The office for „Knowledge Exchange with Society” at the Centre for Cultural Techniques is the central point of contact at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin for methods, questions and programmes of transdisciplinary and participatory research and practice as well as internationalization in the field of public engagement.
We define knowledge exchange with society as an equal exchange, allowing space for questions and integrating living knowledge and experiences from society into research and teaching. Our aim is to learn from various community actors and to tackle pressing societal issues together with civil society, culture and politics.
As a team, we support researchers, students and staff across disciplines in addressing scientific issues in collaboration with society in order to enrich their research and contribute to overcoming social challenges together. We offer a range of project counselling and training services for the implementation of knowledge exchange with society in research and teaching, provide support with funding opportunities and facilitate networking with other projects and community actors.
Contact:
Xenia Muth
Leonie Kubigsteltig
Office for Knowledge Exchange with Society
Phone: +49(0)30 2093-12892 | -12881
Email: wissensaustausch.hzk@hu-berlin.de
Location: HU Campus Nord, Haus 3 | Philippstraße 13 | 10115 Berlin
Mail: Unter den Linden 6 | 10099 Berlin
Supporting Exchange Between Science and Society: Insights into a Public Engagement Internship
Interview with Jayun Choi, Brown University Jayun Choi spent her fall semester 2025 at Humboldt-Universität completing an internship at the Office for Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange with Society at the Center for Cultural Techniques. She supported university-wide programs for public engagement and helped organize the Fluid Interdisciplinarities Festival. In
Teaching and Learning with Society: Call for Proposals Summer Term 2026
The call for applications for ‘Teaching and Learning with Society’ for the summer semester 2026 is now open. If you are interested, please apply by 18 January 2026! The program “Teaching and Learning with Society: transdisciplinary course program” supports teachers across disciplines in shaping academic questions and seminar work in
A Decolonial Quartet on the Benin Bronzes: An Interview with Vincent Leonhardt
Insights into the Program “Learning and Teaching with Society” The following interview was conducted by Marlene Lüdorff, who is a student assistant at the Centre for Cultural Techniques, with Vincent Leonhardt, a participant in the ‘Overloaded: Interimperial Entanglements of Material and Photographic Collections’ seminar in August 2025. The seminar, which was
Learning and Teaching with Society in the Winter Term 2025/2026
We are delighted that nine seminars will be supported by the ‘Learning and Teaching with Society’ funding programme this winter semester! The seminars will receive seed funding of up to €1,000, as well as content-related advice and methodological support from the Knowledge Exchange with Society competence area. If you are
WisTanz at Primary Schools
During autumn break 2025, choreographer Irina Demina will collaborate with Prof. Valentina Forini, theoretical physicist at Humboldt-Universität to bring “WisTanz” to primary school children of Kolumbus Grundschule Berlin. They will co-create a workshop where the children experience within their bodies how the tiniest particles and the largest celestial bodies move,
Archiving Werkstatt der Kulturen: (Post)Migrant Histories in Berlin Arts – Insights into the program Teaching and Learning with Society
187 boxes formed the core of the seminar “Archiving Workshop of Cultures: (Post)Migrant Histories in Berlin Arts”. The materials left behind by the Werkstatt der Kulturen (WdK) are collected in these. From 1993 to 2019, the WdK was the only state-funded institution in the city dedicated to the presentation of