For the start of studies in October 2023, we welcome the new students and wish them much success in their studies. For many, this is not only a new Master's degree, but also a new country and a new city. The Ruhr-Universität and the city of Bochum are looking forward to fresh new international ideas and experiences that our current students bring with them.

After more than 10 years of professional experience in the European Parliament and the European Climate Foundation in the field of European climate and energy policy, Linda Kalcher (MA ECUE 2010 graduate) brings all her experience and expertise to found her own think tank "Strategic Perspectives". She describes the main task of her "pan-European think tank" as promoting "effective climate action as the solution to a multitude of interconnected crises facing the EU." On the Strategic Perspectives website you can follow how Linda and her think tank are currently accompanying and promoting important developments in the transformation of European societies at EU level, and how they will continue to do so in the future,