FocusLMU: A window to academia
The LMU’s public lecture series in the 2023/24 academic year
The world has been in a permanent state of crisis for some years now: the COVID-19 pandemic brought the global economy to a halt and contributed to the polarization of society. A new war in Europe is further calling the global security order into question. And then there are also the devastating effects of climate-related natural disasters that are causing misery and destruction at increasingly frequent intervals. New technologies such as artificial intelligence pose new challenges for society and business. However, they also offer tremendous opportunities to a wide array of areas and applications, whether it be in business, medicine, or science.
Society, politics, and the economy need clever ideas to find answers to the multitude of questions. This is where the work of scientists who research and teach at universities like LMU comes into play. What thought-provoking impulses can the world of research and teaching provide to current, socially relevant issues? What solutions do they offer us, and what dangers draw attention to?
In the 2023/24 academic year during two hybrid events each semester, renowned LMU scholars will be examining topics shaping society from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, provide insights into their research findings, and discuss the pressing issues of the day on a multidisciplinary basis. LMU’s lecture series is powered by the Munich University Society and MEDIASCHOOL Bavaria.
When and where? The event series will take place on four Tuesdays in the academic year 2023/24, each from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. (without registration) in the Great Auditorium in the main building of the LMU. The link to register for participation in the virtual livestream of the second event on 23.01.2024 will be published approximately six weeks before the start of the event.
Contact: ringvorlesung-lmu@lmu.de
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On 12 December 2015, at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris, 195 countries and the European Union adopted a treaty to ideally limit the average global temperature rise to 1.5°C. On 1 January 2016, the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which are to be achieved by the end of 2030, entered into force. Since then, however, the question “Will the international community manage to take the necessary path toward sustainability?” has been raised.
LMU hereby invites you to a public event that will tackle this topic from many dimensions: In the first event of the new FocusLMU series, three LMU scholars will be shedding light on the necessity and opportunities for greater sustainability from different perspectives. The landscape historian Prof. Dr. Sonja Dümpelmann from the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society will be providing examples where attempts to change the direction of societies in past crises were made and where sustainable solutions to major challenges were thereby sought. In order to prove the need to change course, the epidemiologist Prof. Dr. Katja Radon will be elucidating the results of her research which exemplify and demonstrate how the conduct of one generation can impact their grandchildren’s entire genetic code. Lastly, Prof. Dr. Ann-Katrin Kaufhold, a legal expert in constitutional and administrative law, will be presenting the opportunities for maintaining the target of 1.5°C as based on climate lawsuits and instruments of the regulation for sustainable finance.
The event will be hosted by LMU’s Vice President for Teaching and Studies Prof. Dr. Oliver Jahraus.
Video (in German, optionally with English subtitles)
Further details will be announced six weeks prior to the event.
Further details will be announced six weeks prior to the event.
Further details will be announced six weeks prior to the event.
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