Program
The Opening Week marks the start of your studies: it begins on Tuesday, October 1, and ends on Friday, October 11. During the first two days, you can settle in at Leuphana at your own pace. You will meet your tutors, your project group, and get to know the professors of your degree program. There will be no Opening Week program on October 3 and 4.
After a long weekend break, you will then focus on the theme of the Opening Week, "Intelligence," and your project work. You will gain insights through group work and discussions with people from academia, society, and politics. In the process, you will develop your own vision for the global society of tomorrow. After an exciting week, during which you will explore the topic from various perspectives, the Opening Week will conclude on Friday, October 11, with a grand finale.
Program Overview
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Tuesday, 1 October 2024
| 09:00 - 09:45 am Auditorium | Interreligious Devotion | |
| 10:15 - 11:45 am Auditorium | Opening Ceremony Opening Speech with: Host: Christian Brei | |
| 11:45 am - 03:30 pm | Meeting in the Project Group, Intelligence Game & Lunch | |
| 03:30 pm - 05:00 pm Auditorium | Kick-Off Intelligence Game | Ricardo Usbeck & Sylvia Haider Awareness | Max Dietrich Host: Leonie Schmitt |
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
| 09:00 - 09:35 am Auditorium | The Idea of the Leuphana Bachelors Host: Sven Prien-Ribcke | |
| 09:35 - 09:45 am Auditorium | Mobility Break with University Sport | |
| 09:45 - 10:15 am Auditorium | The interdisciplinary modules in the Leuphana Semester Module „Wissenschaft problematisiert: Kritisches Denken“ | Laura Picht-Wiggering Host: Sven Prien-Ribcke | |
| 10:15 - 10:35 am | Break | |
| 10:35 - 10:50 am Auditorium | Studienberatung | |
| 10:50 am - 12:00 pm Auditorium | IT Flipped Classroom (myStudy & myCampus) | |
| 12:00 - 01:30 pm | Break | |
| 01:30 - 02:15 pm List of rooms | Major get-together / Introduction to the Subjects | |
| 02:15 - 03:30 pm List of rooms | myStudy Schedules & Subject Committees | |
from 02:15pm Forum | Schedule Support |
Monday, 7 October 2024
| 09:15 – 10:00 am Auditorium | Introduction with Manuel Bohn, Sarah Engler, Sylvia Haider, Ricardo Usbeck | |
10:15 – 11:15 am Forum | Focus Interviews Human | Manuel Bohn with Patricia Kanngießer | |
| 11:30 – 12:30 am | Project Groups | |
| 12:30 am – 02:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 02:15 – 03:15 pm Auditorium | Talk: Intelligence and the Social Self: How We Understand Ourselves and Others Host: Manuel Bohn | |
| 3:15 – 6:00 pm | Project Groups: Exploring the topic The academic advisors meet and give advice to the project groups |
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
| 09:15 - 10:30 am | Project work II: Consulting the topic | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 am Auditorium | Critical or visionary? Two modes of project work Critique| Steffi Hobuß | |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Auditorium | Talk: Ethical Intelligence: Building AI Systems for Inclusive Societies Host: Ricardo Usbeck | |
| 12:30 am – 02:00 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 02:15 - 03:15 pm Auditorium | Talk: The Roots of Human Intelligence: Lessons from Primate Cognition Host: Manuel Bohn | |
| 03:15 - 06:00 pm | Project work II: Consulting the topic | |
| 06:30 - 08:00 pm Lecture Hall 3 | Bildungserfolg in Deutschland - (k)eine Frage der Intelligenz? with Andreas Kemper and Hong Van Ngyuen Host: Paul Sieber |
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
| 09:15 - 11:00 am | Project work III: Developing visions | |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Auditorium | Talk: The politics of intelligence: How neuroscience can rehumanize polarized societies Host: Sarah Engler | |
| 12:30 - 02:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 02:00 - 03:00 pm Auditorium | Talk: Intelligence in Ecosystem Services: Bridging Nature and Human Well-being Host: Sylvia Haider | |
| 03:15 - 06:00 pm | Project work III: Developing visions | |
| 06:30 - 08:00 pm Lecture Hall 3 | Discussing Russia's war on Ukraine through a social justice lens: with Terrell Jermaine Starr Host: Lukas Dalpke |
Thursday, 10 October 2024
| 09:15 am - 12:30 pm | Project work IV: Realising visionary and critical contributions | |
| 12:30 - 02:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 02:00 - 06:30 pm | Project work IV: Realising visionary and critical contributions | |
| 06:30 - 09:30 pm | Fit & Free: Meet Your Hochschulsport |
Friday, 11 October 2024
| 10:00 - 11:30 am | Criticism and vision: Sessions on 30 topics with advisors Feedback-Session with Academic | |
| 12:30 – 02:30 pm Auditorium | Finale Students contributions: videos & comments Talk: Tristan Post Christian Brei Performance by: Dance Company of the Leuphana University Lüneburg | |
| evening | AStA Party |