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Turn of the Green Tides
Algal blooms are intensifying worldwide, posing growing challenges for ecosystems and coastal communities. The ZiF workshop “Turn of the Green Tides” explores new ways of working with algal biomass to foster coastal resilience and climate adaptation.
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Gender, Diversity and Social Change
Achievements in gender equality are increasingly being debated.
Sociologist Diana Lengersdorf explains the social dynamics behind these developments.
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When digitalization and sustainability go hand in hand
How can digitalization and sustainability drive transformation together? In this interview, the organizers of the workshop “Global Responsibility for Twin Transition” explain what matters most in achieving the twin transition.
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Postsocialist & Postcolonial Legacies Across Borders
The postsocialist legacy continues to shape power relations and conflicts to this day. An international workshop at the ZiF – Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University explores how these interconnections can be better understood.
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Robust Decisions for Humans and AI
In the latest episode of the ZiF podcast ‘Interspaces’, the leaders of the Long-term Research Group discuss their research and the key challenges facing their interdisciplinary project.
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The nexus of drugs and violence
A new international research group at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research is investigating how the boundaries between legality and illegality influence economic life, political power and social relations.
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Deconstructing ‚Displacement‘, Reconstructing Housing
An international research group at Bielefeld University’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) is exploring what good housing solutions might look like.
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Three questions on post-socialism and coloniality
Can post-socialism be colonial? Research group leader Professor Dr Anna Amelina explains how this question is being explored from an interdisciplinary perspective at the ZiF in Bielefeld.
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Robust Decisions in Natural and Artificial Intelligence
People, animals and AI make decisions every day under conditions of uncertainty. A new international research group at ZiF Bielefeld is investigating robust decision-making strategies for this purpose. For the first time in a workshop from 8 to 19 December.
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How to Understand Complex Systems
An international research group on the theory of random matrices is being launched at the ZiF in Bielefeld. It is investigating how new methods can be used to better understand complex systems ranging from ecology to AI.
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Counting with uncertainties
The theory of imprecise probabilities is the focus of ISIPTA 2025 at the Bielefeld ZiF.
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Individualisation in Change
How do humans and animals navigate life transitions? The Individualisation Symposium 2025 explores biological, psychological, and social turning points – on March 25 at ZiF Bielefeld.
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Self-managed abortion
Feminist networks campaign for reproductive rights. A research group at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) is investigating their role and impact.
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How common are means of increasing mental performance?
In a research_tv interview, sociologist Dr Sebastian Sattler talks about the prevalence of neuroenhancement.
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Philosophical Engagement with Biology and Medicine
In an interview, philosopher of science Alkistis Elliott-Graves describes the special features and challenges of the ZiF workshop “Philosophical engagement on biology and medicine”.
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‘Out of the spheres of the private and the moral’
Social anthropologist Minh Nguyen analyses how care is organized under market socialism. Care, she states, must be analysed as public and political.
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Talking about borders and their effects
Europe’s external borders are being increasingly reinforced and monitored, including by force. This has an impact on the people who are turned away and changes the societies in Europe themselves.
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The Future of Evidence-Based Policy
International research group at the ZiF is now presenting its findings and developing proposals for the future of evidence-based policy together with experts and practitioners.
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How can science better advise policy?
The new ZiF research group deals with evidence-based policy-making. The inaugural workshop will focus on the misinterpretation of scientific findings.
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How online rhetoric shapes and spreads messages
In online media, algorithms tend to display messages that generate more reactions. An upcoming symposium will explore the dynamics behind online rhetoric.
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What gender identity means for everyday life
During Pride Month June, the focus is on issues facing the LGBTQI* community. The university studies these issues all year round.
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A question of purpose
A new form of business is making headlines: the steward-owned company. A legal scholar and an economist from the university are carrying out research on this new form together.
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Emerging Contestations of Women’s and Gender Rights
Inaugural conference for research group at Center for Interdisciplinary Research
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