Transdisciplinary Research Area 'Individuals, Institutions and Societies'
Each of us is part of society. But how do we, as individuals, affect society and how does it influence us in our own actions? What does this look like for institutions? How can institutions be designed to sustainably ensure equal opportunities and social cohesion in the age of globalization and digitalization?
These are questions that fall within the transdisciplinary research area (TRA) "Individuals, Institutions and Societies". The scientists in this TRA are investigating key influences on our social and economic decisions: Resource conservation, protection of art and cultural assets, morality and ethics, and determinants of human agency and motivation.
About the TRA 4
Learn more about goals and the organization of the transdisciplinary research area.
Research
Read here about the research profile, topics and funded projects of our TRA.
Offers
Information on offers, funding opportunities and events of our TRA can be found here.
Network
Here you can learn more about our network, our members and about our cooperation partners.
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Funding opportunities of TRA 4 'Individuals & Societies'
We support your third-party funding application from the idea to networking, start-ups and service to the application:
- Idea: Use TRA-specific calls, programs and events
- Network: find cooperation partners, develop & discuss ideas in workshops
- Start-up: launch projects & apply for (financial/ideal) funding for start-ups or events
- Service: Application consulting for TRA and third-party funds
- Application: project support and contact to specific consulting and service institutions
High Profile Professorships
The establishment of high-caliber professorships is a central measure of the University of Bonn within the framework of its excellence strategy. To ensure institutional renewal and the further dynamic development of our university, we have established Hertz, Schlegel and Argelander Tenure Track Professorships aimed at strengthening the Transdisciplinary Research Areas (TRAs) as well as the faculties. More information on each program can be found here.
Renowned reinforcement for the University of Bonn: Ethicist Christiane Woopen, agricultural economist Matin Qaim and theologian Klaus von Stosch fill new professorships of excellence. With the first High Profile Professorships financed by Excellence funds, three top-class scientific personalities are coming to the University of Excellence to open up new fields of research and provide important impulses in various disciplines.
Professorships of the TRA Individuals & Societies
Hertz Professorship in 'Life Ethics'
Prof. Dr. med. Christiane Woopen
Argelander Professorship in Environmental Economics, Sustainability and Inequality
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Mink
Argelander Professorship in the Law of Sustainability and Ecological Transformation
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Lorenzen
Schlegel professorships of the participating faculties
Phone: +49 228 73-7679
E-Mail: martin.kessler@uni-bonn.de
Address: An der Schloßkirche 2-4, 53113 Bonn
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Phone: +49 (0) 228 73-62160
E-Mail: stosch@uni-bonn.de
Address: Kaiserplatz 7-9, 53113 Bonn
For more information please visit:
Phone: +49 228 739232
E-Mail: lehrstuhl.hwang@jura.uni-bonn.de
Address: Adenauerallee 24-42, 53113 Bonn
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Human-robot interaction and sustainable artificial intelligence (AI) will be the topics of discussion on Thursday, November 9th at an event organized jointly by the University of Bonn Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE) and the Women in AI and Robotics network. The event date marks the start of partnership between the two organizations, and is aimed at recruiting new members interested in joining Women in AI & Robotics. Held in English, the event will be held in the foyer of the IWE with address Bonner Talweg 57, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All interested parties are invited to attend.
What legal levers can cities pull in order to reinvent themselves as green, equitable, productive and healthy places to live in the spirit of the New Leipzig Charter of 2021? What legal constraints are they subject to? And what answers do constitutions provide to the question of an environmentally sustainable transformation and the social sustainability challenges that it brings? These and other questions are being tackled by the legal expert Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Lorenzen, a new Argelander Professor at the University of Bonn. Within the Individuals, Institutions and Societies Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA), she is working at the interface between law, economics and the social sciences.
What impact does artificial intelligence (AI) have on the environment? And what might the ramifications of AI be for society? These are some of the questions being tackled by the research group led by Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe, a Humboldt Professor at the University of Bonn. Last week, she brought together international experts in the research field.
What impact does artificial intelligence (AI) have on the environment? And what might the ramifications of AI be for society? These are some of the questions being tackled by the research group led by Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe, a Humboldt Professor at the University of Bonn. She will now bring international experts in the field together between May 30 and June 1. At the Universitätsclub Bonn, the researchers will discuss cross-cultural perspectives of sustainable AI on a global level.
Contact
André Beauducel
Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin von Gaudecker
Johanna Tix
Dechenstraße 3-11
53115 Bonn