Events
Workshop on Open science and Inclusion
Open science aims at improving the transparency of knowledge generation and has the potential to address problems of inequity. The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science focuses on the availability and accessibility of science by all who need it, and on equal possibilities of knowledge generation, access, and use. So far, however, scientific knowledge has mainly been generated and is mostly accessible in high-income countries (HICs) while researchers from low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are rarely given co-leadership in open science discussions. Our four-day online workshop and training (3 hours per day) will focus on fostering and implementing equal collaborations with research partners in LMICs and address open sciences practices in projects implemented in LMICs. The aim is to offer researchers at all levels from HICs insights on what to expect when preparing for research in LMICs on an equal level and give concrete advice on how to best implement open science practices. The workshop will be interactive. The lecturers will provide practice examples from projects conducted in Kenyan urban, rural and remote settings and guide practice sessions addressing issues such as forming equitable research teams, developing the research grant application, implementing open data, methods and materials, preparing ethic approvals, using and modifying research instruments developed in HICs, preparing participants to receive the study, aspects of collaboratively managing and reporting on grant resources, open access publications, and dissemination of findings both in HICs and LMICs, among other details. The workshop will allow time for participants to seek clarification on aspects of their current or planned projects relevant to the discussion topics. Our sessions will be the following: 1) First session offered by Mario Schmidt and Ben Eyre (Wednesday, 20th, 2-5 pm EAT): Setting up research teams across the Global North/South divide and acquiring funds This session will share insights into the process of setting up a research team and acquiring funds for a project. It will use as an example an ongoing multidisciplinary and international research project funded by the British Academy. We will talk about several practical issues (including how they vary depending on who you are working with and how). We will speak frankly about recent (even ongoing) examples of opportunities and challenges when trying to work collaboratively across different types of organizations, differences in research cultures, profound enduring inequalities, and information asymmetries. 2) Second session offered by Pamela Wadende & Henriette Zeidler (Thursday, 21st, 2-5pm EAT): Managing resources and research teams in collaborations between HICs and LMICs This session will offer insights into the details of managing research projects in LMICs. We focus on financial management as well as on ways of bringing local assistants on board to build strong, long-lasting teams on the ground. Our local assistants will provide their practical experience to the training.Our experiences are based on projects which involve multiple sites in LMICs and are led by local researchers: Two projects funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation in Northern Kenya, Ethiopia, and Cameroon (led by Pamela Wadende), a Swedish Research Council project with Linkoping University, and a UKRI-ESRC funded project in collaboration with Aston University, the University of Sheffield, and the University of Zambia. 3) Third session offered by Joel Wambua and Patrick Forscher (Friday, 22nd, 2-5pm EAT): Acknowledging local ethical requirements: Consent, ethical clearance, and open science in LMCIs Based upon their experiences at a LMIC research organization (Busara, Nairobi), Joel Wambua and Patrick Forscher will share insights into the challenges of acquiring ethical clearances in LMICs and present the complexities of assuring informed consent in political-economic unstable and complex environments, such as informal settlements. Furthermore, they will reflect on research hierarchies between Global North researchers and research participants from the Global South and share their experiences about open science efforts in East Africa. 4) Forth session bringing together the whole team (Monday, 25th, 2-5pm): Disseminating results in just ways: publishing, open access, feedback to participants (plus general Q&A on the other topics) This session will bring together all workshop participants to share their experience with disseminating research results both to the larger scientific community as well as to local research participants. It is designed as an open discussion between the lecturers and the audience. Depending on the audience, it might, e.g., focus on barriers inhibiting inclusivity and visibility of LMIC scholars as well as on challenges of feeding back scientific results to local communities. About the lecturers Pamela Wadende is a lecturer of Developmental psychology at Kisii University, Kenya. She is interested in childhood education and human flourishing in general and has worked among the Turkana of Northern Kenya surveying mental health literacy among adolescents, conceptualizations, pathways and impediments to human flourishing, character development among children in school and home settings, and with populations in Ethiopia and Zambia. Some funders for her various projects include: Templeton World Charity Foundation for the projects in Northern Kenya, Gondar in Ethiopia and Bamenda in Cameroon for which she is a PI, a UKRI-ESRC project with Aston University, University of Sheffield, UK and University of Zambia and Swedish research council project with Linkoping University surveying flourishing in the face of climate change. Mario Schmidt is a senior research specialist at Busara, Kenya with a background in anthropology. He has over fifteen years of experience working in Kenya and has conducted fieldwork in western Kenya and Nairobi. His research interests include changing notions of masculinity, experiences of stress and financial pressure, and the viability of qualitative methods in the development sector. Henriette Zeidler is a postdoctoral fellow at Sapienza University in Italy and Kisii University in Kenya and has been conducting research on children's social and cognitive development in sub-Saharan Africa since 2011. Supported by a team of local assistants, she recently established a small start-up and has been implementing cross-cultural research projects in Kenya for a wide range of partners from the Global North, including the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Aston University (UK), the University of Bern (Switzerland), and UC Berkeley (USA). Ben Eyre is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of East Anglia in the UK and has been working in East Africa since 2016, focusing on philanthropy, sustainable finance, and research infrastructures. He is also the PI of a British Academy funded project exploring the lived experiences of enumerators working in ‘evidence based development’ and how these relate to data quality. Patrick Forscher is a leading scholar in the international open and meta-science movement. He is director of the only meta-research team in the East African scientific ecosystem, Busara’s meta-research team “CREME” (Culture, Research Methods, and Ethics). His team fuses the methods and perspectives of meta-research with the focus areas of global development. Joel Wambua is a research specialist at Busara. He has been working on how the relationship between research organization and research participants can be improved both ethically and scientifically. His research interest focuses on applied behavioral economics and questions relating to public policy and research ethics, as well as on adapting research measures that are contextually relevant. The workshop is funded by the Open Science Ambassador Programme of the Berlin University Alliance.
“Who’s getting it right? Making sense of China’s Foreign and Tech policy” - Lecture by Prof. Todd Hall from the University of Oxford
This is the first lecture of the "Lecture Series on Science, Technology, and Innovation" hosted by the Berlin Contemporary China Network (BCCN), an initiative by researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, and Technische Universität Berlin. It is organized by TU Berlin.
Location: Humboldt University Berlin Department for East Asian Studies Johannisstr. 10 10117 Berlin Room 301
Introduction to Real-World Lab Research
Location: online
Patient Engagement in Health Research
Location: online
THE OXFORD-BERLIN LECTURE - A History of International Thought Without Men
Location: Centre for British Studies Mohrenstraße 60 10117 Berlin Room 105 and online via Zoom
KICK OFF YOUR DOCTORATE (organized by FU Berlin)
Location: Seminaris SeeHotel Potsdam; An der Pirschheide 40, 14471 Potsdam
Open Science Ambassadors
Roundtable discussion at the online colloquium of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value of the Berlin University Alliance.
Location: Online only: Webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m0466d3732c74f5b5c90907bca1bf530c Meeting-Kennnummer: 2793 425 1621 Passwort: 3AJprf6Kdr8
Koexistenzen im Wasser: Lernen mit Algen und Axolotln
Start der aquatischen Stadterkundung “WasserWissen | Parcours” am 6.12. im Kunstgewerbemuseum
Location: Kunstgewerbemuseum Matthäikirchplatz 10785 Berlin
How do I develop and implement participatory research projects?
Location: in presence
1st Berlin-BioTECH Symposium “Difficult to Express Proteins (DEP)”
Location: Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin (VLB) e.V. Seestraße 13, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Lecture: Scholarly Communication
Location: Digital:https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/61518329372 Meeting ID: 615 1832 9372 In Persona: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft Dorotheenstr. 26, 10117 Berlin Room 121
Questionable Research Practices
Location: Remote Participation: Zoom Time: Jan 27, 2025 02:15 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/61936511426 Meeting ID: 619 3651 1426 In Persona: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft Dorotheenstr. 26, 10117 Berlin Room 121
THE OXFORD-BERLIN LECTURE - Where is Le Borysthène? Writing about “Russian“ Ballet Today
Location: Centre for British Studies Mohrenstraße 60 10117 Berlin Room 105 and online via Zoom
Introduction to Transdisciplinary Research
Location: online
Researching with Society: International Perspectives
HU Office for Knowledge Exchange with Society at Zentrum für Kulturtechnik and TD-Lab – Laboratory for Transdisciplinary Research of the Berlin University Alliance present “Researching with Society: International Perspectives” on November 20th 2024, a get-together at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin on participatory research and public engagement offering learning and networking opportunities for Berlin researchers.
Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Campus Nord, Philippstraße 13, Haus 3, 10115 Berlin
Webinar ”Citizen Science”
Location: online
Lecture: Open Research Data and Artificial Intelligence
Location: In-person participation: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft Dorotheenstraße 26, 10117 Berlin Room 121 Remote Participation: Zoom Time: Nov 18, 2024 02:15 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/68986051037 Meeting ID: 689 8605 1037
Sensing Common Grounds. Towards Collaborative Speculation
Roundtable Discussion
Location: Kurssaal/Objektlabor Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik, HU Berlin Campus Nord Philippstraße 13/Haus 3
ERC- Webinar for Starting and Consolidator Grants
Location: Webex
Superb Supervision - Mentoring your PhD Candidate towards responsible Research Practices
This course is designed to help supervisors of doctoral students not only to develop their supervision skills but also to strengthen their ability to integrate Responsible Research Practices into the supervision process from the very beginning. The goal is not only to strengthen a research culture characterized by openness and communication. It is just as much about creating conditions with which practices of responsible research are established early in the research process. In this way, a sustainable contribution to ensuring the quality of research is to be made.
Location: The event will take place on-site at the Freie Universität Berlin. You will receive all details on the workshop shortly before the event date.
Democracy under attack: Round Table Discussion at Falling Walls Science Summit
As in previous years, the Berlin University Alliance will be represented with a round table at the Falling Walls Science Summit.
Location: Falling Walls Science House Karl-Marx-Allee 34 10178 Berlin
Information Event X-Student Research Groups
Information Event on the Call for Proposals for the summer term 2025
Location: https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/69139119237
Information Event X-Tutorials
Online Information Event on the Call for Proposals for Students
Location: https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/commitments/teaching-learning/sturop/tutorials/call-for-proposals/index.html
Berlin Science Week 2024
Location: Museum für Naturkunde Invalidenstr. 43 10115 Berlin
The Narrative CV Format
This event is part of the Colloquium Series of the Objective 3: Advancing Research Quality and Value. It is co-organized by the Objective 4: Promoting Talent, and the Action Research on Research Culture Project (ARRC) at the University of Cambridge, with participation of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Location: Online only Webex https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m085daeaa210446008786e0049676c2c4
BUA-Oxford Science Exchange Week
In the week from 28 October 2024 to 1 November 2024, the STEM team of the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership will hold various workshops in the areas of Energy/PV & Batteries, Catalysis/Hydrogenases, Automation and Bioenergy.
TD-Lab Funding Program
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
(In)Credible Research 2024: Creative and Credible!
Location: LUFTRAUM, Maienstr.4, 10787 Berlin
Berlin Conference for Student Research
Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Dorotheenstraße 24 in 10117 Berlin (House 1, Floor 4)
TD-Lab Training Program
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Review Quality Collector: Reviewing as a source of reputation
Presentation at the online colloquium of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value of the Berlin University Alliance.
Location: Webex https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m0ab12e59459baabdb47e7ef2ccae971f Meeting-Kennnummer (Zugriffscode): 2787 708 5593
STI 2024 - International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators
The aim of the event is to explore the complicated dynamics between concepts of openness and closedness in science, technology and innovation and to highlight their implications for research, policy and practice.
Location: Fraunhofer-Forum Berlin, Anna-Louisa-Karsch Str. 2, 10178 Berlin and Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Spandauer Str. 1, 10178 Berlin .
Happiness Ahoy - Strengthened and healthy through the doctoral thesis
Location: Umwelt-Bildungszentrum Berlin
Black Women Archives Matter!
Research Presentations, Performances, Artistic Positions
Location: Uferstudios Studio 1 Uferstr. 23 13357 Berlin-Wedding
Panel discussion: The 2024 UK General Election. Results, Politics and Public Opinion
Location: Centre for British Studies Mohrenstr. 60, 10117 Berlin
"Nach Rilke: Übersetzung, Nachahmung, poetischer Dialog" - DHC lecture with Karen Leeder.
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Seminarzentrum, Raum L 115 Otto-von-Simson-Straße 26 14195 Berlin
Bringing light into the thicket of versions
The "Data Versioning" interest group of the Research Data Alliance has developed six principles that can be used to describe versioning. This presentation will introduce the principles of versioning research data and discuss their application in practice.
Location: The colloquium takes place online. You can obtain the access data by sending an informal e-mail to: bbk-des-ibi@hu-berlin.de
Networking Event: Human 3D Organ Models
Join Berlin scientist to present and discuss your work on human 3D models
Location: Campus Charité Mitte, Virchowweg 6, CCO courtyard and atrium
“Rethinking global challenges – Sustainable Energies” - workshop and networking event
This workshop aims to bring together researchers from Berlin ( BUA and BR50 ) and Oxford university to lay the foundation for further impactful collaborations and plan collaborative applications to existing calls from diverse funding agencies.
Location: TU Berlin EINS - Innovationsplattform und Coworkingspace Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1, 10587 Berlin
3rd Annual Symposium of the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership: Futures – new knowledge for a complex world
In a world of constant change, there is a pressing need for all of us to re-imagine likely challenges and scenarios to address the future. Are we equipped to do just that? While global challenges like climate change and migration need global solutions, we are in danger of returning to the old world of geopolitical rivalry, capitalist instability, nationalist self-assertion, and major wars. As Einstein said, “we cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them” – but we are in danger of doing just that. In this event, thinkers from Berlin, Oxford and beyond are coming together in the iconic Humboldt Forum to look at likely futures for a complex world where the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ interact uneasily. They chart the move from global challenges to planetary imperatives and the impact of new technologies and of new forms of scientific knowledge (on democratic development, on health, on new forms of energy and ideas of social organisation and connectivity). We hope you have space in your diary on Wednesday, 3 July 2024 to join us at the Humboldt-Forum for an all-day programme looking at different aspects of ‘futures’ in our joint research disciplines: STEM, the Medical Sciences, the Social Sciences, and the Arts and Humanities. You will find the complete programme and the link to the registration page at the bottom of this page.
Location: Auditorium 3 (Saal 3) Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 1 10178 Berlin
Meeting of the Journal Club for Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation
Location: https://zoom.us/j/95761653396?pwd=MGZ6RkYyS1JVV0pKc2tOelJ4b292dz09 Meeting-ID: 957 6165 3396 Kenncode: 487086
Workshop "Research data publications between dynamics and persistence"
Location: Robert-Koch-Forum des Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF), Wilhelmstraße 67, 10117 Berlin
The Oxford-Berlin Lecture: Britain, Europe and the Changing Global Order since 1900
This lecture is a cooperation between the Centre for British Studies and the Franco-German Centre Marc Bloch, associated institute of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Location: Centre for British Studies Mohrenstr. 60, 10117 Berlin
Meeting of the Journal Club for Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation
Location: https://zoom.us/j/95761653396?pwd=MGZ6RkYyS1JVV0pKc2tOelJ4b292dz09 Meeting-ID: 957 6165 3396 Kenncode: 487086
Distinguished Speaker Series - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI): Asifa Majid
Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Distinguished Speaker Series - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI): Asifa Majid
Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Thursday Morning Talk - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI)
Verena Wagner (University of Konstanz), “On Pause: Suspending Judgment and Abstaining in Machine Learning”
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Current developments in the BUA OpenX initiative
Presentation as part of the online colloquium of Goal 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value of the Berlin University Alliance.
Location: Webex Link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m709f8eb7794fc5356b317a6984f8904f MeetingID: 2733 297 1923 Passwort: ydRTS3BeH75 via video system Dial 27332971923@fu-berlin.webex.com You can also dial 62.109.219.4 and enter your meeting ID. Via Phone +49-619-6781-9736 Germany Toll +49-89-95467578 Germany Toll 2 access code: 2733 297 1923
Thursday Morning Talk - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI)
Asieh Daneshi, “The effect of group size and group density on behavioral contagion in humans”
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
PI Lecture with Alan Akbik
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Thursday Morning Talk - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI)
Thursday Morning Talk - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI)
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Meeting of the Journal Club for Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation
Location: https://zoom.us/j/95761653396?pwd=MGZ6RkYyS1JVV0pKc2tOelJ4b292dz09 Meeting-ID: 957 6165 3396 Kenncode: 487086
Science of Intelligence (SCIoI): PI Lecture - Guillermo Gallego
PI Lecture - Guillermo Gallego
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Thursday Morning Talk - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI)
”Creating Multi-Level Skill Hierarchies in Reinforcement Learning” by Joshua B. Evans
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Entangled. Being-with-music
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Eric F. Clarke, FBA (University of Oxford)
Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Department of Musicology and Media Studies Am Kupfergraben 5 10117 Berlin Room 501
Rethinking global challenges – Sustainable Energies
Open preparatory meeting for an Oxford-Berlin Workshop on Sustainable Energy on 4-5 July
Location: online
Publish Research Hardware: Why, What, How?
Presentation in the framework of the Online-Colloquium of the Berlin University Alliance's Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value.
Location: Webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m613cd422fc24b424023bbd34715d2545 Meeting-Kennnummer: 2790 205 1299 Passwort: CEk5PupRP38
Distinguished Speaker Series - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI): Searching for Structure in Unfalsifiable Claims”, Serge Belongie (University of Copenhagen)
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Thursday Morning Talk - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI): Two independent origins of complex brains and intelligent behavior in birds and mammals by Pavel Nemec (Charles Uni)
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
European Parliament election 2024 – trends and projections
On Wednesday 17 April 2024 from 7.00pm to 8.00pm CET, Prof Simon Hix and Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow Prof Tarik Abou-Chadi will be discussing the European Parliament election 2024 on Zoom. Recent trends in elections and opinion polls throughout the EU indicate a significant rightward shift, with the populist right expected to emerge as a main winner in the 2024 European Parliament elections. This political realignment, amid internal and external challenges for the European Union, could have profound implications for EU policy, including environmental and foreign policies.
Webinar ”Introduction to transdisciplinary research”
Location: online
Thursday Morning Talk - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI): Practical challenges in formation control and mobile robot swarms by Hector Garcia de Marina (University of Granada)
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Happiness Ahoy
Strengthened and healthy through the doctoral thesis
Location: UMWELT-Bildungszentrum Berlin
Thursday Morning Talk - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI)
Assessing the Factual Knowledge Contained in Language Models During Lifelong Learning by Jacek Wiland
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
“… that is the Question” – Towards a History of the Question as an Epistemic Genre in the Early Modern Age
International Conference of the romanistic project A07 “ Erotema . The Question as an Epistemic Genre in the Learned Societies and the Periodical Press of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries ”
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Villa Engler Altensteinstr. 2 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Research Integrity in Practice
Presentation at the online colloquium of the Advancing Research Quality and Value focus area of the Berlin University Alliance.
Location: Webex Meeting-Link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m8bd37e3b5c9f80937e05edb4acd59732 Meeting-ID: 2788 947 1278 Meeting Password: BPrxzVgj776
Distinguished Speaker Series - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI): Filling the Cognitive Gap for Everyday Tasks (Michael Beetz, Universität Bremen)
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
Thursday Morning Talk - Science of Intelligence (SCIoI): Complexity Science for Societal Good by Fariba Karimi (Graz University of Technology)
Location: MAR Building, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin Room: MAR 2.057
The Pitfalls of Bad Practices in Genetic Big Data and AI
Location: Einstein Center Digital Future Robert-Koch-Forum Wilhelmstraße 67 10117 Berlin
Webinar for BUA-PhD Students: What is the new Open Science mission statement about and how can I engage with it?
Location: Webex (link follows registration)
Skills workshop on community engagement for researchers
Workshop on engaged research (part of the seminar series "Evidence-based society?! How researchers can contribute to fostering democracy" Wondering what to think about community-based research and how to make its principles work in your field and research? Then this workshop is for you! When : Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 5-6.30pm GMT | 12-1.30pm EST | 8-9.30pm EAT | 6-7.30pm CET Sign-up : Due to the active participation necessary for this workshop, we have a separate sign-up for this session. Please let us know ASAP should you have signed up and are no longer able to join. Please sign up here . Who : Dr René Oosthuizen is a senior lecturer at the Community Engagement Division at Rhodes University, South Africa, and the Rhodes University academic lead for UNESCO Knowledge for Change (K4C), and most importantly an experienced engaged Research academic and brilliant workshop leader. ...together with Claire McCann, PhD student at the Department of Education, University of Oxford What : A collaborative workshop on the practical implementation of Engaged Research principles across disciplines and methods with the goal of familiarising participants with the principles of community-based participatory research, providing practical guidance on how participants may be able to incorporate engaged elements into their existing research, and providing tools for connecting with communities, and navigating barriers (power dynamics, institutional barriers) The workshop requires your active participation to the extent you are comfortable. It will include group work and we ask that, if you feel comfortable, you bring an object that means something to you (and whose story you feel comfortable sharing with others). This series is organised by a group of early career researchers from the Student Network for Open Science , the Rhodes Scholars for Science Communication, Policy, and Engagement with Society, and the Master of Public Policy at the University of Oxford.
Location: online
Meeting of the Journal Club for Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation
Location: https://zoom.us/j/95761653396?pwd=MGZ6RkYyS1JVV0pKc2tOelJ4b292dz09 Meeting-ID: 957 6165 3396 Kenncode: 487086
Webinar for BUA-Postdocs: What is the new Open Science mission statement about and how can I engage with it?
Location: Webex (link follows registration)
Nanobubbles - Correcting the Scientific Record
Presentation at the online colloquium of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value of the Berlin University Alliance.
Location: Online: Webex https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=mbc41289190d643a4052922af0b069f3a
ERC Advanced and Synergy Grants Info Session (Online)
The European Research Council (ERC) – Information Session on Advanced and Synergy Grants
Location: Online (Webex-link will be sent after registration)
Afghanistan through the lens of local photographers
A student research exhibition
Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Invalidenstraße 118, Raum 507
Excellent research in excellent company
Facing social challenges together - panel discussion
Location: Admission from 16:30, Forum Factory (Besselstraße 13-14, 10969 Berlin//U-Bahnstation. Kochstraße / Checkpoint Charlie) and livestreaming online
How to preserve data in a monolingual environment. Introducing the project Closing the Gap in Non-Latin Script Data
Workshop to be held at the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky.
Student Exhibition: Asian Cuisine?
An Introduction to Critical Approaches to Food Culture
Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Invalidenstraße 118, Raum 507
‘Deutsche Völker’ and ‘us English Teutones’: National Literature and Identity - Public Lecture with Dr Mary Boyle
As part of the lecture series "Legacies and Afterlives of the Empire" at the Centre for British Studies (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Dr. Mary Boyle will hold a lecture on the topic of "‘Deutsche Völker’ and ‘us English Teutones’: National Literature and Identity". Dr Mary Boyle is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Junior Research Fellow from Linacre College at University of Oxford. Event Poster Register at: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de For last-minute changes please see the website: www.gbz.hu-berlin.de
Location: Centre for British Studies Mohrenstr. 60 10117 Berlin
Online-Information event on the Call for Proposals
BUA Next Grand Challenge ”Responsible Innovation in Times of Transformation”
Location: Online
"Einig Mutterland nicht in Sicht‘: Erinnerung und Erfahrung der ostdeutschen Frauenbewegung 1989-1990"
This presentation will be held in German, followed by a Q&A in English language. Dieser Vortrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie ehemalige ostdeutsche feministische Aktivist*innen sich nach etwa dreißig Jahren Wiedervereinigung an ihre Erfahrungen in nichtstaatlichen-Frauen*gruppen in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) und in der autonomen ostdeutschen Frauen*bewegung während der Wende erinnern.
Location: Dorotheenstr. 24, Raum 1.204
Workshop: Open Science and Research Quality
(Abstract) In this interactive workshop, we will introduce student and early career participants to concepts of research quality and Open Science. The workshop briefly introduces the science policy context of these two areas and explores the relationship between quality and openness. In addition, participants will be introduced to practical examples of openness and quality assurance in the research process and provided with concrete tools.
Location: Geschäftsstelle der Berlin University Alliance Kleine Präsidentenstraße 1, 10178 Berlin (S Hackescher Markt)
Evidence-Based Society?! How Researchers Can Contribute to Fostering Democracy
A seminar series diving into the challenge of interdisciplinary research communication
Location: Online
Guided Tour: Collections & connections. Pigments across art collections
Location: Alte Nationalgalerie, Foyer Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
CRediT - Give credit where it's due.
Lecture by Amelya Keles (Berlin Exchange Medicine) (tbc) at the Colloquium of the Objective 3.
Location: Webex
Oxford Berlin Conference: Rethinking Global Engagement
The second conference organized by the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership will take place at St Antony’s College, Oxford on Wednesday 29 th November and Thursday 30 th November 2023.
Location: St. Antony's College, Oxford
“Europe in a Changing World” - Dahrendorf Panel
Location: WZB, Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin Room A 300
Crossing Boundaries
Location: Palais im Kulturbrauerei Schönhauser Allee 36, 10435 Berlin
Informations session about Deep Tech internships
Paid internship opportunities in Singapore.
Location: Vortragsraum 0‘101, Erwin Schrödinger-Zentrum, Rudower Chaussee 26, 12489 Berlin
BBC Reith Lectures 2023 - Our Democratic Future by Ben Ansell: The Future of Security
The Reith Lectures were inaugurated in 1948 by the BBC to mark the historic contribution made to public service broadcasting by Sir John (later Lord) Reith, the corporation's first Director-General. This year's BBC Radio 4 Reith lecturer is Ben Ansell , Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. His four lectures, titled Our Democratic Future, will consider how to build political systems that work for all and are robust enough to face the wide-ranging challenges of the 21st century. Mark Hallerberg will deliver introductory remarks, while presenter, journalist and author Anita Anand will chair the lectures and question-and-answer sessions. The 2023 lecture will be recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 later this year and will be available to listen to on BBC Sounds. More information can be found under this link .
Location: Enderlein Forum | Hertie School Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin
Round Table Discussion at Falling Walls on Demographic Shifts and Ageing Societies
Meet us and our Oxford partners at our Falling Walls Roundtable, “Demographic Shifts: Challenges & Best Practices of Ageing Societies Worldwide.” Berlin and Oxford experts from government, science and industry explore how we can live longer, healthier and happier lives. Increased life expectancy and declining birth rates create huge challenges for all societies: pressure on healthcare systems and resources, loneliness and implications for the economy and workforce. Addressing these challenges requires a comprehensive approach that involves government policies, healthcare systems, social services, community initiatives, intergenerational collaboration, and technological innovations. Chair: Irene Tracey (Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford); panellists: Dr. Henry Marx Secretary of State for Science and Research, Berlin Senate Department for Science, Health and Care, Professor Melinda Mills – Director, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford, Professor Elke Schäffner - Deputy Director Institute of Public Health, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, and Dr. Diana Rothe, Creative healthcare industry – PI4 GmbH Join us to explore best practice, potential solutions and approaches to tackle the consequences in a transdisciplinary way. The event will be live-streamed under the following link: https://falling-walls.com/science-summit/livestream-round-tables/
Location: Radialsystem, Studio A Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin
The Impact of Diversity on Research Quality: Exploring the Knowledge Gap
Panel discussion in Berlin with live stream
Location: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin Live-Stream
Panel Discussion at Science Week: Erosion of Democracy? Academic Freedom and Right-Wing Politics in Europe
Europe has long called itself a stronghold of democracy. However, the significant increase of populism, authoritarianism, and right-wing politics on a global level has not stopped on its borders: Across Europe, right-wing movements and parties influence political discourse at both national and international levels, endangering democratic principles, such as fair elections, separation of powers, or freedom of speech. This has led to changes not only in the political landscapes of many countries, but also in the field of academia. Attacks on academic freedom have increased, restrictions and limitations on what to research are being established. In, for instance, Hungary, the so-called Orbanization of University is underway. What effect had the rise of right-wing politics on the state of academic freedom and democracy in Europe? What are the factors that have contributed to the increase of right-wing movements and far-right ideologies taking hold? What are potential strategies that could help curb the spread of right-wing populist ideologies to strengthen democratic principles? Tarik Abou-Chadi (University of Oxford / Einstein BUA Oxford Visiting Fellow) and Kriszta Kovács (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin / Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS ) will contribute their expertise and discuss recent political developments together with Matthias Koch (ZEIT-Foundation). The event ist organized in cooperation with the Berlin Center for Global Engagement as part of the Cross-Cutting Theme Internationalization of the Berlin University Alliance and will take place in person at Campus Naturkundemuseum in Berlin. Live-Streaming is available. Please find more information on the website of Berlin Science Week: https://berlinscienceweek.com/de/event/erosion-of-democracy-academic-freedom-and-right-wing-politics-in-europe/
BUA at Berlin Science Week & Falling Walls Science Summit
Events of the network of excellence
Closing the Gap in Non-Latin Script Data
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Beatrice Gründler (Freie Universität Berlin), Dr. Theodore Beers (Freie Universität Berlin), Dr. Jonas Müller-Laackmann (Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Carl von Ossietzky Hamburg) at the Colloquium of the Objective 3.
Location: Webex
Closing the Gap in Non-Latin Script Data
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Beatrice Gründler (Freie Universität Berlin), Dr. Theodore Beers (Freie Universität Berlin), Dr. Jonas Müller-Laackman (Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky) at the Colloquium of the Objective 3.
Location: Webex
(In)Credible Research 2023: Integrity of Science
Interdisciplinary Online Conference for Early Career Researchers
Location: Online plus one event in presence (space TBA)
Conference: "Solidarity in the Migration Society"
Location: Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Wilhelmine-Gemberg-Weg 6, 10179 Berlin
How to apply to Grad School in Social Sciences
A digital Autumn School for aspiring researchers from structurally disadvantaged regions.
The National Health Service and the Legacies of Empire
Location: Centre for British Studies / Großbritannien-Zentrum Mohrenstraße 60 10117 Berlin
Research Assessment at BUA
Location: Webex