Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change

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The Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change (KAT) combines research, education, consulting and process support. It designs, researches and accompanies your development towards a culture of sustainability. The goal is to build bridges together to overcome social boundaries, individual interests and outdated structures.

Leaving the old behind and daring the new, for a future worth living in.

Building on the experience, expertise and structures of the real-world lab Quartier Zukunft - Labor Stadt (District Future - Urban Lab) launched in 2012, the Karlsruhe Transformation Center is one of the first of its kind in the world. It operates at the interface of science and society and participatively develops and communicates knowledge and expertise for social change. The Karlsruhe Transformation Center operates a real-world lab as well as various research and transformation projects. In addition, it advises municipalities, companies and organizations and accompanies them into a sustainable future. The institutional background of the KAT is the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

You can find out more about the KAT in the brochure or here as a short-description.


News

Vorträge, Publikum und Technik bei einer KIT Science-Week-Veranstaltung in unterschiedlichen Settings.Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Veranstaltungen vom KAT im Rahmen der KIT Science Week 2025

Wenn sich vom 14.-19. Oktober alles um die „Stadt der Zukunft“ dreht, lädt das KAT mit einem bunten Programm zum Mitmachen, Austauschen und Kennenlernen ein. Kommen Sie zu unseren Workshops, Exkursionen und Ausstellungen – wir freuen uns auf den Dialog mit Ihnen!

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Hannes Breunig hält eine Präsentation über KlimaschutzKAT
Psychologie trifft Klimaschutz

Interview mit Hannes Breunig

Wie kann systemischer Wandel wirklich gelingen? Im Interview spricht Hannes Breunig über persönliche Aha-Momente, die Bedeutung von Wissenschaftskommunikation und darüber, wie jede Person durch den eigenen Beruf zum Klimaschutz beitragen kann.

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Zeichnung eines mobilen Labors mit Solarpaneelen und drei Personen in der Nähe.JessieJoo - Illustrationen & Design
Eucor MobiLab Roadshow 2025: Weitere Termine

Seit Mai reist das mobile Partizipationslabor, kurz MobiLab, vom KIT entlang des Oberrheins, um Forschung zum Thema Nachhaltigkeit in der Region sichtbar zu machen. An drei Standorten kann die Roadshow im Oktober noch besucht werden: Strasbourg, Mulhouse und Karlsruhe (zur Science Week).

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Events

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Insights and outlooks

Real-world labs make you fit for the future

The Karlsruhe Transformation Center runs the real-world lab "District Future" in Karlsruhe's Oststadt district. Together with the residents, District Future wants to try out the good and sustainable life of today and tomorrow. The aim is not to rebuild the existing neighbourhood on a large scale, but to carefully transform it in collaboration with citizens, academia, politics and the private sector.

The Karlsruhe Transformation Centre is also home to other research and real-world laboratory projects in the field of sustainable development. They deal with topics such as climate-friendly nutrition, sustainable construction and car-free cities.

Mitmachen Quartier Zukunft
Sustainability to join in

The "Quartier Zukunft - Labor Stadt" is a real-world lab in Karlsruhe's Oststadt district. As a contact point for the population, for politics and science, it investigates the question: How can we live well in the city today and tomorrow, while taking care of our fellow human beings, the environment and posterity?

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Reallabor Video
What is a real-world lab?

A real-world lab is a transdisciplinary research and development facility. Science and society work together on sustainable solutions. This video from "Quartier Zukunft" shows exactly how to move from knowledge to action (in German).

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Podcast Forschung ohne Kittel
Real stories from real-world lab research

How do you do research in a real-world lab? The podcast "Labor Zukunft - Forschung ohne Kittel" (Future Lab - Research without a Coat) provides insights into the research work of a real-world lab. Using practical examples and real projects, the podcast illustrates how easy it is to work for a sustainable future (in German).

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Contact

Do you have any questions? Contact us, we will be happy to advise you.

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