A new episode of the podcast Exzellent erklärt – Spitzenforschung für alle features the Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS and its cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office. In the episode (in German), SCRIPTS researcher Thomas Risse and liaison officer Henrik von Homeyer discuss how academic research and foreign policy interact, what challenges arise between scientific and political logics, and how knowledge exchange can work in practice.

The conversation highlights concrete examples of collaboration and reflects on the role of trust, translation, and mutual learning between science and diplomacy.

Listen to the episode here