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TUD Lectures PLUS
TUD Lectures+ is a series of events organized by the Unit University and Society that focuses on current social, scientific, and technological issues. It brings together people from academia, business, politics, culture, and society, creating a space for new perspectives, controversial discussions, and inspiring ideas. What began as a video series in 2021 has evolved into a lecture series held in unconventional locations. Today, TUD Lectures+ is a panel discussion recorded as a podcast that takes place wherever people “stumble upon” it—be it beer gardens, shopping streets, bars, cemeteries, or libraries.
The focus is on topics that shape our present and define our future: from technological innovations and sustainable development to social change and the major challenges of our time. Renowned experts share their knowledge, contextualize developments, and offer food for thought that resonates long after the evening is over. However, the focus is on the questions submitted by the audience via question cards. The new series “Democracy Under Pressure” will begin in October 2026.
Here is an overview of all TUD Lectures Plus from past years. Thematically, the lectures can be divided into:
2021: COVID-19
2022: Sustainability
2023: Energy and, starting in October, Inclusion
2024: Social Cohesion
2025: Women’s Rights and Generations
2026/2027: Democracy Under Pressure
The Progressive Zentrum Berlin and the Bertelsmann Stiftung interviewed participants in the Monday demonstrations in Chemnitz and Gera in the winter of 2022/2023. The focus of the analysis was not on the organizers of the demonstrations, but on their participants. The interviews revealed a fundamentally different image of Germany and understanding of democracy than in the rest of mainstream society.
The TUD Lectures dedicate this episode of the Challenges of Democracy series to analyzing the study "I've had enough of citizens. An analysis of the Monday demonstrations in Chemnitz and Gera in winter 2022/2023"
When
July 26, 2023 at 6 pm
Where
Steps at the Fritz-Foerster-Bau (see campus navigator)
Advisors:inside
The question of how social media such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are changing the way people use information has not only been raised in public and academic circles since the war in Ukraine. The sheer volume and contradictory nature of news, but also the fact that it is selected by algorithms or commented on by other users, is increasingly influencing what information reaches us and how we process it. This also has an impact on public discourse and the way in which we communicate and discuss with each other.
In the fourth episode of the semester, the TUD Lectures will ask the question of the meaning and consequences of information use in social media.
When
June 28, 2023 at 6 pm
Where
Online: Youtube
Advisor
The aim of successful science communication is to achieve social participation and even involvement in university research. However, genuine participation is not limited to receiving the results of the completed research process, but also includes the exchange of ongoing knowledge production through to participation in projects, studies and experiments.
This third installment of the TUD Lectures is dedicated to the question of opportunities for participation in the scientific research process.
When
June 14, 2023 at 6 pm
Where
Online Youtube
Advisors
School is a place where all people (of a certain age) meet - it is therefore inevitable that all social conflicts will also become visible in this space. We are currently talking about the shortage of skilled workers and the care of refugees, and before that about the pandemic and right-wing populism. How should schools deal with social conflicts and in what way do they even become visible here?
In the second episode of the TUD Lectures, Prof.in Dr.in Anja Besand uses the example of the challenges of dealing with group-focused misanthropy to examine the current situation in Saxon schools and what options we have to avoid the most serious mistakes in the debate.
When
May 17, 2023 at 6 pm
Where
COSMO Science Forum in the Kulturpalast
Advisors
Disparagement, hostility and violence as a democratic challenge
Are disparagement and hostility difficult for democratic coexistence? How much debate and what kind of debate is conducive to democracy? What are the limits of democratic debate? What role do violence and trust play in this exchange?
With this first series in the summer semester 2023, the TUD Lectures are dedicated to questions of civility in democratic discourse and focus on disparagement, hostility and violence in the context of democratic interaction.
When
April 19, 2023 at 7 pm
Where
COSMO Science Forum in the Kulturpalast
Advisor
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