It’s not often that you get the chance to visit a European capital for a whole week and take part in an interesting programme in your field of interest. At the beginning of November 2022, I travelled to Berlin with several other participants from all over the world, to be part of the program Science and Research in Germany – Information Tour at the invitation of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.

The trip was part of a programme set up by Germany soon after the Second World War. From time...