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- Please Irritate me: What can we know – and what should we do?
  
  Peter-André Alt and physician and philosopher Christiane Woopen talk about freedom, responsibility, and what constitutes a good life.
  
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  09.12.26
  
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  09.12.26
  
  Event access: Public
  
  PalaisPopulaire
  Unter den Linden 5
  10117 Berlin
  
  19:00 — 20:30
- Salon Sophie Charlotte 2027
  
  In 2027, the Berlin-Brandenburg Akademie of Sciences and Humanities will once again open its doors to the public and invite visitors to the Salon Sophie Charlotte.
  
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  16.01.27
  
  Event access: Public
  
  Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  Markgrafenstr. 38
  10117 Berlin
  
  19:00
- Spring plenary session
  
  The fifty members of Die Junge Akademie gather thrice a year in alternating cities. In 2027, the spring plenary session will be held in Stuttgart.
  
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  11.03.27
  
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  12.03.27
  
  Event access: Internal
  
  Stuttgart

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- Ausstellung „Wir waren nie nur Mensch“ der Jungen Akademie bietet Perspektivwechsel
  
  Die Junge Akademie ist mit zwölf künstlerischen und wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten zu Gast im Berliner Medizinhistorischen Museum der Charité
  
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  29.10.26
- Competition "Hochschulwettbewerb" started!
  
  This article is only available in German.
  
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  - Blog
  - science communication
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  12.10.26
- Fall plenary session 2026
  
  For the 2026 fall plenary session, members of Die Junge Akademie were guests at the Institute for Public Finance and Public Management at the University of Leipzig.
  
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  05.10.26
- Schulden – Alltag, Institutionen, Folgen
  
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  - society
  Charlotte Bartels, Sarah Klosterkamp
  
  2026
- The Language(s) of Academia
  
  At a meeting initiated by Die Junge Akademie (German Young Academy), 24 academics from 18 countries came together to reflect on how languages shape academic research and its dissemination.
  
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  18.09.26
- Neue Mitglieder für Die Junge Akademie gesucht
  
  This press release is available in German only.
  
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  01.09.26
- Auswirkungen der bevorstehenden Landtagswahlen auf die Wissenschaftsfreiheit
  
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  Hanna Pfeifer
  
  2026
- Farewells, a welcome and a prize draw
  
  There was a lot on the agenda on 27 June 2026: the summer plenary meeting, a welcome for new members, a farewell to those stepping down, and the prize draw for the "Best Research Environment 2026" competition.
  
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  06.07.26
- Kommentar zum Referentenentwurf des BMFTR zur Reform des WissZeitVG
  
  Auf Einladung des Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt haben sich im Juni 2026 zahlreiche Wissenschaftsinstitutionen zum Referentenentwurf eines Gesetzes zur Modernisierung des Befristungsrechts im Wissenschaftsbereich geäußert – so auch Mitglieder der Jungen Akademie.
  
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  Berlin 2026
- New Board of Die Junge Akademie takes office
  
  Handover of office as part of the annual festival
  
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  29.06.26
- “Best Research Environment 2026”: 15 teams shortlisted
  
  Die Junge Akademie and the Volkswagen Foundation are recognising exemplary research environments for the second time / Prize money to be awarded to five of the 15 teams
  
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  - Research Environment
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  29.06.26
- New Members, New Impetus for Die Junge Akademie
  
  Ten new members broaden the profile of Die Junge Akademie in key fields for the future.
  
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  28.06.26
- The shortlist for the "Best Research Environment 2026" award has been announced!
  
  Fifteen teams have impressed the jury with their applications and are now in the pool from which the five teams to receive the “Best Research Environment 2026” award will be selected on June 27, 2026.
  
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  21.05.26
- New Managing Director at Die Junge Akademie’s office
  
  Mirjam Jenny takes over as Managing Director in Berlin
  
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  04.03.26
- Mourning for former Chair Prof Dr Matthias Koenig
  
  Die Junge Akademie mourns the loss of sociologist and former Chair of the board of Die Junge Akademie, Prof Dr Matthias Koenig. He passed away on 12 January 2026.
  
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  19.01.26
- knowledge – action
  
  The new Junge Akademie magazine is dedicated to the social responsibility of science and the tension between knowledge and action from different scientific perspectives.
  
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  - Magazine
  - dialogue
  - Activism
  - democracy
  Helen Ahner, Maciej Chmara, Benedikt Hartl, Sarah Klosterkamp, Nadine Mengis, Fabian Michl, Hermine Mitter
  
  Berlin 2026
- We are looking for: best research environment 2026!
  
  Die Junge Akademie and the Volkswagen Foundation are once again jointly offering the prize for the best research environment in 2026 | Applications possible until 1 March 2026
  
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  16.01.26
- 2026: Happy New Year!
  
  Click here for our review of 2025 and outlook for 2026 (in German only).
  
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  06.01.26
- Autumn Plenary Session 2025 at GEOMAR
  
  Members of Die Junge Akademie met on 9 and 10 October. Climate scientist Nadine Mengis had invited them to GEOMAR in Kiel.
  
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  15.10.25
- Competition "Hochschulwettbewerb" started!
  
  This article is only available in German.
  
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  14.10.24

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