Trust as the Foundation of Society's Future
Trust is a crucial foundation of modern societies. In view of its direct relevance to society, trust has been the subject of much research over the past 30 years.
The aim of our project is to demystify trust as a relevant and at the same time actively shapable basis of societal future and to make it more understandable to the general public. For this purpose, our project is divided into 4 parts:
Part 1: Live-Podcast Series „Trust Issues?“
The project kicks off with a low-threshold and interactive live format, which also serves to record a podcast. The aim is to bring scientists, relevant professionals and those interested into a conversation about trust in different areas of society. An input and dialogue from our podcast guests from academia and practice will be followed by an exchange with the live audience.
Our live podcast took place during Fall Term 22/23.
You can find the episodes using the following link. They are also available on all major music streaming devices.
https://podcast.leuphana.de/trust-issues/
Below is an overview of the topics and guests:
Episode 1 | „TRUST ISSUES?“ Scientific impulses: |
| „DAS VERTRAUEN GEHT VOM VOLKE AUS!“ Scientific impulse: Representing the field of practice: |
Episode 3 | „TRUST ME, I'M A SOCIAL WORKER!“ Scientific impulse: Representing the field of practice: |
Episode 4 | „WER VERTRAUT BLEIBT DUMM?“ Scientific impulse: Representing the field of practice: |
Episode 5 | „VERTRAUEN IST DER ANFANG VON ALLEM?“ Scientific impulse: Representing the field of practice: |
Episode 6 | „ADVERTISE MY TRUST!“ Scientific impulse: Representing the field of practice: |
Episode 7 | „QUELLE: VERTRAU MIR, BRUDER!“ Scientific impulses: Representing the field of practice: |
Episode 8 | „ZWISCHEN GESUNDER SKEPSIS UND (DES-)INFORMATION?“ Scientific impulses: Representing the field of practice: |
Download Poster (German)
Part 2: Impulse Sessions
Based on the podcast series, three one-day impulse sessions will be held with experts to develop impulse papers for further in-depth workshops in the areas of "Politics, State and Civil Society," "Economy and Consumption," and "Media and Science”. While the focus of the podcast series was on understanding the phenomena of trust, the impulse sessions will draw on empirical findings to work out how trust can be promoted in the respective areas.
Part 3: Workshops with Decision-Makers
Based on the impulse papers developed in part 2, topic-specific workshop concepts are didactically elaborated in part 3. Along with the impulse papers, the materials developed will be used to conduct one-day workshops. Specifically, three workshops will be conducted in the areas of "Politics, State and Civil Society," "Economy and Consumption," and "Media and Science." In these workshops, together with field-relevant decision-makers from Lower Saxony, trust-building processes will be reflected upon in greater depth and in an action-oriented perspective.
Part 4: Public Panel Discussion
In our final event we will publicly present the main results of parts 1-3 and discuss them based on the impulse papers. For this purpose, a panel discussion will be held with experts from all three thematic areas "Politics, State and Civil Society", "Economy and Consumption" and "Media and Science". The panel discussion will be followed by a public discussion focusing on ways to promote trust in the everyday lives of people in Lower Saxony.
The date of the public panel discussion will be announced on this website soon.