Zu den vielfältigen Bedeutungen des metaphorischen Konzepts A/Symmetrie in den Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften.

The potentials of new types of technologies and digital innovations are receiving enormous political and scholarly attention. In the course of the digital transformation, data is attracting particular attention as a new resource for innovation. The innovation potential of digital tools is identified in a broad spectrum of fields of action, such as the optimisation of decisions and the "fairer" distribution of resources and legal goods.

Members of Die Junge Akademie have established the Diversity Initiative. This seeks to engage in a discussion of diversity and variety in the science system in sufficient depth and breadth, and to approach these topics in a critical and reflective manner. This is also intrinsically motivated, as Die Junge Akademie depends on the diversity of its members' perspectives, which form the basis for the academy's innovative strength and drive.

What paths lead to science and what did researchers actually do in their childhood? Together with Carl Hanser Verlag, Die Junge Akademie is publishing a children's book with the portraits of 30 scientists to show different careers and to awaken children's joy and interest in science.

The earth-ecosystem has always been shaped by human influences. However, at the latest since industrialisation in the 19th century, this human influence has taken on another dimension, so that science now speaks of a new epoch on Earth, the Anthropocene. The changes caused by anthropogenic influence on the ecosystem are worrying, as they impact habitats enormously, and in many regions, the livelihoods of plants, animals and humans are destroyed.

Music can influence humans in various ways. It is part of the cultural practice and also embedded in social context. On the individual level, the brain is the crucial organ to experience music. Research on the neurobiology of music is surprisingly sparse, however, and respective insights have rarely fed back into musicology. In the Lullabyte project, researchers from highly remote scientific disciplines – musicology, neuroscience, computer science, and acoustics – and interdisciplinary PhD students combine their respective expertise for the first time in order to follow the question on how musical features and sleep quality relate.

Peer Review is a science simulation game for 4 to 6 players. Its goals are to educate junior scientists and encourage self-reflection in established scientists, as well as to give a broader interested public some insight into the mechanics of the scientific system.

On this page we collect practical tips on how to reduce the amount of travel in the everyday work of scientists. The tips are based on Die Junge Akademie's statement "Suggestions for more sustainable academic activities by reducing travel". Unlike the statement, the practical tips do not represent the opinion of the entire Die Junge Akademie.

Public spheres and their borders play a central role in discussions surrounding digital communication, freedom of expression, and the future of democracy. In the context of the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic, public spheres have been thrust into the spotlight, particularly as they relate to fake news, filter bubbles, and manipulated flows of information. Questions about borders, participation or exclusion mechanisms are negotiated in this project.

The Salon Sophie Charlotte at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities is an event that is open to all interested members of the public. It takes place annually, in the venerable halls of the academy and focusses on a new topic each year.

In an interdisciplinary project with two modules, the Project Group addresses the topic "Lucid Dreaming Now and Then" from the Middle Ages to the contemporary history of science in order to bring together research in the humanities and neuroscience on dreams in different ways.

Infinite expanses, infinite emptiness, finite knowledge? What are the implications of the supposed infinity of the universe for science, art and economy? How can we rethink the universe?

The research project "Infinity - Emtiness - Liveliness" explores the question of what it means to be human in the transplanetary age.

As part of the so-called third mission, universities and scientists are increasingly expected to tie research activities more closely to society, be it in the form of easily understandable science communication, advice for politics and business or other forms of social engagement. However, the relationship between scientific knowledge generation and social and political engagement is quite complex.

The project WüstenWissen (desert knowledge) explores the transformation of today's largest dry desert, the Sahara, in an interdisciplinary way.