The Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: Science & Society

Bad Homburg Conferences
beginning 2017
The Bad Homburg Conferences offer a public forum for reflection on today’s important social questions with the aim of providing ideas and insights for shaping our future. They are organized cooperatively by the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften of Goethe University and the city of Bad Homburg and take place once a year at the Kolleg in Bad Homburg.

Bad Homburg Conference 2024
20.–21. September 2024
»KI: Wie formt sie unsere Zukunft?«
Organizers: Christoph Burchard, Juliane Engel, Franziska Matthäus (alle Goethe-Universität) et al.
Keynote: Stefania Centrone,  Kristian Kersting, Armin Nassehi

Bad Homburg Conference 2023
12.–13. September 2023
»Flight and Migration. Challenges for Religions and (Post)Secular Societies«
Organizers: Armina Omerika, Xenia von Tippelskirch, Christian Wiese (all Goethe University) et al.
Keynote: Donatella di Cesare

Bad Homburg Conference 2022
16.–17. September 2022
»Childhood and violence. How can we overcome a culture of looking the other way?«
Organizers: Sabine Andresen, Beatrice Brunhöber, Christine Freitag, Christof Mandry, Ferdinand Sutterlüty (all Goethe University) et al.
Keynote: Kerstin Claus

Bad Homburg Conference 2021
17.–18. September 2021
»Climate, Politics, Change. How do we shape the future?«
Organizers: Joachim Curtius (Goethe University), Darrel Moellendorf (Goethe University), Christoph Wolff (World Economic Forum) et al.
Keynote: Klement Tockner

Bad Homburg Conference 2020
18.–19. September 2020
»Transatlantic Futures. Shared or divided?«
Organizers: Gunther Hellmann, Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, Darrel Moellendorf, Johannes Völz (all Goethe University) et al.
Keynote: Klaus Scharioth

Bad Homburg Conference 2019
19.–21. September 2019
»Artificial Intelligence – How Can We Trust Algorithms?«
Organizers: Christoph Burchard, Katja Langenbucher, Tobias Tröger (all Goethe-University) et al.
Keynote: Thomas Lippert

Bad Homburg Conference 2018
21.–22. September 2018
»New Perspectives for Europe«
Organizers: Sandra Eckert, Klaus Günther, Rainer Klump, Sandra Seubert (all Goethe-University) et al.
Keynote: Jürgen Habermas

Bad Homburg Conference 2017
8.–9. November 2017
»How does the digitalization change the political communication?«
Organizers: Heinz Drügh, Andreas Fahrmeir, Matthias Lutz-Bachmann (all Goethe University and Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften) et al.
Keynote: Norbert Lammert