Mathematics serves as a driving force for innovation across a broad spectrum of applications­­ – from sustainable energy and mobility to health to artificial intelligence. Mathematicians provide the foundations for using the ever-growing amounts of data in other disciplines, seeking solutions for future challenges. But how can cooperation with the Global South in mathematics contribute to finding solutions for global challenges? What does international cooperation, for instance, look like with Africa? What do mathematicians do, and is math really a universal language? These questions are discussed in the latest episode of the MERIDIAN podcast with guests from MATH+.

Science Podcast “Meridian” 

The MERIDIAN podcast host Kevin Caners explored the topic “How Mathematics Can Transform the World” with Dominic Bunnett and Marwa Zainelabdeen, both MATH+ members, in the latest episode titled “Calculate with Africa: Transforming the World Through Mathematics.” Please tune in and listen to what Marwa and Dominic share about their views on collaboration with Africa. Here is this Podcast Episode on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

“Meridian“ is the science podcast of the Berlin Center for Global Engagement (BCGE), a center of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) funded by the excellence strategy. In the podcast, researchers report on their work between different worlds, from Berlin to Dakar, from Rio de Janeiro to Manila.

MATH+ Connections with Africa

MATH+ has established ties with African institutions, such as the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), and is a member of the Young African Mathematicians (YAM) Fellowship Program that supports young African mathematicians to study in Germany. The program was initiated by the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics in Bonn and is a collaboration between five AIMS centers in Cameroon, Senegal, Rwanda, Ghana, and South Africa and four German Clusters of Excellence with a focus on mathematics. The mission of the YAM program is to provide fellowships for talented and motivated young African mathematicians at the master’s level who can spend nine months studying at one of the four German mathematical excellence clusters.

MATH+ members as Podcast guests 

Dominic Bunnett is a postdoc at Technische Universität Berlin working in algebraic geometry and a member of the program committee for the Young African Mathematicians (YAM) program of MATH+.

Marwa Zainelabdeen is a MATH+ doctoral student at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) and Freie Universität Berlin, and a lecturer at the University of Khartoum, Sudan.

LINKS:

• Meridian Podcast website
• This Podcast Episode #16 “Calculate with Africa“ with MATH+ on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
• YAM Program (Young African Mathematicians Fellowship Program)
• NEWS: MATH+ Welcomes the First YAM Fellows