Noble Talks: The Anthropocene – planetary crisis and challenge for the sciences.

17.11.2022, 5 pm

The Anthropocene – planetary crisis and challenge for the sciences.

Public lecture in the series Noble Talks.

Prof. Dr. Ricarda Winkelmann
University of Potsdam and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jürgen Renn
Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Founding director at the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena

What does the Anthropocene mean for science and in particular for the relationship between social and natural sciences? What new research approaches and methods do we need to meet this challenge? The lecture takes up this question and argues for innovative research that focuses on the Earth system transformed by humans and combines natural science and human science methods in its analysis.

Live on site or online via livestream. All information is available here: https://www.beutenberg.de/veranstaltungen/noble-gespraeche/