Shaping the future – between climate change, technology and social responsibility

Lecture series as part of the exhibition “FIXING FUTURES: Planetary futures between speculation and control”

May to July 2025

As part of the exhibition “FIXING FUTURES: Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control”, the MGGU – Museum Giersch of Goethe University together with the research center “Normative Orders” invites you to the lecture series “Shaping the Future – Between Climate Change, Technology and Social Responsibility”.

Between May and July 2025, experts from various scientific disciplines will shed light on key issues and challenges in dealing with shaping the future in the face of climate change.

Topics such as the fair distribution of resources, the use of artificial intelligence and algorithms as well as alternative futures will take center stage. The lectures offer an interdisciplinary dialogue between science, art and activism and invite visitors to question the complex interactions between social processes and social norms that climate change and increasing technologization entail.

The series of events encourages us to ask questions such as whether and to what extent modern technologies can help us to shape a sustainable future and what ethical, political and social implications this entails. The dialog between the speakers and visitors opens up new perspectives and provides food for thought for actively shaping our future.

The events are open to the public. Admission is free.

MGGU – Museum Giersch of Goethe University
Schaumainkai 83
60596 Frankfurt am Main

Organizer:
Research Center “Normative Orders” in cooperation with the MGGU – Museum Giersch of Goethe University