7 February 2026. The Benefits of Diversity

We will explore new research on the benefits of diversity: Learning is enhanced when students tackle new concepts form a multitude of different perspectives. A team of consultants comes up with more diverse and better ideas when it involves specialists of many different disciplines. Ecosystems tend to be more resilient to external perturbations when they feature a higher biodiversity. How can our society profit from embracing diversity?

Different fruit of the forest canopy on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Photo: Christian Ziegler. [CC BY 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5), via [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_fruits_from_Barro_Colorado.png).

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