LCSS Lunch Talks

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At the LCSS Lunch Talks, researchers at the Leibniz Center for Science and Society (LCSS) and selected guests present their research in a relaxed atmosphere.  Afterwards, there is time for questions and discussion.

We cordially invite colleagues in the research area of Wissenschaftsreflexion, students and guests from all disciplines to join us and participate – bring your lunch with you!

Lunch talks take place on Tuesdays at either R302, Lange Laube 32, or R030, Im Moore 23, from 12:15 to 13:15.

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Summer 2026

LCSS Lunch Talks - Summer 2026

14 April 2026 [Online]

Hari Sridhar, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NSCB), India
Reading Between the Lines: The Recasting of Scientific Practice in Scientific Papers and why it Matters

28 April 2026 | R302, Lange Laube 32

Anna Smoliarova, DISSS Fellow, LCSS
Science in Exile: Historical Trajectories of Displaced High-Achieving Scholars

12 May 2026 | R302, Lange Laube 32

Philipp Altmann, DISSS Fellow, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Ecuador

University and Society in Ecuador

26 May 2026 | R302, Lange Laube 32

Maxim Khomyakov, DISSS Fellow, LCSS

Radical Scarcity: Mastery Over the World in Russian Modernity

9 June 2026 | R030, Im Moore 23

François Van Schalkwyk, DISSS Fellow, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
When Everyone is a Winner: University Competition for Output-based Government Funding in South Africa

23 June 2026 | R030, Im Moore 23

Tanja Bogusz & Nane Pelke, Institute of Sociology, LUH

Beyond 'value' and 'consciousness' - A pragmatist exploration of interdisciplinary Field-Sciences in the Anthropocene

7 July 2026 | R030, Im Moore 23

Asih Widi Wisudawati, DISSS Fellow, UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Gen Z & Post-anthropocentric Disruptions

14 July 2026 | R030, Im Moore 23

Emnet Tadesse Woldegeorgis, DISSS Fellow, AMCHES, South Africa

Beyond Interdisciplinarity: The Challenge of Institutionalising Transdisciplinarity in African Higher Education