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Welcome at the Costa Rica Center of the Osnabrück University!

The Costa Rica Center aims at the interdisciplinary, international and intercultural scientific exchange between Germany and Costa Rica. The Center is mainly devoted to the research on future-oriented, intercultural and social issues and tasks, focusing primarily on the following fields: teaching and education, peace, economy, environment, biodiversity and sustainability.

Parrot in the rainforest

Tropical rainforests- Everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask

 

 

 

On Thursday, April 18, 2024, apl. Prof. i.R. Dr. Klaus Mummenhoff will give the opening lecture for the exhibition "A portrait of the tropics - pictures from an excursion to Costa Rica" in the Helikoniensaal of the botanical garden. (Website: botanical garden)

Tropical rainforests and their enormous diversity have been the focus of public interest for decades.

What are the tropics, how can this immense diversity be explained and how are the organisms adapted to the different living conditions?

With a focus on the tropics of the New World, Klaus Mummenhoff addresses these questions, characterizes and demonstrates tropical diversity and discusses popular misconceptions about biological relationships in tropical forests.

After the lecture, there will be an introduction to the exhibition by Sebastian Holt and Felix Przesdzink in the Rainforest House.

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Project work on the Ecosystem Páramos, Costa Rica

For two months at the end of 2023, the student assistant Sebastian Holt was responsible for the creation of various analog and digital media. His work included literature research, editing illustrations, photographs and videos as well as preparing specialist information from a biological didactic perspective. With the help of the materials created and the associated final thesis, a book exposé on the topic of "Ecosystems of Costa Rica - A multimedia excursion guide" is to be produced in the medium term.

 

The project was supported by the Sievert Foundation for Science and Culture.

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Symposium in Costa Rica - CoRiVET

At the end of November 2023, a team from vocational and business education was in Costa Rica as part of CoRiVET, with the main aim of holding the second forum on VET research. There were various networking activities and joint meetings of the actors involved in the planned cooperation agreement on VET research in Costa Rica. Through this visit, a contribution was made to promote joint networks with academic and non-academic stakeholders, build up resources for VET research and promote research activities in VET.

The stay of the team was supported by the Sievert Foundation for Science and Culture with a travel grant. 

Field report Angles, Field Report Bals, Field Report Porcher, Field Report Rommel

Lecture planning and network meetings in Osnabrück

At the end of September 2023, Daniel Láscarez Smith from UTN Costa Rica visited the University of Osnabrück. The aim of this visit was the detailed planning and coordination with the project team CoRiVET for the international DGFE congress in Halle in March 2024, where he will also be giving a lecture.

In addition, concepts for a new project proposal were made and he was able to successfully defend his dissertation.

The stay was supported by the Sievert Foundation for Science and Culture with a travel grant.

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The Costa Rica Center's sponsors

 

The Costa Rica Center is sponsored by the Sievert Foundation for Science and Culture (Sievert Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kultur), which has been supporting the University of Osnabrück and Costa Rica for years.

 

For further details, please visit the website of the Sievert Foundation for Science and Culture (in german).