Lecture Series Summersemester 2025

The DFG-funded research impulse ‚Shaping Future Society‘ (SaFe) warmly invites you to the 2025 lecture series ‚Researching Community‘. The research impulse explores the nexus between future-oriented practices and processes of communitization across various areas of life. The lecture series contributes to this overall research objective from different angles.  It features both German and international guest speakers and will be held in English (except for the first lecture). All lectures will be followed by discussions and take place on Tuesdays from 4:30 - 6 p.m. No registration is required.

May 13, Room 32.006

Dr. Laura Behrmann, University of Wuppertal, Germany

Gesellschaftliche Krisen und Kausalitäten – Warum qualitative Forschung  jetzt umdenken muss (This event will be exceptionally held in German)

May 20, Room 10.001

Prof. Dr. Paolo Boccagni, University of Trento, Italy

Homing Revisited – Approaching Ordinary Struggles and Emerging Dilemmas of Future-Oriented Mobilities

June 24, Room 32.006

Prof. Dr. Margaret Gichuru, State University of New York, USA

How Teachers Bring Cultural Relevance into Early Childhood Education for Low-Income Families

July 1, Room 32.006

Prof. Dr. Francesca Forno, University of Trento, Italy

Beyond Food – Food Democracy as a Catalyst for Active Citizenship and Governance

July 15, Room 10.001

Prof. Dr. Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Belonging and Un/certainty in Collective Constellations – Perspectives from Asia