Events

Start your own #climatechallenge!
The #climatechallenge is aimed at people who would like to get more involved in climate protection and would like to hold their own workshop in their private or professional environment. In the approximately three-hour online training you will get to know the workshop format in more detail. Anyone who works or does voluntary work in municipalities, neighborhoods, clubs or parishes can take part. We also offer all participants in the training courses supervision for exchange and networking.
 
Places are limited. The training language is German. Participation is free of charge.
 
The organizer is the Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change at ITAS. The #climatechallenge project is funded by the National Climate Protection Initiative.
 
More information and registration

If you want to participate in the lecture online, please contact meike.hebich@kit.edu. 
 
Abstract The presentation will address conflicts and trade-offs as catalyst, consequence and outcome of urban sustainability transformation. The discussion will highlight the underlying causes of conflicts and trade-offs by looking at their emergence, the consequences of their occurrence, the manner in which they are (or are not) addressed and the insights that can be gained from them for a more comprehensive and sophisticated understanding of transformation and a more effective approach to its realisation and implementation. The conceptual framework of the talk will examine the interconnections between urban transformation research and social conflict analysis, illustrating the potential for cross-fertilization. The presentation will include case studies from a number of empirical projects which address a variety of urban policy fields, including green space development, green gentrification and environmental injustices, local mobility transformation and urban land use conflicts. 
 
Dr. Annegret Haase is an urban sociologist working at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Leipzig, Germany, at the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Sociology. Her main research foci are urban transformation within the context of crisis and conflict, socio-spatial and socio-environmental processes in cities, urban inequalities and justice issues, urban diversity, local governance and participation.
 
About Urban Research Series at ITAS Organized by: Georgia Alexandri, Tim Fraske, Claudia Schreider, Ulrich Ufer
 
Urban research and technology assessment intersect in studying the complex interactions between technology, society, and the built environment. In the Urban Research Series at ITAS we aim to stimulate knowledge transfer across disciplines and foster networking to contribute to sustainable, equitable, and resilient cities of the future.

Am 21. November 2024 findet der Vortrag „Urban sustainability transformation – what they
are about and what we can learn from them” von Annegret Haase vom Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung statt. Der Vortrag ist für alle Bürger:innen und interessierte Studierende des KIT geöffnet.

This seminar consists of four talks from guest researchers and ITAS researchers about Urban Green Spaces and a discussion at the end. The event will be in English and open to everyone who is interested.
 
10:30 - 10:35 Welcome by Prof. Armin Grunwald and Dr. Somidh Saha 10:35 - 11:00 Aligning history and design with function - rethinking the role of Green Infrastructure in complex east and Southeast Asian cities
by Prof. Ian Mell (20 min)
Q&A for Prof. Ian Mell (5 min)
11:00 - 11:15 Exploring the development of Community Parks in Urban-Rural Fringe Areas in China: Stakeholder Perspectives and Strategies for Sustainable Planning
by Ke Wang (12 min)
Q&A for Ke Wang (3 min)
11:15 - 11:30 Understanding policy challenges and trade-offs in improving accessibility to urban green space for cultural ecosystem services provision in Jakarta
by Irvanu Rahman (12 min)
Q&A for Irvanu Rahman (3 min)
11:30 - 11:45 Centralized vs. Decentralized Approaches to Urban Green Spaces: Lessons from Korea and Germany
by Jaewon Son (12 min)
Q&A for Jaewon Son (3 min)
11:45 - 12:00 Discussion  
Please find the abstracts to the talks on the event page. 
If you want to participate, please contact Meike Hebich (meike.hebich@kit.edu). 

And how are urban trees used differently by women and men or by us in Germany? Angela Beckmann-Wübbelt would like to discuss these and other questions with you. Angela is conducting research for her doctoral thesis in Kumasi, Ghana.
 
WHEN? 3 December 2024 from 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE? Karl9, Karlstraße 9, Karlsruhe Entry free. You can come and go at any time.
"Tell me, ITAS" is a series of events organized by ITAS at Karl9 - Science hub for technology and society. Researchers move their workplace to Karl9 for an afternoon and answer your questions about their research topics.

Am 05. Dezember 2024 findet der Vortrag „The socio-ecological housing question and
tenant protest in Berlin” von Lisa Vollmer von der Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar statt. Der Vortrag ist für alle Bürger:innen und interessierte Studierende des KIT geöffnet.

Start your own #climatechallenge!
The #climatechallenge is aimed at people who would like to get more involved in climate protection and would like to hold their own workshop in their private or professional environment. In the approximately three-hour online training you will get to know the workshop format in more detail. Anyone who works or does voluntary work in municipalities, neighborhoods, clubs or parishes can take part. We also offer all participants in the training courses supervision for exchange and networking.
 
Places are limited. The training language is German. Participation is free of charge.
 
The organizer is the Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change at ITAS. The #climatechallenge project is funded by the National Climate Protection Initiative.
 
More information and registration

And how does this work, especially in times of fake news and disinformation? Journalist Katja Thorwarth and researcher Dana Mahr discuss with you the challenges and opportunities in communicating scientific topics.
 
WHEN? 17 December 2024 from 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE? Karl9, Karlstraße 9, Karlsruhe Entry free. You can come and go at any time.
"Tell me, ITAS" is a series of events organized by ITAS at Karl9 - Science hub for technology and society. Researchers move their workplace to Karl9 for an afternoon and answer your questions about their research topics.

Am 19. Dezember 2024 findet der Vortrag „Airbnb and touristification as drivers of inequality” von Augustin Cocola Gant vom Karlsruher Institut für Technologie statt. Der Vortrag ist für alle Bürger:innen und interessierte Studierende des KIT geöffnet.

Closing event of the IANUS Media Panel on 25 February 2025 in Berlin
 
The event provides a platform for exchange on one of the most important issues of our time: trust in science and the role of science journalism in strengthening - or weakening - this trust. At a time when misinformation and public scepticism are pervasive, good and appropriate communication of scientific findings is crucial.
Our panel brings together science journalists, science communicators, politicians and researchers to present and discuss the results of scientific work on trust in science and the role of journalism from different countries. The focus will be on what constitutes science journalism, what ails it and how it can be strengthened to secure the basis of public trust.
 
Find out more about the prominent guests, the programme and registration: https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/events_2025_ianus_journalism_trust_science.php