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In an interview with Benjamin List, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, members of the Young Chemists' Network (JCF) of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) asked him about his science, his career, and the academic system. Benjamin List, Director at the Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung in Germany, was awarded the Nobel Prize together with David W. C. MacMillan (Princeton University, USA) for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis. After studying chemistry at the Free University of Berlin, he received his doctorate from Goethe University in Frankfurt. He discovered the amino acid proline to be an efficient catalyst and thus co‐founded the field of organocatalysis. In 2016, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, which is considered the most important research award in Germany. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cooperative effects are found in various research areas in chemistry, many of which are currently explored within the Collaborative Research Center SFB 858 in Münster. This Editorial gives some insights into the field and an overview of the history of the Center and those who have contributed to the development of this fascinating multidisciplinary research area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]