The Bielefeld Way

Time: 10:30 - 11:45, Room: H7
Format: Workshop

The goal of PINC is to gain a deeper general understanding of social or cultural processes of creative renewal. To this end, we will analyse, model and compare processes of individual, interactive and collective creative action as well as dynamics of innovation in different domains. The workshop offers the opportunity to discuss these aspects and develop project ideas in interdisciplinary working groups. All members and interested colleagues are cordially invited to attend.

Moderators/content design:
Professor Dr Tanja Ackermann
Professor Dr Joana Cholin
Professor Dr Claudia Hillebrandt
Professor Dr Johanna Kißler
Professor Dr Ralf Vogel

Time: 10:30 - 11:45, Room: H5
Format: follows

Further information will follow.

Time: 10:30 - 11:45, Room: H15
Format: Lectures with discussion

ESyMath stands for Emerging Synergies in Mathematics. In this session, we will briefly introduce the focus area and current projects.
Afterward, Charles Vial will give a talk on algebraic periods. These are numbers that can be represented as a special kind of integral—for example, the number π is one of them. It is conjectured that Euler’s number e is not such a period. Studying periods requires the combination of methods from geometry, algebra, analysis, number theory, and physics. The talk will provide an accessible introduction and highlight the importance of periods in both classical problems and current research.
Vitali Wachtel will speak about randomness as a reliable helper. Usually, randomness is seen as a disruptive element that needs to be understood and controlled. Vitali Wachtel will explain, using the example of route planning in networks, how the artificial introduction of randomness can actually be beneficial.

Moderator:
Professor Dr Claudia Alfes

Speakers:
Professor Dr Claudia Alfes
Professor Dr Charles Vial
Professor Dr Vitali Wachtel

Time: 10:30 - 11:45, Room: H16
Format: Panel

The panel asks how universalization functions as the universalization of a particular perspective. It inquires into the conditions and the processes of the successful establishment of universalizations, as well as into dynamics of their contestation and their relativizing. A special focus lies on practices of comparison as key processes of a modernity constituted through universalizations.

Moderator:
Professor Dr Mathias Albert

Panel Participants:
Professor Dr Martin Petzke
Professor Dr Oliver Flügel-Martinsen
Professor Dr Minh Nguyen
Professor Dr Martin Lutz
Professor Dr Holger Straßheim

Time: 12.00-13.15, Room: H5
Format: Panel

ConGeD is interested in contestations of gender in democratically constituted societies and assumes that gender and democracy are closely interwoven.
We thus refer to the current socio-political situation in which semantics of gender equality, democracy and plurality are no longer taken for granted, but are contested. At the same time, we are interested in the increase in possibilities for experiencing gender that are and have been produced by democratic practice.
The focus area combines empirical research on the transformation of gender (in the present and past, locally, (trans)nationally and globally) with the theoretical and methodological development of interdisciplinary gender studies. Gendered modes of existence are entangled with other dimensions of social inequality and discrimination. Global, transnational, post- & decolonial perspectives are just as important in our further developments as perspectives of democracy research.
In our session, we will present four project contexts that illustrate the diversity of our perspectives and we are looking forward to a joint discussion.

Panel Participants:
Professor Dr Diana Lengersdorf (welcome)
Professor Dr Tomke König (lecture 1)
Professor Dr Alexandra Scheele-Baer/Professor Dr Julia Roth (lecture 2)
Professor Dr Birte Förster (lecture 3)
Professor Dr Pamela Wicker (lecture 4)

Time: 12.00-13.15, Room: H16
Format: Panel followed by a poster session

The FAITH focus area examines the fundamental limits and design possibilities of “Human-AI Teamwork”, in which humans and AI systems coordinate their complementary skills in a targeted manner to pursue a common goal. The session on the focus area will start with a panel in which the speakers will present their perspectives on the focus area and put them up for discussion. A subsequent poster session will provide an opportunity for discussion and exchange.

Moderators:
Professor Dr Anja Abendroth
Professor Dr Philipp Cimiano
Professor Dr Stefan Kopp
Professor Dr Günter Maier
Professor Dr Sina Zarrieß

Time: 12.00-13.15, Room: H15
Format: Lecture

We highlight interdisciplinary approaches to understanding, quantifying, and managing uncertainty across economic, social, and environmental domains. In particular, we present research on uncertainty and wellbeing, explore why receivers of narratives sometimes prefer to be naïve, address the question of whether football fever can be measured, and, last but not least, discuss the trade-off between today’s welfare and the wellbeing of future generations in the context of climate change.

Moderator:
Professor Dr Giorgio Ferrari

Speakers:
Junior Professor Dr Timo Adam
Junior Professor Dr Manuel Foerster
Professor Dr Pamela Wicker
Professor Dr Christian Deutscher
Josephine Fandrich
Professor Dr Frank Riedel

Time: 12.00-13.15, Room: H10
Format: Panel

SHIFT examines transformation processes in social, political and ecological human-environment relations in the Americas in their relation to the global world. The BI.research Conference will host an interdisciplinary panel focussing on the underlying entanglement approach in relation to distinct practices, actors and epistemologies. Their interaction will be discussed in short contributions from the fields of natural and economic sciences, history of science, history and cultural studies.

Moderators:
Professor Dr Olaf Kaltmeier
Professor Dr Kirsten Kramer
Professor Dr Eleonora Rohland

Panel Participants:
Professor Dr Christiane Clemens
Professor Dr Frank Grüner
Professor Dr Caroline Müller
Professor Dr Lena Neuenkamp
Professor Dr Carsten Reinhardt
Dr Matti Steinitz
Dr Philipp Wolfesberger

Time: 16:00 - 17:15, Room: H7
Format: Workshop

AI*IM aims to enhance medical care for individuals with cognitive impairments through interactive AI that supports communication with their environment.​In the session, current projects and ideas will be presented in pitches and commented on by discussants. Attendees can pin questions and comments on boards, which will be discussed later in a plenary session. Finally, working groups on existing or interesting topics will be introduced.

Moderators:
Professor Dr Claudia Hornberg
Professor Dr Tanja Sappok
Professor Dr Anna-Lisa Vollmer
Professor Dr Britta Wrede

Time: 16:00 - 17:15, Room: H5
Format: Panel

Societies are characterised by social inequalities. Pronounced inequalities harbour social conflicts that can be institutionalised, suppressed or carried out violently - and which in turn can reduce existing inequalities or create new ones. The Conflicts of Inequality (CoIn) focus area approaches these complex interactions. In our panel discussion, our interdisciplinary panellists will discuss promising directions and potential mechanisms and moderators linking conflict and inequality.

Moderation:
Professor Dr Tobias Hecker

Panel participants:
Professor Dr Christina Morina
Professor Dr Carsten Sauer
Professor Dr Odile Sauzet
Professor Dr Anna Zaharieva
Professor Dr Andreas Zick

Time: 16:00 - 17:15, Room: H15
Format: Lecture with discussion

Individuals differ, but the causes and consequences are still unclear. The process of individualisation arises from interactions between individuals and their environment. InChangE brings together researchers from various fields to close this gap and investigate the causes and consequences of individualisation in animals and humans. The aim of the session is to develop ideas for the future and to attract further researchers to the topic.

Lecture:
Professor Dr Oliver Krüger

Discussion:
Professor Dr Oliver Krüger
Professor Dr Barbara Caspers
Professor Dr Marie Kaiser

Time: 16:00 - 17:15, Room: H16
Format: Lecture with discussion

The focus area ANBauEn investigates how complex systems with emergent properties arise from fundamental building blocks and how, conversely, the behavior of complex systems in the natural sciences can be inferred from fundamental structures and principles. In the planned session, we will have four impulse talks and discussion, aiming to extend and sharpen the overarching topics for individual subprojects.

Moderators:
Dr Bastian Brandt
Professor Dr Sören Schlichting
Professor Dr Dominik Schwarz

Speakers:
Professor Dr Armin Gölzhäuser
Professor Dr Thomas Koop
Dr Caroline Robin
Professor Dr Daniel Merkle
 

Time: 14.15-15.00, room: H15
Format: Lecture with discussion

Given the high societal relevance of critical thinking competence (CTC), we address students’ CTC in the educational context as a key future skill. Bielefeld University as a “reform” university with a long discourse culture is the perfect place to examine and foster CTC to prepare students to participate as critical citizens in democracies. Our interrelated aims are: (a) Research: concept for a DFG application for a Research Training Group. (b) Teaching: a new Bielefeld Critical Thinking Lab. (c) Transfer: science communication on critical thinking to the public.

Presenters and moderators:
Professor Dr Kirsten Berthold
Professor Dr Susanne Miller
Professor Dr Matthias Wilde
Professor Dr Fabian Wolff

Time: 14:15-15:00, room: H7

We present the idea of Mathematical Innovations through Collaborative Synergies (MiCoS): Building on the focus area ESyMath, this profile area initiative emphasizes mathematical questions that arise from neighboring disciplines such as data science, economics, and the natural sciences. These interdisciplinary impulses not only open up new fields of application but also foster synergies within mathematics itself—for example, through the interaction of various subfields such as algebra, analysis, geometry, numerical analysis, stochastics, and statistics.
Pedagogical and educational questions constitute another integral dimension of the initiative. This likewise illustrates how strong interconnections between diverse mathematical fields and their dissemination can yield new insights.

Moderators:
Professor Dr Claudia Alfes
Professor Dr Giorgio Ferrari
Professor Dr Moritz Kaßmann
Professor Dr Benjamin Paaßen
Professor Dr Roland Langrock
Professor Dr Alexander Salle
Professor Dr Cora Uhlemann

Time: 16:00 - 17:15, Room: H4
Format: Lecture with discussion

InChangE combines social sciences, humanities and natural sciences to investigate individualisation in animals and humans. Although individual differences are visible, the causes and consequences remain unclear. InChangE brings together experts from different disciplines to investigate the causes, consequences and the complex interactions between individuals and their environment. During the session, the focus will be on forward-looking ideas and inspiring more scientists to work on the topic.

Lecture:
Professor Dr Oliver Krüger

Discussion:
Professor Dr Oliver Krüger
Professor Dr Barbara Caspers
Professor Dr Marie Kaiser
PD Dr Bastian Mönkediek

• Approval and Liability of Automation Innovations (InnoHaZu)
• The Art of Conflict (K_IKT)
• Behave Sustainably, Shape the Future (NahZug)
• Bielefeld Precision Medicine and Cellular Technology Netzwerk (BI.PREMAC)
• Chatbots as Tutors at School (CATS)
• Crop Optimization and Management Automation (CROPTIMA)
• Diversity-sensitive research in mental illness (PED)
• Dynamics of 24h-Rest-Activity Patterns and Variability in Psychological and Health Outcomes in Intensive Longitudinal Data (DAVID)
• Enactive learning environments of school labs-networks for STEM education (EnLab-STEM)
• Energy Transformations, Inequalities and Dependencies in Contemporary History (Energistories)
• The Ethos of Religious Peacebuilders in Ukraine (ERPU)
• Exclusion and Inclusion Processes in the Segregating School System – Accessibility and Acceptability (ExISt)
• Explainable AI and Advanced Methodology for Statistical Analyses of Radiomics Data (ExAMS)
• Health equity in time of crises and disruptions (HECoD)
• Immigrants’ Minds Connect: An AI-Driven Digital Mental Hub for Wellbeing in Germany (ImMiCo-Project)
• Interdisciplinary Aspects of Housing (IWo)
• Interpersonal Interaction and Perception Network (IPIP-Network)
• Into the Wild: Synergetic Development of Technological and Methodological Approaches for Future Real-World Experiments (WildWorld)
• Leadership and Welfare in (Social) Transformation Processes (LeadWel)
• Literary-Studies Perspectives on Literarische Bildung (LiBlib)
• The Material as an Interface between Temporality and Historicity (MaTH)
• Mis(sing) Information in the Educational Sector (Mis/sl)
• Pathways from trauma and adversity to mental health (PATH)
• Science (Teacher) Identity (SciT-ID)
• Smart Products and Smart Services (SPASS)
• Sports in Prison (SpiP)
• Statistical Inference on Latent Structures from Sequential Data (SILAS)
• Sustainable Entrepreneurship
• Teacher Education through Development, Application, and Reflection in the teutolab Network (LEARNlab)
• Television research in Literary Studies (LiFe)
• Understanding Randomness as Functional Principle in Polymer and Proteins (URSUPPE)

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