{"title": "Getrennt, vereint, zukunftsstark – Stiftungen im Angesicht wechselnder politischer Systeme", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Max-Liebermann-Haus", "address": "Pariser Platz 7, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/civil-society"], "description": "A panel discussion about perpetual foundations, which are designed for eternity and repeatedly face the challenges of changing political systems. The discussion features Prof. Dr. Philipp Enger, chairman of the board of trustees of the Koepjohann’sche Stiftung, and Marie Hoffmann, head of the executive office of the Stiftung Charité Berlin; the event is moderated by Gottfried Haufe. It addresses how foundations can protect themselves against external influence, what experiences they have had with historical events and how they continued their work, and how they can act in civil society when the political situation restricts society. The Stiftung Brandenburger Tor invites you to the discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/getrennt-vereint-zukunftsstark-stiftungen-im-angesicht-wechs-24155/", "official_url": "https://stiftungbrandenburgertor.de/veranstaltungen/stiftungen-in-politischen-systemen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/af35e10442f386e87960f44078c09248a9c77c9f5aeb8ffc8349ef460d78d460-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Max-Liebermann-Haus", "address": "Pariser Platz 7, 10117 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Freiheit und Solidarität – Gegensätze oder Komplementäre", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Maecenata Stiftung", "address": "Rungestraße 17, 10179 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/civil-society"], "description": "A colloquium by the Maecenata Stiftung in cooperation with the Allianz Rechtssicherheit für politische Willensbildung e.V. asks whether freedom and solidarity are opposites, or whether responsibly lived freedom requires solidarity. The political scientist Dr. Marie Wachinger opens with a talk on the concept of solidarity and its current situation in civil-society networks. Afterwards Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz, a board member of the foundation, examines the concept of freedom before a discussion with all participants. The hybrid event addresses a broad audience and aims to develop arguments for public debate; a small reception follows at the end.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/freiheit-und-solidaritat-gegensatze-oder-komplementare-26301/", "official_url": "https://www.maecenata.eu/terminarchiv/freiheit-und-solidaritaet-gegensaetze-oder-komplementaere/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Democracy Under Pressure: Building Resilient Societies", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+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": ["society/democracy"], "description": "„Democracy Under Pressure: Building Resilient Societies“ is an English-language discussion held as a round table on the „03 Franklin Stage“ at Falling Walls Science House. It is organised by Falling Walls with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich involved, and takes place as a hybrid format. The panel brings together physics Nobel laureate Brian P. Schmidt, former Portuguese minister Manuel Heitor, LMU vice president Armin Nassehi, former European Research Council president Helga Nowotny and Yoshua Bengio of LawZero. They ask why even stable democracies can erode from within and look at the social, economic, cultural and technological foundations of open societies in times of rapid change.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/democracy-under-pressure-building-resilient-societies-72414/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/democracy-under-pressure-building-resilient-societies", "image": ""}, {"title": "Who Funds the Future? Rethinking How We Finance Science", "start": "2026-11-08T09:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T10:00:00+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": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "A round table discussion on how science should be financed in the future. It involves the Institute of Science and Technology Austria together with representatives of public funders and philanthropic foundations, including Caroline Montojo of the Dana Foundation, Michael Hengartner of the ETH Board, Martin Hetzer of ISTA and Markus Reinhard of the Nomis Foundation. As public research budgets come under pressure while the most ambitious ideas often fall through the cracks, the discussion asks which funding models enable independent, ambitious science. Public funders, philanthropic leaders and research institutions examine what works and what can be learned from different approaches.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/who-funds-the-future-rethinking-how-we-finance-science-72423/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/who-funds-future-rethinking-how-we-finance-science", "image": ""}, {"title": "Felix Heidenreich - Demokratie unter Druck. Ein Republikanismus der Nachhaltigkeit", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung", "address": "Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy", "literature"], "description": "A book presentation for Felix Heidenreich's new book \"Demokratie unter Druck. Ein Republikanismus der Nachhaltigkeit\". In it, the philosopher and political scientist argues for what he calls a republicanism of sustainability as a response to illiberal tendencies and a lack of social cohesion. He will be in discussion with Jan Philipp Albrecht, board member of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, and Ole Meinefeld of the foundation. The event is part of the series \"Zeitdiagnostische Interventionen\" and takes place in German on site and via livestream.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/felix-heidenreich-demokratie-unter-druck-ein-republikanismus-22770/", "official_url": "https://calendar.boell.de/de/event/prof-dr-felix-heidenreich-demokratie-unter-druck-ein-republikanismus-der-nachhaltigkeit", "image": "https://noky.io/images/919e74997057891008028e286e178e559d7f7ceec9be3138fd4536a6a703f4d8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Protecting Academic Freedom: Insights and Initiatives", "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": ["society/politics", "science"], "description": "A hybrid session on the Curie Stage featuring a plenary table discussion. It is presented by the Volkswagen Foundation as part of Falling Walls. The topic is academic freedom, which is increasingly constrained by political interference, censorship, precarious funding and employment structures, harassment, disinformation, and restrictions on international collaboration. Speakers from institutions including King's College London, the University of Oxford, and the University of Toronto discuss how research institutions can balance institutional autonomy with openness, inclusion, and public engagement.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/protecting-academic-freedom-insights-and-initiatives-72395/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/protecting-academic-freedom-insights-and-initiatives", "image": ""}, {"title": "Ein Anker in der Krise von Staat und Verfassung – Die ungebrochene Aktualität des Konservatismus", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bibliothek des Konservatismus", "address": "Fasanenstraße 4, 10623 Berlin", "price": "10 Euro pro Person (ermäßigt 5 Euro) an der Abendkasse", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "A talk with discussion on the state of conservatism in politically turbulent times in Germany. The economist and political scientist Siegfried Franke, professor of economic policy at the Andrássy University in Budapest from 2012 to 2015, explains how conservative thinking can offer perspectives for solutions in the face of crises. It is about proven courses of action such as fostering the family, protecting private property combined with effective competition policy, and preserving the rule of law and defending fundamental rights. Thanks to his international work, he also takes in developments beyond Germany, such as those in Hungary, where Viktor Orban was voted out despite successful government.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ein-anker-in-der-krise-von-staat-und-verfassung-die-ungebroc-13258/", "official_url": "https://www.bdk-berlin.org/veranstaltungen/siegfried-franke-ein-anker-in-der-krise-von-staat-und-verfassung-die-ungebrochene-aktualitaet-des-konservatismus/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/be1a601ca0af8b4f9ce38c8d2c9e49ea03cdec226848d1c79ebaa5670493e592-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Key Visual der Konferenz \"Curating - Caring for Knowledge and Society\" © Design: Dina Fluck", "start": "2026-11-05T09:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/curation", "society/democracy"], "description": "The conference \"Curating - Caring for Knowledge and Society\" asks how universities and museums, as democratic institutions, can \"care for\" society. In four thematic panels – \"Natur erleben\", \"Gemeinsam leben\", \"Gesünder werden\" and \"Zukunft gestalten\" – curators from Berlin cultural institutions and researchers from the Berlin Excellence Alliance present and discuss curatorial practices through specific case studies. The programme is complemented by a keynote from Elke Krasny and a conversation with Marion Ackermann and Joachim Baur titled \"Sorge, Wut, Mut\". The conference is jointly organised by the Berlin University Alliance, the Humboldt Labor and the Zentrum für Kulturtechnik.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/key-visual-der-konferenz-curating-caring-for-knowledge-and-s-2549/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d36e687bce1005c3b34865848ab1f1a6e99fc8721bcf49b42c34ed96ca175eab-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Wie weiter mit Belarus: Dynamiken und Szenarien", "start": "2026-11-03T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung", "address": "Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/human-rights"], "description": "The 'Berlin Belarus Future Forum 2026' is a forum on the current political developments in Belarus. It is hosted by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung together with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, in partnership with Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, the Belarusian Community \"Razam\" and \"Science at Risk\". It addresses the release of political prisoners, the differing sanction approaches of the EU and the US, Belarus's ties to Russia and the role of democratic forces. It features keynotes by Svitlana Tsikhanouskaya, Ales Bialiatski and Florian Hahn as well as panels and parallel forums.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wie-weiter-mit-belarus-dynamiken-und-szenarien-22769/", "official_url": "https://calendar.boell.de/de/event/wie-weiter-mit-belarus-dynamiken-und-szenarien", "image": ""}, {"title": "Europe's Research Alliances: Keeping Collaboration Strong", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T16:00:00+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": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "A round table on the future of European research collaboration in the face of geopolitical and economic shifts. It is held by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation and the German Physical Society, in partnership with Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. Experiences from the physical sciences highlight how enduring cooperation builds innovation capacity and trust. The discussion asks how Europe can remain an attractive, open and reliable research partner – especially for young researchers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/europes-research-alliances-keeping-collaboration-strong-72429/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/europes-research-alliances-keeping-collaboration-strong", "image": ""}, {"title": "Science and Society: The Future Social Contract", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T17:00:00+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": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "\"Science and Society: The Future Social Contract\" is a discussion as part of the Impact Dialogues, held in English. It is organised by the Volkswagen Foundation and the German Science and Humanities Council. It explores how the social contract between science and society is evolving – from mission-oriented research and industrial partnerships to demands for academic freedom and bureaucratic constraints. Building on the German Council of Science and Humanities' 2040 perspective, speakers including Georg Schütte, Esther Seng, Lisa Herzog and Helge Braun discuss what it takes to make this contract operational across institutions, funding systems and governance structures.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/science-and-society-the-future-social-contract-72469/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/science-and-society-future-social-contract", "image": ""}, {"title": "Einstein Foundation Berlin, BCGE, and Center for Open and Responsible Research at the Berlin Science Week: Can Science Remain Open in an Authoritarian World?", "start": "2026-11-06T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berlin University Alliance", "address": "Kleine Präsidentenstraße 1, 10178", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/open-science"], "description": "An open dialogue event taking place as part of Berlin Science Week. It is organized by the Einstein Foundation Berlin together with the Berlin Center for Global Engagement and the Center for Open and Responsible Research, both part of the Berlin University Alliance. Under the title \"Can Science Remain Open in an Authoritarian World?\", speakers and audience will explore what is at stake when research closes its doors and whether the benefits of open science can still be safeguarded. The panel features Dr. Kamran Naim of CERN and Prof. Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, with Dr. Sakine Weikert of the DAAD moderating; the event is held at Haus der Kulturen der Welt and registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/einstein-foundation-berlin-bcge-and-center-for-open-and-resp-72108/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/commitments/international/bcge/veranstaltungen/20261106_BeScWe_Can-Science-Remain-Open-in-an-Authoritarian-World_.html", "image": ""}, {"title": "Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Mongolei", "start": "2026-10-31T13:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "The Berlin State Library invites guests to the lecture afternoon \"Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Mongolei\" (Current Developments in Mongolia). It is organised by the German-Mongolian Society, which is holding its annual conference at the library that day and opens its traditional lecture afternoon to interested guests of the library. Speakers will address topics including mobility, current political developments, dairy farming, German-Mongolian economic relations and Mongolian wool production. Founded in 1973, the society is dedicated to cultivating cultural and academic relations between Germany and Mongolia.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/aktuelle-entwicklungen-in-der-mongolei-27878/", "official_url": "https://blog.sbb.berlin/aktuelle-entwicklungen-in-der-mongolei-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/792e28361181c162abb53d659034ca9ce83d5eec626d01357e8154c10be5318f-2000.webp"}, {"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": "Internationale Strahlkraft aus Berlin: Der Hauptstadtkulturfonds", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/culture-policy"], "description": "A discussion with artistic impulses about the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, a Berlin cultural funding scheme conceived in 1995 by the Rat für die Künste Berlin and set up in 1999. Speakers include Nele Hertling, Silvia Fehrmann, Hermann Parzinger and Sonja Longolius, with artistic contributions from Bjørn Melhus, Rimini Protokoll and Vera Strobel of Theater o.N., moderated by Christophe Knoch and Anne Schneider. The fund looks back on nearly thirty years of success and was recently renegotiated as part of the Hauptstadtfinanzierungsvertrag, though the urgently needed increase did not materialise. Together with the guests, the fund's uniqueness in cultural funding will be discussed and its significance illustrated through artistic positions; the event is held in cooperation with the Stiftung Zukunft Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/internationale-strahlkraft-aus-berlin-der-hauptstadtkulturfo-210/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/internationale-strahlkraft-aus-berlin-der-hauptstadtkulturfonds/", "image": ""}, {"title": "International Science Journalists: Can Open Science Survive Geopolitics?", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T11:30:00+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/open-science"], "description": "\"International Science Journalists: Can Open Science Survive Geopolitics?\" is an English-language panel discussion held on the 02 Elion Room stage as part of Falling Walls' Impact Dialogues. The format is run by the organisation Falling Walls through its Table.Briefings programme. Decision-makers from politics, researchers and science journalists discuss how geopolitical tension, security issues and the race for strategic advantages between political actors affect open science. Among the speakers is Christian E. Rieck, Associate Professor of War Studies at Universität Potsdam.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/international-science-journalists-can-open-science-survive-g-72464/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/international-science-journalists-can-open-science-survive-geopolitics", "image": ""}, {"title": "Can Science Remain Open in an Authoritarian World?", "start": "2026-11-06T16:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Haus der Kulturen der Welt", "address": "John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://pretix.eu/berlinscienceweek/2026-festival/5060194/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/authoritarianism", "science/science-policy"], "description": "An open dialogue as part of Berlin Science Week addressing the question “Can Science Remain Open in an Authoritarian World?” on an afternoon at Haus der Kulturen der Welt. It is organised by the Einstein Foundation Berlin together with the Berlin Center for Global Engagement and the Center for Open and Responsible Research, both part of the Berlin University Alliance. With the audience, the dialogue explores what is at stake when research organisations have to close their doors, the diverse pressures on science, and how the transformative benefits of open science can still be safeguarded. The discussion is moderated by Dr. Sakine Weikert (DAAD); the speakers are Dr. Kamran Naim (CERN) and Prof. Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/can-science-remain-open-in-an-authoritarian-world-8351/", "official_url": "https://www.tu.berlin/ub/veranstaltungsdetails/events/event/01a111a5-9b37-7cc1-9885-061286612c14", "image": ""}]}