Adlershof Journal May/June 2025

Sharing differences: Why diversity is our superpower

ESSAY 
by Elina Penner: How well do you know those around you?

IN CONVERSATION WITH 
Ana Anselmo and Silvia Zerbe, who shape diversity at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

PORTRAIT 
The start-up manager: Maxine Silvestrov manages operations at Quantune Technologies

COVER STORY 
Diversity wins: Berlin is recognised as an outstanding international technology hub. How to maintain this reputation, openness and diversity?

CAMPUS 
Space for the social question: Social geographer Ilse Helbrecht takes a closer look at housing and the fairness between generations

RESEARCH 
Please Mind the Gap: DLR researchers highlight gender-specific knowledge gaps that prevent the surveying of women’s needs in cars, busses, and trains

COMPANIES 
Rootedness and diversity: Raúl Comesaña Macias heads the BBF Group, a family-run enterprise comprising medium-sized construction companies based in Adlershof

INQUIRY 
Women, leadership & menopause: Hot flushes at the office