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“With the Connected Minds program in Canada and the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour in Germany, we have two very research-intensive centres at the intersections of technology and human behaviour,” says Nikolaus Troje, Canadian Research Chair for Reality Research at York University. Nikolaus Troje is particularly committed to strengthening the ties between these two leading research centres. Therefore, he travelled with a delegation of eight researchers to Konstanz to foster innovative research and collaborative solutions. “It is a pleasure to experience how the obvious enthusiasm on both sides already develops into ideas and concrete plans for bilateral collaboration projects”, says Troje after three intensive exchange days. The visit included lectures, lab tours, and numerous direct exchanges. A highlight was the insight gained into the Imaging Hangar.

Back in November 2023, researchers from the Cluster of Excellence in Collective Behaviour visited their colleagues at York University, where the decision was made to establish institutional collaboration on “Collaborative Technology and Emergent Behaviour.”

A formal agreement between the two universities was signed in the summer of 2024 with the goal of establishing a program of exchange and cooperation between principal investigators and their research groups, as well as facilitating the promotion of young researchers. “With this year’s exchange meeting in Konstanz, another key step towards closer collaboration has been taken. I am pleased that a special focus is being placed on the advancement and mobility of early career researchers,” says Alexandra Wild, Science Manager at CASCB, who coordinates the initiative in Konstanz.