Kick-Off TSRG 2024

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Kick-Off TSRG 2024

By Quratul Aan|2024-03-28T12:33:34+01:0028. March 2024|Categories: All Posts, Blog|

A new transcultural learning journey has just started!
The Transcultural Caravan is pleased to announce that the Transcultural Student Research Group (TSRG) 2024 has officially started. The online kick-off event took place on 18, 2024. This year, the project’s topic is “Transcultural perspectives on sustainable future(s)” and will include a research trip to Pretoria and a publication at the end of the project.
In 2024, the TSRG welcomes students from universities from all around the world: Zeppelin University University of Pretoria HFU Business School, University of Lodz, Vietnamese-German University and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.
The Transcultural Caravan thanks the project managers and all representatives of the above-mentioned universities for their commitment to the project: Quratul Aan “Annie” Dr. Jessica G. Schwengber Tobias Grünfelder / Campoverde Priscilla Morley Kamagano Sethono Dr Olebogeng Selebi Julika Baumann Montecinos Tomasz Kamiński Ngoc Lan Dang Ruth Espinola Soriano de Mello Erika Laursen).
A special thanks to Annika Hagelstein for representing Baden-Württemberg International (BW_i) at this event.

The Transcultural Student Research Group of the Transcultural Caravan Network at Zeppelin University is carried out by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung as part of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM programme for university students.

About the Author: Quratul Aan

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