Living and Acting in a Changing World: University Open Air Campus at Catholic Day Erfurt

Many people experience the present as a time of almost unmanageable crises and upheavals: questions of climate protection, the challenges of digitalisation, successful childhood and youth, dealing with the experiences of the GDR in a united Germany. Researchers at the University of Erfurt are working on analysing these issues. The open air campus offers a day-long opportunity to talk to them about their research under the motto "Changing World Relations: Living and Acting in a Changing World".

Programme

11 a.m. –12.30 p.m.
Biografie zwischen DDR-Erfahrung und Transformation
(Biography between GDR experience and transformation)
Professor Christiane Kuller, Professor Jörg Seiler and Professor Sandra Tänzer

12.45–1.30 p.m.
"Weltbeziehungen"
Professor Walter Bauer-Wabnegg in conversation with Professor Hartmut Rosa
(Moderation: Professor Julia Knop)

1.45 –2.45 p.m.
Game of Truth: Digitale Öffentlichkeit und Demokratie
(Game of Truth: Digital Public Sphere and Democracy)
Professor Leyla Dogruel and Professor Thorsten Thiel

3–4.45 p.m.
Kindeswohl zwischen Gefahr und Schutz: Katholische Einrichtungen, DDR-Wochenkrippen und derzeitige Jugendschutzeinrichtungen
(Child welfare between danger and protection: Catholic institutions, GDR day nurseries and current youth protection facilities)
Assistant Professor Tobias Franzheld, Professor Florian von Rosenberg and Professor Myriam Wijlens

5–6.30 p.m.
Mensch, tu was! Verhaltenswissenschaft für klimagesundes Verhalten
(Human, do something! Behavioural science for climate-friendly behaviour)
Professor Cornelia Betsch and Professor Guido Mehlkop

Further events in which the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt is involved can be found on the German Catholic Day website.