Welcome to FORUM
Our core topic is the exchange between science and society in teaching, public events and research. The teaching and research of a university of excellence such as the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) potentially contributes to overcoming major social and global challenges. For this to succeed, it is important that science and society are in dialogue. As central scientific unit at KIT, we contribute to the following activities:
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In teaching, students acquire interdisciplinary knowledge, key competences and knowledge outside their own subject boundaries. The General Studies as well as in-depth study programmes provide orientation for one’s studies and society. Our teaching prepares students for successful action in their later professional life at the interfaces between science, economy, politics and the public.
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In events for the public, we take up socially relevant debates on the environment, technology and science and reflect on the consequences of scientific action. We also ask how the exchange between science and society can succeed and how it should be shaped in liberal democracies.
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In our research, we deal with the dynamics of public debates on science, technology and sustainability based on social science research methods.
With the renaming on 1 October 2024 to Studium Generale. Forum Science and Society, the FORUM expresses the further development of the content of its predecessor institution, the ZAK | Centre for Cultural Studies and Studium Generale. With our activities, we contribute to a broader understanding of the relationship between science and society.
Futher InformationIn the Colloquium Fundamentale in the winter semester 2023/24, experts will examine the relationship between humans and scientific and technological progress from a humanities and social science perspective.
Futher InformationThe course catalogue for the winter semester 2024/25 is online! All information on courses and public events is now also available in our course catalogue. Registration for the courses is possible from 9 October 2024, 12 noon via the Campus+ portal.
Further InformationThe new accompanying study programme Science, Technology and Society starts in the winter semester 2024/25! The additional programme for students and doctoral candidates of all subjects offers basic knowledge on the interrelationships between science, technology, business, politics and society.
Futher InformationFORUM is a central academic unit at KIT based on three pillars: research, studies and public events.
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