DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service, has unveiled its new 2030 Strategy. Therefore, the DAAD will be concentrating on four goals over the next five years: enhancing Germany as a place for industry, innovation, and research; addressing global issues; growing science diplomacy; and advancing democracy and social cohesion. These priorities serve as the foundation for the strategic goals through the end of the decade, according to the president of DAAD.
In Bonn, DAAD President Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee said, “We are living in an era of profound change, characterised by shifts in the international order and accompanied by major global challenges.”
“This transition is posing a challenge to us: in order to maintain Germany’s and its institutions’ reputation in the international academic system, we must adopt a transnational and science-based style of thinking. In order to discover evidence-based answers to the urgent problems confronting our planet, we also need and wish to collaborate with as many foreign partners as we can,” Mukherjee added.
Through its primary strength and area of expertise—international academic exchange—the DAAD, an association of German universities and associated student organisations, seeks to successfully forward these developments.
The DAAD is concentrating on attracting international students as future experts and enhancing Germany as a hub for innovation in order to accomplish its objectives. The objective is to enhance the global recognition of German institutions and broaden their connections with global innovation drivers.
From the standpoint of foreign science realpolitik, the DAAD also encourages the upkeep and growth of key alliances during periods of geopolitical transition. Given this, region-specific guidance for German universities on how to organise international collaboration in difficult situations is becoming more and more crucial. Beyond its participation in the EU Erasmus+ program, the DAAD will also have a more European character.
