20. October 2022 | Magazine:

TU for Future Series of lectures on climate protection starts on 26 October

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. In the lecture series “TU for Future”, scientists from Technische Universität Braunschweig and other institutions present their research on topics such as climate justice, climate crisis, anthropogenic climate change, permaculture, sustainable supply chains or literature in climate change.

Photo credit: Green Office/TU Braunschweig

The lecture series on climate protection starts on 26 October with a lecture by professor Jürgen Kuck on the topic “There is no planet D“.

The organisers are the Green Office of TU Braunschweig, the Ecology Department of the General Students’ Committee and Students for Future Braunschweig.

Topics and dates of the “TU for Future” lecture series
Time: 19:00 – 20:30, Admission: from 18:30
Venue: Main lecture hall, Universitätsplatz 2, and livestream of the event series on YouTube

  • 26.10.22: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Kuck, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences
    There is no planet D
  • 02.11.22: Malte Schäfer, TU Braunschweig
    50 Shades of Green – wie grün ist Strom? (how green is electricity?)
  • 09.11.22: Sonja Bach
    Transformation by design or by desaster – Permakulturdesign als gesellschaftlicher Transformationsansatz zu mehr Umwelt- und Klimaresilienz (Permaculture design as a social transformation approach to greater environmental and climate resilience)
  • 16.11.2022: Prof. Dr. Jannika Mattes, University of Oldenburg
    Soziale Dynamiken des (regionalen) Energiewandels (Social dynamics of the (regional) energy transition)
  • 23.11.2022: Dr. Stefanie John und Thomas Kronschläger, TU Braunschweig
    New Genres for New Futures – Literatur im Klimawandel (Literature in climate change)
  • 30.11.2022: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Reese, University of Koblenz
    Klimakrise = Verhaltenskrise? Katalysatoren und Barrieren nachhaltigen Handelns (Climate crisis = behavioural crisis? Catalysts and barriers to sustainable action)
  • 0712.2022: Dr. Christian Thies, TU Braunschweig
    Nachhaltige und resiliente Lieferketten für die Mobilität der Zukunft (Sustainable and resilient supply chains for the mobility of the future)
  • 14.12.2022: Dr. Dennis Hindenburg, Eberswalde
    Gut fairTeilt? Was bedeutet für Sie Gerechtigkeit? (Good fairShare? What does equity mean to you?)
  • 11.01.2023: Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken, TU Braunschweig
    Der Klimawandel in den Online-Medien:
    Informieren und vertrauen versus beteiligen und erwarten?
    (Climate change in the online media:
    Inform and trust versus participate and expect?)
  • 18.01.2023: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Endres, TU Braunschweig
    Technik im Kontext der Nachhaltigkeit – Fluch oder Segen (Technology in the context of sustainability – curse or blessing)
  • 25.01.2023: Dr. Maria Pimenta Lange, TU Braunschweig / Julius Kühn-Institut
    Plants 4 Future: Fit Plants for Challenging Times
  • 01.02.2023: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Leinfelder, FU Berlin
    Von der Umwelt zur Unswelt –
    Das Potenzial des Anthropozän-Konzepts für nachhaltige Entwicklung
    (From the Environment to Our World – The potential of the Anthropocene concept for sustainable development)
  • 08.02.2023: Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre, University of Jena
    Lecture on Climate Justice / Global Injustice