New York Office and their partners for organizing an excellent event that resulted in a valuable discussion between me and my colleague at Washington State University! This Transatlantic Tandem Talk of the NY Office is a testament for the importance of international cooperation in research in CEPLAS and the University of Cologne, as it was firstly in the “Transatlantic Workshop” on plant sciences organized by the UoC NY Office at the German House in New York in 2017. Subsequently, a delegation of graduate students from WSU attended the first International CEPLAS Summer School near Cologne. Now with the new digital opportunities, I am glad to have participated in this initiative of the Transatlantic Tandem Talks and in an upcoming exciting virtual seminar between the two universities we are planning as a result.
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Claus Kreß, LL.M., Professor of International Law and Criminal Law, University of Cologne

With United Nations Headquarters in place, Manhattan is a center for the practice of international law. And with Columbia and New York University New York is also a center of the study of this discipline. For an international law scholar of the University of Cologne, this university’s liaison office in the city, run by Dr Eva Bosbach, is thus a special gift. This year again, when I did a briefing in the United Nations at short notice, I very much appreciated the highly professional and dedicated assistance rendered by Dr Eva Bosbach.
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Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig, Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne

I greatly enjoyed my participation in the Transatlantic Tandem Talk, together with my dear colleague Prof. Terry McCabe of Boulder, Colorado, exploring the links between climate change adaptation and conservation strategies. Together with Dr. Eva Bosbach we identified this topic as most pertinent and of public concern. At the same time both climate change and conservation are crucial to our joint work in ecological anthropology in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa. The Tandem Talk was impressively organized, and the moderation afterwards was excellent. What an ideal circumstance to address public interest in the subject. The debate after our talk was exceedingly lively and could have easily carried on for another hour. I am very glad that this opportunity exists to further US American-German cooperation on pertinent global challenges.
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Fabrice Jaumont, President, Center for the Advancement of Languages, Education, and Communities

Thank you, dear Eva, for your powerful presentation and the insight in the impressive array of international activities of the University of Cologne! This was a transformative moment for all of us in the course on International Higher Education at Baruch College.
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Frank Pasquale, J.D., Professor of Law Brooklyn Law School

I am grateful for the opportunity to be in dialogue with an expert like Prof. Dr. Rostalski. The event was well-attended and well-publicized and featured several good questions and dialogue. We need more forums like this to bring together EU and US scholars.
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Prof. Dr. Frauke Rostalski, Professor of Law, University of Cologne

Thank you very much to the University of Cologne New York Office for the invitation to a Transatlantic Tandem Talk about AI as a challenge for law and ethics with Prof. Pasquale. The event was perfectly organized by Dr. Bosbach and her team from beginning to end. It was a pleasure to be a part of this transatlantic exchange and the lively discussion.
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Heinz, Professor for Strategy and Spokesperson of ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence, University of Cologne

It was really a pleasure to present within the Transatlantic Tandem Talk series! In particular, I liked the fruitful discussions with exciting comments from other researchers and practitioners, and the insights from my tandem talk partner Jobina Gonsalves. As the research project I presented is a joint project with a firm, it is great to know what other practitioners think about it and whether they have similar experiences. Thanks so much to Dr. Bosbach and the UoC NY Office for organizing and hosting the event!
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Sion Park, Former Intern at UoC NY Office

I remember the day I got the confirmation for the internship at the University of Cologne New York Office and how joyful and excited I was, like it was yesterday. To go on this adventure to a vibrant city like New York City has always been a dream of mine, but I could never have imagined just how great this internship opportunity would be for me.

The activities of the University of Cologne New York Office I supported were always insightful and inspiring. I feel very lucky to have experienced the many exciting events of the German House and in New York City. I am deeply grateful to Dr. Bosbach for the opportunities offered to me to strengthen my skill set and acquire new knowledge in the fields of transatlantic exchange, science diplomacy, and the North American higher education landscape. Furthermore, this internship gave me the opportunity to expand my professional and personal network. I will always appreciate this wonderful opportunity and look back fondly on the memories I made and the people I met during my internship.
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Prof. Dr. Tommaso Calarco, Professor at the University of Cologne (ML4Q) and Director of Institute of Quantum Control at the Peter Grünberg Institute at the Forschungszentrum Jülich

It was an honor to join the delegation led by Rector Prof. Axel Freimuth to celebrate the University of Cologne New York Office’s 10th anniversary in Washington D.C. and NYC. The panel discussion “Transatlantic Perspectives on Quantum Science and Technologies” highlighted the work of our research cluster of excellence ML4Q and its partner institutions in Germany and the U.S. I appreciate the opportunity to deepen our collaborations and connect with new experts and organizations. I very much enjoyed introducing the interested audiences in both cities to the complexities of phenomena in quantum mechanics and new technologies. We emphasized the need for transatlantic efforts to tackle the development of this new technology and to train new generations of scientists willing to “play” with the many exciting phenomena of the quantum realm. Everything was perfectly organized and a great pleasure to take part in.
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Dr. Isabelle Schiffer, Gateway Exzellenz Start-up Center, University of Cologne

Many thanks to Dr. Eva Bosbach from the University of Cologne New York Office! As part of the CEPLAS delegation that introduced the PlantACT! initiative to our partners in the US, I was very impressed by the organization of the various event formats and thankful that we could connect with such diverse audiences. To create innovation and change the current standards, which is crucial to combat climate change, we need to not only discuss the issues amongst scientists but also engage with the public and involve funding agencies and politics. The UoC NY Office exceptionally demonstrated how this needs to be done. The events not only brought together multiple diverse audiences in NYC and DC but also strengthened our bonds with transatlantic partners on the mission to combat climate change from a plant science perspective.
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Prof. Dr. Stanislav Kopriva, CEPLAS, Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne

I would like to thank Dr. Eva Bosbach and Sion Park from the University of Cologne New York Office for organizing our CEPLAS/PlantACT! events in New York and Washington. The workshops were excellently organized and allowed us to present our initiative not only to the experts and funders but also to the general audience during the public debate in New York. We had a great opportunity to discuss with our US colleagues and to exchange ideas how plants can mitigate the climate change. In addition, we could also present our ideas to the representatives of funding organizations from Germany and USA, DFG, NSF, and NIH. Thanks to these networking opportunities we are now preparing a NSF proposal to fund some future PlantACT! related activities. This would not be possible without the support of the New York Office.
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Dr. Yaena Kwon, Freelance Journalist, Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard University

I had the great opportunity to work together with the UoC NY Office on several occasions already. I moderated two international panel discussions on the topics of sustainability and climate change - the PlantACT! event in 2023, and recently the Science, Society, and Sustainability discussion featuring UoC's Rector Prof. Dr. Mukherjee. Recently, I also had the chance to be part of UoC NY Office's signature series and moderate the latest Transatlantic Tandem Talk on election campaign financing. It is always a truly enriching experience to work alongside such a wonderful team and to discuss important topics with distinguished researchers and experts. I would like to thank the University of Cologne New York Office and its partners, and particularly Dr. Eva Bosbach, for expertly organizing such inspiring platforms which support international cooperation on global issues. I look forward to future cooperations.
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Emily C. Myers, Ph.D. Student, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Thank you, Eva, and the University of Cologne New York Office, for helping us establish a new partnership between the US and Germany for student teachers! After we met in Washington DC at your Uni Köln alumni event you put me in touch with a colleague at the UoC and we were able to create a partnership for student teachers from Köln to come to my public elementary school in Philadelphia. It was an awesome opportunity for cultural and linguistic exchange that several students benefited from. I am no longer the principal of that school, but I believe that the partnership continues to exist. Thank you for planting the idea for this exchange!
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Dr. Mark Speich, NRW State Secretary for Federal, European and International Affairs as well as Media

It was very stimulating to talk with Dr. Bosbach about the possibilities of the upcoming NRW-USA Year and to see simultaneously how convincingly she represents the University of Cologne as an important institution of our federal state in the US. I look forward to our further cooperation!
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