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ECAS Becomes Central Hub for Scientific Cooperation between Lower Saxony and Scotland

Hanover/Lüneburg/Edinburgh, 21st November 2025 The European Centre for Advanced Studies (ECAS), recently relocated to the International Center of Leuphana University Lüneburg (Leuphana), is being developed into a central hub for scientific cooperation between Lower Saxony and Scotland. This transformation is supported by funding from zukunft.niedersachsen, the joint funding programme of the Lower Saxonian Ministry of […]

Lower Saxony – Scotland Research Collaboration Featured in UK – Germany Treaty

Lüneburg, 23 July 2025 As the United Kingdom and Germany embark on a renewed era of partnership through the recently signed Treaty on Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation, special attention is being paid to a notable example of regional collaboration: the Lower Saxony – Scotland Research and Innovation Scheme. The initiative is listed first among several regional cooperation examples in the […]

Collaborating for Scientific Excellence: Recap of the Delegation Visit of the Lower Saxonian State Secretary to Scotland

Part II: Cooperation Across Borders for Future Change Continuing the momentum of the Memorandum of Understanding signed earlier, the Lower Saxonian delegation, led by State Secretary Prof. Joachim Schachtner alongside Prof. Anne H. Anderson, Vice President of the RSE, engaged in a series of high-level meetings in Scotland to introduce the new funding scheme and […]