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

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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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