Aging Focus on grandparents Berliner Zeitung, 13./14. Oktober 2018 Loving and indulgent grandparents with lots of time – who wouldn’t want that? Thanks to increased life expectancy, many people’s wishes are now fulfilled and three generations in a family are normal. A booming branch of the social sciences – grandparent research – is investigating how […]

Prehistory On the tracks of the first Americans FAZ, 2. Mai 2018 In the dry north-east of Brazil, in the Serra da Capivara, thousands of well-preserved, enigmatic rock paintings testify to a long lost culture. Did they live here, the first Americans? Here are the results of my research trip to this remote part of […]

Medicine Four of them without helmets on a moped Berliner Zeitung, 22. Mai 2018 In an interview Axel Ekkernkamp, Medical Director of the Trauma Hospital Berlin, explains why he is committed to improving emergency medicine in Brazil. Besides, one learns a lot about rescue medicine and rehabilitation in Germany. PDF Download