Transfer Day 2025

Research Associate at the Research Institute for Social Cohesion (FGZ) at the Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM), University of Bremen

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Keynote:

"Knowledge, change, contradictions: How joint research can change society - and where it reaches its limits"

When sustainability becomes a joint task, it is not enough to simply "transfer" knowledge. What is needed is a new understanding of research: one that incorporates different perspectives, works together with civil society actors and takes social relevance seriously. The keynote will take a critical look at what joint research between science and civil society can achieve and where structural, cultural and institutional hurdles lie. The focus will be on the conditions for productive collaboration and the question of what it takes to turn exchange into change - in a sustainable way.

Service Learning Coordinator at UNIAKTIV - Center for Civic Learning and Social Responsibility at the University of Duisburg Essen

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Workshop with content impulse and practical exercise with the "Service Learning card deck
at universities

"The card deck helps with the implementation of service learning at universities and comprises a total of 90 cards, divided into nine categories. Successful examples of good practice are presented and discussed on the cards. The documented patterns are an essential basis of knowledge about service learning and campus community partnerships. They make it possible to successfully organize teaching and learning with reference to social commitment.

In order to deal creatively with recurring challenges and to develop solutions or answers, successful solution or action patterns are described. The patterns present the principle of a solution that can be used as a guide for applications in a specific situation. This creates a wide range of possible variations, which - by systematically combining different patterns of action - form a specific pattern language.

The cards can help you reflect on your own experiences or be used for self-evaluation. The tested patterns of action on the cards can also be used when planning a service learning event or a meeting with a partner. In addition, the card deck can be used effectively in your own seminars, at team meetings, in your own network or at service learning training courses." Uniactive(Opens in a new tab) 

Civil Society Protection Officer at Bread for the World

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Tagesschau, 02.06.2025: "

Democracy and human rights are being increasingly restricted worldwide. The EU states are not exempt from this, as the new Atlas of Civil Society shows. Germany and the Netherlands are also considered "impaired".

According to a study by civil society organizations, only 3.5 percent of the population in 40 countries around the world live in unrestricted freedom. The majority of people are restricted in their rights, according to the new Atlas of Civil Society published by the Protestant aid organization Bread for the World. This applies massively to repressive regimes - but also to some states in Europe.

Bread for the World bases its annual atlas on data collected by the Civicus network from civil society organizations worldwide. States are divided into five categories; important criteria for the assessment include freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press. Civicus classified only twelve of the 27 EU states in the best category "open" - in other words, where countries guarantee all civil society freedoms."

Research assistant in the UNIAKTIV Service Learning department at the Institute for Key Scientific Competencies

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Transformation requires new forms of cooperation between universities and society.
Campus-Community-Partnerships (CCP) open up spaces for joint learning, action and design.
They combine scientific knowledge with civic engagement. The central question is: How can local alliances promote social change in concrete terms?
This article shows the potential, practical examples and challenges of transformative partnerships