Programme of the Conference Week 2026

Programme Overview

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Three days of Conference program, from morning till evening

Programmes to download

Here you will find all programmes of the conference week 2026. In the PDF-document "Programm_Projektseminare_KoWo26", you will find all information about your own seminar in one place. 

The programmes are updated regularly. You will also find these updates on myStudy.

Please note that the whole programme of the Conference Week can be found on the german version of this website.

Arenas

Wednesday, 25.02.2026

13:00 - 15:00
Einlass c.a. 12:30
Auditorium
Eröffnung: Saving the West? An Invention at its Tipping Point
Liya Yu

Moderation: Sven Prien-Ribcke
15:00 - 18:00
15:30 - 17:00
Auditorium
 
Kann der Konservatismus die Demokratie retten?
Thomas Biebricher & Diana Kinnert
 

Thursday, 26.02.2026

09:00 - 12:00
09:00 - 12:00
C 40.501
 
European Strategic Autonomy - can we find a win-win?
Workshop mit Perry Walker
 
10:00 - 12:00
Trafos
 
Social Startup Circus
Social Change Hub (SCHub)
 
10:00 - 11:30
 HS 1
War in Sudan: The Ignored Catastrophe
Gerrit Kurtz & Eythar Gubara

Moderation: Steffi Hobuß
13:00 - 15:00
12:45 - 15:00
 HS 3
Documentary Screening: The Story of Kilimanjaro
Shanjeevan Amalanathan

Moderation: Sarah Schlüpmann
18:00 ~ 22:00
18:00 - 21:00
 HS 3
Black to the Future (Filmscreening und -diskussion)
David Zabel

 Host: Willy Rollé

Friday, 27.02.2026

13:00 - 15:00
13:00 - 14:30
Auditorium
 
CANCELLED: Zukunft ohne Geländer?Der Westen zwischen Machtverlust, Transformation und neuer Verantwortung
Sigmar Gabriel & Maja Göpel
 
15:00 - 18:00
15:00 - 17:00
Auditorium
Finale
Verleihung des Salzkristalls

Moderation: Leonie Schmitt

Open seminar plenaries

Wednesday, 25.02.2026

15:30 - 17:30
C 40.601 Fishbowl-Diskussion mit Gästen (EN)How Disinformation Shapes our Society and How to Mitigate Its Effects – A Panel Discussion
Ulf Hahnel
Guest: Tobia Spampatti
 

Thursday, 26.02.2026

13:00 - 15:00
C 40.154Austausch mit Konferenzgast, verschiedene Diskussionsformate mit weiteren Gästen (EN)Forming a research identity through culturally sustainable practice-based inquiry
Javier Sanchez
 
15:30 - 17:30
C 40.601Fishbowl hybrid-Diskussion, Jubilee-style debate (EN)Leubilee Surrounded
Kara O'Neil
 

Friday, 27.02.2026

13:00 - 15:00
C 40.601Offener Austausch und Diskussion mit externen Gästen (EN)Leadership for Sustainability: Voices from Practice
Lina Bürgener, Deepika Joon         
Guests: Natascha von Hirschhausen, Kenan Zheng
 

Formats

The conference week reinvents itself every year. This is due to the protagonists of the conference - the students in the Leuphana semester: they are the ones who play the programmatic role in the project group sessions, seminar plenaries and the Gallery Walk. And they pick up the ideas passed to them by guests and lecturers in the arenas and workshops. Under the title "Resilient Democracy", together they are looking for sustainable rules of the game.

The formats define the roles and perspectives of the conference participants. For the students, they are a test under real conditions, not simulated ones. The conference invites students to take part in practical and exciting formats in order to take their coursework and examinations. Students choose their individual conference program from these formats.

ARENA
The arenas set out for more sustainability in front of a large audience. They are the setting for the major lectures and panel discussions. Renowned guests from all over the country share their thoughts.

PROJECT GROUP SESSION
Four project groups from two seminars will exchange ideas about their steps into the terrain of responsible science: In each session, they have half an hour to present their semester results to each other in turn. A session has 180 minutes - time to learn from each other and to survey research paths. The seminar leader will take the oral examination of the young researchers. Interested members of the audience are very welcome.

GALLERY WALK
The gallery walk is the lifeline of the conference. Student project groups invite you to interview them. As an interactive meeting point, the Gallery Walk addresses spontaneous audiences and guided tours. Using films, installations and posters, the young researchers will present their results and give the oral examination.

SEMINAR PLENARY
When a seminar meets as a whole to search for responsible solutions for 120 minutes, it is under the roof of the seminar plenaries. They bring together the individual views and place them in the context of the project seminar. As part of the course work, they aim to engage all participants in a scientific conversation with each other - with and without an audience.