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Von 2010 bis 2020 war das Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind zusammen mit dem KIT in Karlsruhe und der Leuphana Universität in Lüneburg eines der Zentren der deutschen Reallaborforschung. 2020 wechselte Uwe Schneidewind für fünf Jahre ins Amt des Oberbürgermeisters der Stadt Wuppertal und erlebte dort „im Maschinenraum“ die Grenzen und Möglichkeiten urbaner Transformation. Mit seinem Buch „Dienstschluss“ legt er ein Fazit dieser Erfahrungen vor. Er beschreibt wie dysfunktionale politische Mechanismen, ein immer dichter werdender Regulierungsdschungel, die wachsende Finanznot und besondere individuelle Anforderungen an Amtsträger langfristige Transformationsprozesse erschweren. Gleichzeitig macht er deutlich, welche Akteure und Strategien Wandel dennoch möglich machen. 
Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung gibt Uwe Schneidewind Einblicke in sein Buch und beleuchtet dabei insbesondere diese Mechanismen. Danach laden wir zur gemeinsamen Diskussion im Rahmen einer Fishbowl: Was bedeutet das für die Wissenschaft und insbesondere für eine transdisziplinäre Reallaborforschung? 
Gemeinsam mit Prof. Schneidewind diskutieren u.a. Prof. Dr. Kora Kristof (Vizepräsidentin für Nachhaltigkeit & Digitalisierung am KIT) und Prof. Dr. Daniel Lang (Forschungsgruppenleiter „Reallaborforschung gestalten“ am ITAS und wiss. Sprecher des MuT) diese und andere Fragen rund um die Gelingensbedingungen und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten urbaner Transformation mit den Teilnehmenden. 

How can we make our city healthier, more sustainable, and a better place to live—while becoming part of exciting research ourselves? The June edition of the EFFEKTE series invites you to experience science up close, try out new things, and discover your own everyday life through a different lens.
 
📆 Tuesday, June 9 ⌚ Starts at 7:30 p.m. 📍TRIANGEL Transfer I Kultur I Raum at Kronenplatz 💫 Admission is free
At the BioBlitz Karlsruhe, we’ll go on a discovery tour of urban biodiversity: Using smartphones and AI, citizens can record plants and animals in their surroundings and thus actively contribute to research.   Dr. Judith Bieberich will demonstrate how modern technologies support biodiversity research and why species knowledge is more important today than ever before.
 
In addition, the focus is on clean air and healthy mobility: The CycleSense research initiative uses mobile sensors on bicycles to more accurately measure particulate matter pollution in Karlsruhe.  Felix Hörner and Michel Weber from CycleSense demonstrate how the collected data provides important insights into health risks and helps develop targeted measures for a healthier city.  By actively involving citizens, CycleSense bridges the gap between science and the community in a practical way – a key contribution to the EFFEKTE overarching theme “Health for Tomorrow’s Society” – while Prof. Dr. Claudia Hille, Professor of Cycling at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HKA), explains why cycling is not only good for the climate but also for the body and mind.
 
Those interested in nutrition will learn from  Dr. Stephanie Seifert and Julia Renz from the Max Rubner Institute (MRI )  how legumes and innovative products like lentil pasta make healthy eating more sustainable – including tastings and new recipe ideas.
 
More info on the event ➡️KIT Center Humans and Technology - Up-to-date - BioBlitz Karlsruhe - bei EFFEKTE
 
 
The EFFEKTE science series is organized by the Science Office of the Economic Development Agency of the City of Karlsruhe. Once a month on "Science Tuesday", Karlsruhe university and research institutions present themselves and provide insights into their research.
The lecture series is based on the theme of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space's Science Year 2026 ("Medicine of the Future").

Further information on the EFFEKTE science series can be found at www.effekte-karlsruhe.de.
last change: 2026-05-21
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The KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) will now introduce itself to new KIT employees during the Welcome Days, which are hosted by the FTU.
 
This event is open to all new employees and will provide an overview of KIT, including its research topics, facilities and diverse offerings. During the Welcome Day, new employees will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues and start building networks. At a marketplace, various service units — and now also the KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) — will present their areas of work, processes, and offerings.
 
Dear new colleagues, we look forward to getting to know you! :)

Where to put the nuclear waste? The official site selection process for a final repository in Germany has been underway since 2019. An important milestone will be reached in 2027: a small number of sites will be intensively explored. For the regions affected, there will then be "regional conferences" as an innovative format for public participation.
 
Behind this is a learning curve for the state and politicians - from the civil war-like resistance to the peaceful use of nuclear energy in Germany to the project of realizing the repository in an exemplary manner - if possible in cooperation with citizens.
 
Public participation should be "dialog-oriented". The exchange of arguments is intended to improve the quality of the decision in the interests of the "best possible safety". The process can be described as a "school of democracy".
 
If you are interested in the final disposal of radioactive waste, have questions about the processes or have not yet asked yourself what happens to nuclear waste, you can find out more here. Exchange ideas with apl. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Smeddinck, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) since 2019 and apl. professor at the University of Halle-Wittenberg with a focus on: Environmental and technical law, particular in the area of law governing the search for final repositories, as well as interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches.
 
📅 Tuesday, 23. June 2026
📍 MobiLab at Kronenplatz, Karlsruhe
⌚ 13:30 - 14:30
⭐ admission free
 
This edition of MuT2Go will be held in German spoken language and is just right for you if you are interested in one or more of the following topics:
 
Repository search Site conflicts Public participation Safety issues Democratic process  
The course is part of the Days of Democracy 2026 and will be framed by the exhibition "...you tell me - trust in science", which will be on display at MobiLab on June 26 and 27.
 
More info on the event ➡️https://www.mensch-und-technik.kit.edu/mut2go.php

Innerhalb des Aufenthalts der CORNER-Installation am Kronenplatz vom Dienstag, den 23.06.2026 bis zum Samstag, den 28.06.2026, werden sechs öffentliche Führungen angeboten, um das Forschungsprojekt Prefigure mit Hilfe des mobilen Tools CORNER vorzustellen. Innerhalb der öffentlichen Führung werden die verschiedenen Stationen bezüglich der Wohnungs- und Energiekrise erklärt. Die Teilnehmenden erhalten die Möglichkeit eigenständig die verschiedenen Stationen auszuprobieren sowie im Rahmen einer gemeinsamen Reflexionsrunde die behandelten Themen zu diskutieren. Außerdem werden die Teilnehmenden herzlich dazu eingeladen ihre eigenen Erfahrungen und Gedanken zur Wohnungs- und Energiekrise zu teilen.

As part of the Triangel Days of Democracy 2026, the SOSEC consortium hosts How Are You, Democracy? – Academic Conference on Measuring Sentiment and Polarization in Times of Crises on June 25, 2026 at Kronenplatz, Karlsruhe.
 
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology invite researchers to submit poster contributions by June 1, 2026.
 
The conference brings together empirical research on how social sentiment, polarization, and trust in institutions co-evolve during political and societal crises. We welcome contributions from political science, sociology, communication research, computational social science, psychology, and adjacent fields. Accepted posters will be published in a curated online collection after the conference. Participation is free of charge.
 
Topics include, but are not limited to:
Social sentiment and political attitudes during crises Polarization, fragmentation, and cohesion in democratic societies Trust in institutions, media, and political actors Early warning signals, critical events, and tipping points in democratic systems Computational approaches: panel data, social media analysis, NLP, agent-based modeling Comparative perspectives on democratic resilience Methodological innovations in measuring social sentiment Digital participation, deliberation, and platform effects on democratic discourse  
Special Guest: Prof. Dr. Oliver Nachtwey (University of Basel)
 
The poster session is designed for exchange across empirical, theoretical, and applied perspectives, and between academia, civil society, and the wider public. The conference language is English.
 
➡️Submit your poster abstract here now!
➡️Register here to participate in general (with or without poster)!

Science communication on socially relevant scientific or technological issues often finds itself caught between the poles of factual information and normative evaluation. Take, for instance, the ways in which these issues are discussed in the public sphere, whether it's climate change, artificial intelligence, or genetic engineering. Terms such as 'climate justice', 'AI slop' and 'Frankenfood' can clarify social values and their significance in debates about science and technology. However, they also run the risk of delegitimising justified opposing positions prematurely or oversimplifying complex issues.
 
The research project "Moralizations in science communication" is dedicated to the question of how values can be communicated in connection with scientific issues in such a way that evidence-based compromises can be found and polarization dynamics can be limited.
Have we piqued your interest? Take the opportunity to exchange ideas with Anna Rifat Klassen. They have a background in philosophy and the history of life sciences and works at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) in the BMFTR-funded project "Moralizations in Science Communication" (MoWiKo).
 
📅 Friday, 26. June 2026
📍 MobiLab at Kronenplatz, Karlsruhe
⌚ 13:30 - 14:30
⭐ admission free
 
This edition of MuT2Go will be held in German spoken language (with AI-based English simultaneous translation on screens) and is just right for you if you are interested in one or more of the following topics:
 
Public debates about science Science, technology and values Science communication Green genetic engineering  
The course is part of the Days of Democracy 2026 and will be framed by the exhibition "...you tell me - trust in science", which will be on display at MobiLab on June 26 and 27.
 
More info on the event ➡️https://www.mensch-und-technik.kit.edu/mut2go.php

The KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) will now introduce itself to new KIT employees during the Welcome Days, which are hosted by the FTU.
 
This event is open to all new employees and will provide an overview of KIT, including its research topics, facilities and diverse offerings. During the Welcome Day, new employees will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues and start building networks. At a marketplace, various service units — and now also the KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) — will present their areas of work, processes, and offerings.
 
Dear new colleagues, we look forward to getting to know you! :)

The KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) will now introduce itself to new KIT employees during the Welcome Days, which are hosted by the FTU.
 
This event is open to all new employees and will provide an overview of KIT, including its research topics, facilities and diverse offerings. During the Welcome Day, new employees will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues and start building networks. At a marketplace, various service units — and now also the KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) — will present their areas of work, processes, and offerings.
 
Dear new colleagues, we look forward to getting to know you! :)

The KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) will now introduce itself to new KIT employees during the Welcome Days, which are hosted by the FTU.
 
This event is open to all new employees and will provide an overview of KIT, including its research topics, facilities and diverse offerings. During the Welcome Day, new employees will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues and start building networks. At a marketplace, various service units — and now also the KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) — will present their areas of work, processes, and offerings.
 
Dear new colleagues, we look forward to getting to know you! :)

The KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) will now introduce itself to new KIT employees during the Welcome Days, which are hosted by the FTU.
 
This event is open to all new employees and will provide an overview of KIT, including its research topics, facilities and diverse offerings. During the Welcome Day, new employees will have the opportunity to connect with colleagues and start building networks. At a marketplace, various service units — and now also the KIT Center for Human and Technology (MuT) — will present their areas of work, processes, and offerings.
 
Dear new colleagues, we look forward to getting to know you! :)