The Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change

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 The goal is to build bridges together to overcome social boundaries, individual interests and outdated structures.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

Waldstadtfest Karlsruhe 2022
Das MobiLab im Waldstadtzentrum Karlsruhe

Unter dem Motto "Wissenschaft meets Bürger:innen" besucht das mobile Partizipationslabor MobiLab vom 15.-18. Juni 2023 die Karlsruher Waldstadt. Im Rahmen des Waldstadtfests findet dort ein buntes Programm zu Nachhaltigkeit, Klimawandel und einer guten Lebensgestaltung statt.

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Ein Vorlesungssaal mit StudierendenKIT
Neue Lehrveranstaltung im Sommersemester 2023

Studierende des KIT können sich ab sofort für das Seminar "Nutzung der Solarenergie durch Photovoltaik – Von der Theorie zur Praxis" anmelden. Die Veranstaltung findet wöchentlich immer mittwochs von 8:00 bis 9:30 Uhr statt. Eine Anmeldung ist erforderlich. 

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Zukunftsraum von aussen
Baden-TV: Das Karlsruhe von morgen – Forschung zu nachhaltigem Wandel

Beitrag vom 06. April 2023: Vor rund einem Jahr wurde das Karlsruher Transformationszentrum ins Leben gerufen. Unter der Schirmherrschaft des KIT wird dort erforscht, wie ein nachhaltiger Wandel gelingen kann.

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Veranstaltungskalender

The fields of action

Action and Innovation Consultancy Education Experimentation

 

Research Reflection and Contemplation Communication and Networking

 

Insights and outlooks

Real-world labs make you fit for the future
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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