{"title": "Die Militarisierung des Weltraums", "start": "2026-10-27T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung", "address": "Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin", "price": "2 €", "price_from": "2.00", "price_to": "2.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A talk with discussion on the militarization of space as a dangerous escalation process, part of the Seniorenklub series. Prof. Dr. Nina Hager speaks, moderated by Marilies Müller, about military use of satellites and rising spending on weapons development. Using the examples of the USA and Germany, it shows what steps were taken in this context and how this development has been justified. 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The talk is backed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). It deals with international collaboration in space research, which is increasingly entangled with geopolitical interests, technological competition and private investment. The speakers discuss how science diplomacy, institutional partnerships and shared research infrastructures can maintain cooperation and scientific progress; the speakers are Maria Rentetzi, Colin Forsyth and John M. Horack.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kiwi-policy-talk-cooperation-and-diplomacy-in-space-72431/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/kiwi-policy-talk-cooperation-and-diplomacy-space", "image": ""}, {"title": "Beyond Competing Blocs: Preserving Space for Global Science", "start": "2026-11-08T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T11:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/geopolitics", "science/science-policy"], "description": "A panel titled \"Beyond Competing Blocs: Preserving Space for Global Science\" at the Falling Walls Science House on Karl-Marx-Allee. It is hosted by the Hasso Plattner Institute together with Falling Walls, with speakers including Bill Rosehart of the University of Waterloo, Helga Nowotny, formerly of the European Research Council, and El Mouhoub Mouhoud of PSL University. The discussion addresses how higher education institutions can manage geopolitical risks such as security concerns, technological dependencies and threats to academic freedom without withdrawing from global engagement. It also asks how countries can chart an independent course as a trusted platform for worldwide scientific collaboration and discovery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/beyond-competing-blocs-preserving-space-for-global-science-72467/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/beyond-competing-blocs-preserving-space-global-science", "image": ""}, {"title": "Lesekreis in Berlin: Militarismus und Antimilitarismus, einführende Sitzung", "start": "2026-11-03T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rosa und Karl - Sozialistisches Lokal", "address": "Sonnenallee 152, 12059", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/marxism"], "description": "A reading circle in Berlin for the session „Militarismus und Antimilitarismus, einführende Sitzung“. It is organized by the group Klasse Gegen Klasse, which reads Marxist classics by Karl Liebknecht and Vladimir Lenin along with current antimilitarist texts. Germany is said to be preparing for war, so the group discusses the direction of today's antimilitarist movement. No prior knowledge is needed, and the first session requires no advance reading.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesekreis-in-berlin-militarismus-und-antimilitarismus-einfuh-26253/", "official_url": "https://www.klassegegenklasse.org/calendar/militarismus-und-antimilitarismus-einfuehrende-sitzung-2/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Krieg und Frieden", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Dorfkirche Alt-Marzahn", "address": "Alt-Marzahn, 12685 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "\"Krieg und Frieden\" is an evening of the discussion circle \"Glauben und Wissen\" at the village church of Alt-Marzahn. It deals with biblical impulses on the current question of rearmament in Germany. Everyone interested is warmly invited. 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Behind it is Dr. Hubert Zitt, an electrical engineer and doctor of systems theory from the Hochschule Kaiserslautern (Campus Zweibrücken), who regularly gives lectures on Star Trek, Star Wars and science fiction. He is one of the experts on the physics and technology of Star Trek and, at the invitation of the Netzwerk Schule–Hochschule, is holding his lecture at the BHT for the fourteenth time. Admission is free, with donations going to the children's hospice Kinderhospiz Berliner Herz.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/der-einfluss-von-star-trek-und-der-raumfahrt-auf-die-menschl-13038/", "official_url": "https://www.bht-berlin.de/item/cal/event/detail/2026/11/06/241", "image": ""}, {"title": "Juwelen des Kosmos", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-31T15:15:00+01:00", "place": "Zeiss-Großplanetarium", "address": "Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin", "price": "12,00 € / ermäßigt 8,00 €", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A live-narrated show in the large dome hall, in which spectacular images from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes fill the cupola. Presenters take the audience on a journey past glowing star clusters, into giant nebulae and out to distant galaxies. Along the way they explain the mighty processes in space and reveal what the pictures tell us about the evolution of the universe. The visually stunning tour of discovery invites you to look at the night sky with completely new eyes afterwards.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/juwelen-des-kosmos-16848/", "official_url": "https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/juwelen-des-kosmos", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea5328d2a9c34b5a58cf2656d7621f1a35896167e2bac2259bef52f146a9ba56-600.webp"}, {"title": "From Curiosity to Commitment: Big Science in Space", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A round table titled \"From Curiosity to Commitment: Big Science in Space\" deals with ambitious science missions in space, such as the search for life beyond Earth. The session is run by ETH Zürich. It asks how curiosity-driven research becomes sustained commitment, what new funding models and long-term vision this requires, and how public and private actors can jointly enable the next generation of big science. Speakers include Sascha P. Quanz of ETH Zürich and Stacie Bloom of the Alfred P. 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The discussion centres on how new telescope and space initiatives combine scientific excellence with local ownership, technical training, and long-term capacity building across the continent.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/astronomy-space-global-cooperation-in-africa-72430/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/astronomy-space-global-cooperation-africa", "image": ""}]}