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The topic of the Retreat was “academic values” since – after a Jour fixe discussion in January 2024 - the fellows decided that “academic values” are so important and up-to-date that they should be discussed at the Zukunftskolleg’s Scientific Retreat.

To get an outside perspective on the topic, we invited Jan-Martin Wiarda, a well-known education and science journalist in Germany, to give a public lecture at Hohenfels Castle. He kicked off the Scientific Retreat on Tuesday afternoon and spoke about “The value of academic values”. He presented “his” seven academic values: impartiality, truthfulness, transparency, fairness, diversity, performance orientation and social responsibility - without claiming to present a complete list, talked about their interdependencies, and what they should mean both to academics at the beginning of their scientific career and to academic institutions.

Here cou can watch a video of the whole talk.

On Wednesday, the fellows continued their discussions about academic values which was moderated by Harald Kühl (die regionauten). The final goal of this workshop day was to write a value statement about the Zukunftskolleg.

The Scientific Retreat ended with a dinner and get-together in the evening and a trip to Überlingen the next day. Thanks to all participants for your input!