The KIT Center for Humans and Technology would like to thank everyone involved in the Eucor MobiLab roadshow stop at the RPTU campus in Landau.
Visitors were treated to a varied program of information and hands-on activities on topics such as flood adaptation, PFAS chemicals and forests in a changing climate. The event was rounded off with live music in a relaxed atmosphere at MobiLab
We look forward to the next stop of the roadshow from 9-11 July at Theaterplatz in Basel.
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What a birthday party!
When the KIT centers bring research at KIT to life, people and technology are of course a must! On KIT's 200th birthday, which was also this year's Open Day, we were there with a series of interactive and informative offers around the MobiLab: How can video meetings be rethought in a new, adaptive and collaborative way in the future? With the help of a webcam and AI, you could talk to a Thomas Müller bot. With VR glasses, you could experience a new form of learning and interact with AI-based "intelligent virtual tutors" or make and control music through your brain activity with brain-computer interfaces suitable for everyday use.
The Cultures of Knowledge graduate school presented how doctoral students can prepare themselves to navigate between different knowledge cultures and help shape them. And we were able to present the variety of infrastructures that bring together research and social change, such as the KD2Lab, the Karl9 science lab and the MobiLab itself, which was also open to visitors.
Many thanks to all visitors and participants of this year's Karlsruhe Europe Days!
The KIT Center for Man and Technology looks back on a great event in cooperation with the City of Karlsruhe with many interesting contributions and encounters under this year's motto "We make Europe".
From a games evening with intercultural initiatives to social projects with EU funding and cross-border science activities, visitors were offered many interactive and inspiring activities. After the address by Lord Mayor Dr. Frank Mentrup and Markus Thomas from the Karlsruhe Regional Council, Prof. Dr. Weinhardt made it clear why the KIT Center for People and Technology has the ambition to bring KIT research to the city in this way: "Democracy needs science and science needs democracy!"
Around the MobiLab, there were also a number of artistic activities, such as a sustainable fashion show by GEDOC, painting activities with natural colors as part of the Art Weeks for Climate and Environment, and program items from the Badisches Staatstheater, the Centre Culturel Franco-Allemand, the European School Karlsruhe and Pulse of Europe.
We look forward to the next time!
The Eucor MobiLab Roadshow 2025 starts its tour through the region on May 13 in Offenburg - and we're on board! The mobile participatory laboratory will be travelling along the Upper Rhine until October, bringing people in Germany, France and Switzerland closer to scientific perspectives on sustainability issues.
At each stop, participants can expect a varied program on topics such as urban nature, climate change management, dealing with PFAS chemicals and the future of medicine. The MobiLab promotes the exchange of knowledge and experience and invites participants to discuss solutions to the challenges of the future.
The MobiLab, a multifunctional tiny house, offers space for interactive workshops, practical simulations and exciting dialogues between science and society. After its premiere in 2023, the Eucor MobiLab Roadshow is taking place for the second time and with an expanded program.
Further information can be found here and here.
Vom 8.-10.Mai werden in Karlsruhe wieder die Europatage gefeiert, und das MobiLab ist mit dabei!
Unter dem Motto „Wir machen Europa“ verwandelt sich der Karlsruher Marktplatz in ein interaktives Mitmach-Forum. Die Stadt Karlsruhe, das EUROPE DIRECT Zentrum Karlsruhe und das KIT-Zentrum Mensch und Technik bieten zusammen mit zahlreichen europäischen Akteuren aus der Stadt und der Region drei Tage lang die Möglichkeit zu entdecken, wie Karlsruhe Europa gestaltet … und umgekehrt.
The MobiLab will be travelling a lot again in the coming year. With new content, engaged partners and exciting events.
3 highlights for 2025 in Karlsruhe:
The Europe Days on 9. May at Maktplatz will focus on internationality and interculturality in Karlsruhe. We will celebrate ‘Anniversary Year - 200 Years of KIT’ on 17. May at the Open Day at Campus South and from 14.-19. October during the KIT Science Week at the Natural History Museum under the motto Urban Nature of the Future.
The Eucor MobiLab Roadshow 2025 will also be travelling to the Eucor partner universities in Freiburg, Starsbourg, Basel and Mulhouse.
Look forward to a colourful year for MobiLab with the Centre for People and Technology!
From 10. to 12. October, MobiLab will be part of the ‘Fête de la science’ in Colmar. Organised by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the science festival is a must-see event that celebrates science, technology and innovation. Every year, more than a million visitors take part in the thousands of free events, organised throughout France to explore science in a fun and festive way, open to everyone.
At MobiLab, researchers from the Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) and the Karlsruhe Transformation Centre (KAT) invite you to discover and participate in all things around the subject of nutrition.
On the occasion of the International Day of Democracy on 15.09, TRIANGEL warmly invites you to the Days of Democracy for the third year in a row.
This year, the Days of Democracy are held under the motto of the ScienceYear 2024, “Freedom.” In addition to an Un-Conference (Barcamp) for both the general public and experts, a varied programme of participation formats, panel discussions, information, cultural and art events awaits.
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The conference "Mensch und Computer 2024" will take place from 1. to 4. September 2024 in Karlsruhe. This year’s theme, “Hybrid Worlds,” reflects the increasing fusion of the analog and digital worlds in our modern society. In hybrid worlds, virtual and real experiences intertwine, and humans interact with machine intelligence to solve complex tasks. To fully utilize the potential of digital technologies for hybrid worlds, the interaction between people, organizations, and society must not only be better understood but also proactively shaped.
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03. and 04.07. | 11 – 12.00 Uhr | Open Tinyhouse: The Mobile Partizipation Lab
The MobiLab is opening its doors, come and visit us! We will be happy to show you our mobile research tiny house, including accessories and a look behind the scenes.We will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the MobiLab, previous uses and its potential applications for your research.
05.07. | 09.30-11.30 Uhr | Mobile Research within the Urban Society (Workshop)
In order to conduct research with and about society, you have to leave the campus. The mobile participatory laboratory "MobiLab" offers a platform for participatory research and exchange between science and society. Get to know the MobiLab and join us in identifying potential uses for research and communication. This event is aimed at researchers from all institutes who want to expand their research methods with participatory elements or citizen science, or who are preparing corresponding applications.
Please register at: david.huber@kit.edu
After a long winter break and some minor repairs, the Mobile Participation Lab is ready to operate again! On this occasion, we warmly invite you to the MobiLab Spring Awakening at Campus East. MobiLab will be open for all its visitors on 29.05.2024 from 12:00-17:00, and we will also be showing a selection of participatory tools and many different opportunities for use. We’re excited to meet you as current or future users over some snacks and drinks.
On April 25 and 26, the MobiLab will be stationed on the Kulturplatz in front of the district administration office in Rastatt under the theme "Geothermie zum Anfassen und Mitreden". Scientists from the Institutes of Applied Geosciences (AGW) , Nuclear Waste Management (INE), Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) and the Center for Humans and Technology (MuT) will be inviting visitors to engage in dialogue on the topic of geothermal energy in the Upper Rhine region.
The MobiLab is being used in Rastatt at the invitation of the Upper Rhine Conference, whose Presidium, chaired by District President Sylvia M. Felder, is meeting at the same time in the Rastatt District Office
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From July 01-07, 2023, the MobiLab was the focus of the research stay "Gemeinsam Stadt_Machen: Am Werderplatz". In the middle of Karlsruhe's Südstadt district on Werderplatz, it attracted numerous citizens to participate in the research methods of students from the Institute of Regional Science (IfR) and the Institute of Geography and Geoecology (IfGG). The MobiLab acted as a meeting point and research infrastructure. It was used as part of the teaching and research project "Gemeinsam Stadt_Machen: An interactive CitizenLab with Karlsruhe's Südstadt".
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As part of Science Week, MobiLab offered an exciting programme on Kronenplatz that attracted many visitors. We presented various activities from KIT on topics such as "Networked Thinking", the energy supply of the future, the "Gemeinsam Stadt_Machen" project from the Institute of Regional Science and research into plant-based nutrition (Max Rubner Institute). Projects from Strasbourg were also presented, on health history and AI as well as a landing game; a cooperation game on climate change in the Upper Rhine region. Eucor was also on site with numerous information and counselling services. The general public was given the opportunity to get to know the MobiLab and there was a photographic review of the previous stations of the Eucor-MobiLab Roadshow. Thanks to everyone who took part!
MobiLab visited France for the first time as part of the Eucor-MobiLab Roadshow. From 6 to 8 October, German and French-language research projects were presented at the "Jardin des Sciences" science festival in Strasbourg. There was a lively exchange with the interested public. Thanks to our French partners at the University of Strasbourg!
The roadshow in the Franco-German metropolitan region: On 20 and 21 September, the city of Kehl welcomed us to the market square! Among other things, the programme focused on the topics of the energy and heat transition in the region and Kehl's climate neutrality. The Ortenau Energy Agency and BadenovaNetze offered practical hands-on activities and advice for citizens. The next stop in the German-French border region is Strasbourg from 6 to 8 October.
The second stop of the Eucor MobiLab Roadshow took place in Basel from 15-18 September 2013. In addition to information events, there were many interactive and interdisciplinary hands-on activities focussing on current topics such as climate change, health and nutrition. In addition to the organisers MuT, KAT/ITAS and Eucor, participating institutions included the City of Basel, SwissTPH, the University of Basel, the University of Strasbourg, the Basel Nutrition Forum and the Science Pillar (TMO). We would like to thank the University of Basel for its hospitality and look forward to the next stop in Kehl on 20 and 21 September 2023.
In 2023, the MobiLab will go on tour through the Eucor region and will make guest appearances at the universities of Strasbourg, Basel, and Freiburg. In addition, it will be part of the Science Week program at KIT. Those who are interested in using this event to do research at MobiLab were welcome to participate in the Interest Workshop on December 02, 2022. Registrations could be sent to Thomas Heine.
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What is the idea behind MobiLab? How does a workshop in it work? What opportunities do Tinyhouses offer for more sustainability? In the podcast episode of Quartier Zukunft "Labor Zukunft - Forschung ohne Kittel" ran on November 29, 2022 at 20.00 the new episode, in which everything revolves around the MobiLab. Live as in the webstream of Campusradio and on 104.8 UkW. The episode can also be found on the Spotify channel of Labor Zukunft.
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As a contribution to the nation-wide Energy and Sustainability Days 2022, the MobiLab will be located on the Karlsruhe Festplatz on 24 September 2022. Together with the city of Karlsruhe, the energy network fokus.energie e.V. and the KEK, the team of the KAT offers interesting information, actions, workshops, program on the topic.
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What can a sustainable transformation of our cities look like? The MobiLab on Karlsruhe's Kronenplatz will be offering information, hands-on activities and a citizens' survey on sustainability as part of the Karlsruhe Democracy Days from September 14-17, 2022.
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On July 7 2022, the MobiLab provides the framework for the visit of the reviewers of the Helmholtz Energy System Design (ESD) program. Location is the Energy Lab 2.0 at KIT, which exemplifies intelligent possibilities of energy generation and storaging.
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From May 13 to 20 2022, the MobiLab is located at the market place in Grötzingen. In cooperation with the "Karlsruher Energie- und Klimaschutzagentur" and the local group of Friends of the Earth, aAmong other things, a workshop on balcony solar panels was organized.
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MobiLab will be at the Campus South from 28.03.2022-01.04.2022. We offer a diverse program consisting of workshops, hands-on activities and information opportunities about the activities of MuT and KAT.
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The mobile participation lab (MobiLab) invites you to a colorful program around sustainability, sustainable living, climate change, photovoltaics and engagement at the Waldstadtzentrum in Karlsruhe from 29.6. - 4.7.2022.
MOREOn Monday, July 18, 2022 at 6:30 p.m., the KIT-Center Humans and Technology will present itself to the Karlsruhe public under the motto "Shaping Change". Complementary to the event, MobiLab will make a guest appearance from July 18-20 with a public program on the Marktplatz in front of the city hall. Research at the center can be experienced directly here, for example in the form of the "Science Bench". We are looking forward to your visit!
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From 30.10. to 05.11.21, the MobiLab was presented to the general public at the Offerta consumer trade fair. It serves the Tiny House e.V. as a demonstration object. A special show on the topic of Tiny Houses was held at the exhibition center in Rheinstetten in Hall 2, which served as preparation for the separate large Tiny House exhibition to be held the following year. Subsequently, the MobiLab was used as a venue for a citizens:inside dialogue on 06. and 07.11.21 as part of the KARLA project.
The MobiLab was officially opened on September 22, 2021. In best early autumn weather, contributors and interested people gathered to officially open the mobile participation lab for use and to celebrate this moment with a cider christening. Prof. Dr. Ingrid Ott, Dr. Oliver Parodi as well as architect Prof. Randolf Liem gave short speeches outlining the planning and completion process and acknowledging the efforts of all involved.
How do you feel about the heat in your city? What measures can help to adapt to ever higher temperatures and offer citizens a life-friendly space? As part of the EUCOR Tour, the KIT invites citizens in the involved cities to participate in a survey. It will take about ten minutes and will help to better understand the challenges of urban heat and to develop potential solutions.
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From June 26 to 30, the MobiLab was a guest in Freiburg. After an opening event on Monday, exciting hands-on activities and research activities took place in the following days. The knowledge and experiences of the citizens were asked for in surveys on the topic of heat in cities as well as on biodiversity in the Black Forest. In addition, various research projects were presented, such as the I4C project of the University of Freiburg. Knowledge about climate change was conveyed in a playful way with the climate puzzle. We are looking forward to the next stop of the roadshow in Basel from September 15-18, 2023.
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Finally the time has come, the MobiLab goes on tour through the Upper Rhine region! The Eucor MobiLab Roadshow will start on June 26, 2023 at 17.00 in Freiburg im Breisgau with an opening ceremony. Afterwards, the MobiLab will be in Freiburg for four more days with a diverse program. Come by and feel free to pass on the event information. In September and October, the other stops will be in Basel, Kehl, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe and Mulhouse. For more info, visit the Eucor-MobiLab Roadshow website.
To the Eucor-Mobilab Roadshow
During the digital workshop for the upcoming MobiLab Roadshow through the Eucor region, scientists and Eucor speakers from the universities in Karlsruhe, Strasbourg, Basel, Freiburg and Mulhouse met on December 2. The thematic focus of the tour was further developed and organizational aspects were discussed. In January, a follow-up workshop with all participants of the tour will take place in Karlsruhe.
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