Von Andreas Günter Weis From May 13-15, 2020, the University of Utrecht, the University of Göttingen and the Volkswagen Foundation will be hosting a Herrenhausen Conference on "China and Europe on the New Silk Road: Connecting Universities". The conference will mark the conclusions of a multi-year research project on the implications of the New Silk Road (or China´s One Belt One Road initiative) for higher education and research in different parts of the world. Recent geopolitical events such as Brexit,…