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Citizens' University launches nine innovative projects for the future!
In 2025, the University of Düsseldorf will launch nine innovative projects for science communication and citizen participation with funding of 200,000 euros.
Citizens' University launches nine innovative projects for the future!
On July 30, 2025, the start of nine projects will be proudly announced, which will be funded as part of the “Citizen University in Teaching” call for proposals. Initiatives with a total volume of 200,000 euros were selected that extend over the next two semesters. These support measures aim to acquire skills and promote students' personal development, while at the same time establishing valuable connections with society.
The funded projects are diverse and range from innovative media formats to interdisciplinary approaches. Highlights include:
- Sprache & Gender: Ein Podcastprojekt, das sich der Wissenschaftskommunikation widmet.
- Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft: Blogbeiträge, die sich mit den Klimawissenschaften auseinandersetzen.
- Heinrich Heine zum 170. Todestag: Präsentation eines Hörbuchs im Haus der Universität.
- Thank you for the music II: Forschungsarbeiten zur Beziehung zwischen Sprache und Musik.
- wissenschaftskommunikation anhand von Geschichte in der Lyrik: Lyriklounge, Instagram-Videos und Blogbeiträge, die literarische Themen aufgreifen.
- Polargebiete: Expedition in die Extreme: Untersuchung mikrobiologischer Prozesse in der Arktis mithilfe von KI-Methoden.
- Kompass seelische Gesundheit Düsseldorf: Eine Plattform zur Förderung der mentalen Gesundheit.
- Impact-Messung in der Kulturvermittlung: Bewertung der Auswirkungen kulturvermittelnder Angebote im Kontext der UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele.
- LitReba: Ein Projekt, das literarische Rechtsberatung durch Studierende zu juristischen Fragen in fiktionalen Werken anbietet.
Social relevance and new formats
The focus is on socially-related teaching projects that are implemented in collaboration with external partners and target groups. This initiative meets the current requirements for science communication, which has increasingly developed into a dialogue format. Citizens' University emphasizes that the traditional one-way exchange of knowledge, for example through lectures and panel discussions, is being replaced by participation. New formats such as fishbowl formats and science cafés offer the public new opportunities to actively participate.
The importance of citizen science and participatory research is constantly growing. With this form of knowledge transfer, citizens are not only given the opportunity to actively participate, but also to bring their own perspective and expertise into the process of knowledge creation. The Citizens' University serves as a platform to disseminate information about these developments and show various event formats. More details can be viewed there.