How do researchers choose their themes? Are there particular personal motivations behind their work? What thrilling interactions and thorny challenges do they experience on the ground?
Our new podcast Exchanges explores our researchers’ backgrounds in a series of short, informal conversations. In the third episode – this time recorded in the heart of Berlin rather than inside the studio -, Daniel Kossmann, from the Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Bayreuth, talks about riding the bus in Dar es Salaam, the ups and downs of pursuing a PhD, and what conceptual art has to do with academia.
Previous episodes
In the second episode, Dr. Julia Langbein, from the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), talks about work–life balance, ancient Rome, and how her upbringing in the German Democratic Republic influenced her career.
In the first episode, Prof. Dr. Conrad Schetter, director of the Bonn International Center for Conflict Studies (bicc) and co-speaker of De:link//Re:link, discussed failure, his bond with Bonn, and his passion for cycling.
Credits
Concept: Amy Visram
Production: Amy Visram, Sebastian Großmann
Editing, post-production and narration: Sebastian Großmann
Music: Mood Mode