Future forum - the livable city
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| Admission free |
| Registration required |
| Duration: 180 min |
| Doors open: 18:30 |
| German |
| Accessible for wheelchairs |
| Humboldt Lab, 1st floor |
| Belongs to: After Nature |
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities – and the trend is rising. The pressure is growing to find solutions for sustainable and liveable cities. It is equally important to protect people and the environment from pollution and to ensure an intact coexistence. The Future Forum at the Humboldt Lab 2022 will devote three events to sustainable urban development. Representatives from science, politics and civil society come together to discuss sustainable solutions for the future.
Open spaces in the city are rare – and their use is often contested. Green spaces and recreational areas in particular are sources of conflict between different interests. Environmental protection and nature conservation must be taken into account just as much as economic requirements or the need for living and recreational space. And more and more often, citizens are participating in the design of public space, as the referendum on the Tempelhofer Feld showed. In the first event of the series, Monika Herrmann, Andrea Isermann-Kühn, Ina Juckel and Jörg Niewöhner will discuss what sustainable and democratic urban planning can look like, where its benefits lie and what challenges it faces.
The Future Forum is a joint event of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Joachim Herz Foundation.
Participants
Monika Herrmann (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) was district mayor of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg from 2013-2021 and is now, among other things, spokesperson for the LAG Mobility. In her office, she was strongly committed to green spaces and participation formats.
Martin Hikel (SPD) has been the district mayor of Neukölln since 2018. The native Berliner and youngest mayor of Berlin was committed, among other things, to the opening of district contact points for citizen participation.
Andrea Isermann-Kühn is the managing director of DorfwerkStadt e.V. and coordinator of the Sustainable Mierendoff-INSEL initiative. In this initiative, residents work together with the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and academics for participatory and sustainable district development.
Ina Juckel, M.A., studied English, Philosophy, English Literature and Northern European Studies in Greifswald and Berlin. Her commitment to urban development and architecture is realised, among other things, as a board member of the “Villa Wolf in Gubin” association and as a representative of the Bürger:innenschaft in the participation advisory board of the state of Berlin. She is also one of the spokespersons for the participation advisory board.
Jörg Niewöhner is Professor of Urban Anthropology and Human-Environment Relations. He is Managing Director of the Institute for European Ethnology and Director of IRI THESys, an integrative research institute at Humboldt University Berlin. Participatory formats and sustainability play a major role in his research.
Katja Weber is a journalist and hosts, among others, the radio programmes “radioeins ab drei” and “Die Schöne Woche” of the rbb.