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Discussion series "Please Irritate Me!"

Here, scientists speak who are following unusual paths, challenging us with their research, and delivering new perspectives and ideas for scientific knowledge-building.

Picture: Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft

An insight starts with curiosity, but it often ends with irritation. Knowledge that suspends our perception and judgment routines can irritate us. At the same time, it motivates us to question the familiar. Along with the audience, we want to be irritated by unusual research questions, original approaches, and the latest findings that challenge existing theoretical frameworks. And the project partners Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft and Die Junge Akademie are interested in topics that have either been neglected or have never been researched, including outlying, unapparent, and surprising subjects.

lächelnder Mann mit Brille, dunklen Haaren und Sakko
Foto: Christopher Degelmann

Please Irritate Me #2 - Fake News and meat consumption in antiquity (with Christopher Degelmann)
In German

Tuesday, 01.10.2024, 19:00–20:30 Uhr

BRICKS Club Berlin, Mohrenstr. 30, 10117 Berlin

Please Irritate Me #1 - Money from nothing (with Andrea Binder, 24.04.2024)

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Activities

    • Please Irritate Me: Fake news and meat consumption in antiquity

      Covering the fresh perspective of a young ancient historian, new methods in ancient history, and the ability to be amazed. Peter-André Alt in conversation with Christopher Degelmann.

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      Starts on
      01.10.24

      Event access: Public

      BRICKS Club Berlin
      Mohrenstr. 30
      10117 Berlin
      Link

      19:00 — 21:00

    • Please Irritate Me: Money from nothing

      Public discussion series by Die Junge Akademie and the Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft: Peter-André Alt talks with guests about new perspectives in science and research. Series of events kicks off with Andrea Binder.

      Tax havens are not only used to hide financial assets, but also to increase them. Political scientist Andrea Binder investigates how this works and why this practice is so precarious. Global banks headquartered in Germany and elsewhere use offshore financial centers such as the Cayman Islands to hand out cheap loans in US dollars to other banks, corporations, and companies around the world. With every loan that is disbursed in US dollars, the offshore banks increase US dollar supply, they ‘create foreign currency’. This process is subject neither to financial supervision nor to political control, undermines rules that would apply to banks in their home markets, and contributes to increasing inequality.

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      Starts on
      24.04.24

      Event access: Public

      Berliner Sparkasse
      Alexanderplatz 2
      10178 Berlin
      Link

      19:00