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How can we respond appropriately to anti-democratic positions in the university context? What preparations need to be made? The "Countering anti-democratic agitation" project group is investigating these questions.

In collaboration with Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft, Die Junge Akademie organises a public discussion series with Peter-André Alt and guests on new perspectives in science and research.

In 2025, Die Junge Akademie is celebrating its 25th birthday. Reason enough to invite members and alumni to a look back and forward on 7 June before the annual celebration.

The earth-ecosystem has always been shaped by human influences. However, at the latest since industrialisation in the 19th century, this human influence has taken on another dimension, so that science now speaks of a new epoch on Earth, the Anthropocene. The changes caused by anthropogenic influence on the ecosystem are worrying, as they impact habitats enormously, and in many regions, the livelihoods of plants, animals and humans are destroyed.

Inspired by the idea of how science shapes our view of the world and how this view changes over time, we created the Metamonster Quartet for the Salon Sophie Charlotte
2025 on the theme of ‘Metamorphoses’

Peer Review is a science simulation game for 4 to 6 players. Its goals are to educate junior scientists and encourage self-reflection in established scientists, as well as to give a broader interested public some insight into the mechanics of the scientific system.

In the podcast series ‘know - act?’, members of Die Junge Akademie's various working groups discuss their topics with guests from politics, society, culture and science.

Together with the Volkswagen Foundation, Die Junge Akademie is offering a prize for the best research environment.

The Salon Sophie Charlotte at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities is an event that is open to all interested members of the public. It takes place annually, in the venerable halls of the academy and focusses on a new topic each year.

The Utopiamobile offers space for thought experiments, idea development and free exchange. It is an oasis in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, a time machine, an opportunity for dialogue, a blank sheet of paper and a generator of ideas. Above all, however, it is an invitation to imagine the best possible future and to devise shared visions of the good life.

As part of the exhibition "We Have Never Been Only Human" at the Berlin Museum of Medical History members of Die Junge Akademie present artistic and scientific projects developed as site-specific interventions in and responses to the collections, spaces and history of the museum. The works speculate – some through artistic, some through scientific, and some through both perspectives – on what it means to think the world and reality beyond a humanist and anthropocentric view.

Effective science communication is a challenging task: Both in terms of content and because of the significance of the results for society and politics. Proposals are needed on how academics can effectively communicate knowledge, but also the uncertainties of scientific findings, in order to constructively contribute to public discourse.