BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4ffea324f04a108ac4080c2d361f8fa3 DTSTAMP:20260403T225326Z DTSTART:20251103T170000 DTEND:20251103T170000 SUMMARY:Science in Doubt: Trust, Fake News and the Search for Truth 🌍💬 DESCRIPTION:In an era of instant information, trust in science is paradoxically declining — while misinformation and conspiracy theories are on the rise. The discussion series “Science in Doubt” explores the roots and consequences of this crisis of trust, bringing together experts and the public for open, sometimes controversial, dialogue.\nNext event:\n“The Price of ‘Safety’: How Safetyism Undermines Free Speech and Academic Debate”\n📅 Date: 3 November 2025\n🕔 Time: 5:00–6:30 p.m.\n💻 Location: Online (in English)\n🔗 Registration required\nGuest speakers:\n\nGreg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), free speech advocate and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind\nMelinda Crane, Chief Political Correspondent at Deutsche Welle TV and host of Quadriga\n\nThis session will ask whether well-intentioned efforts to promote safety, inclusion, and sensitivity may unintentionally limit academic freedom and open discourse — and what that means for science and society today.\nThe series is initiated by Prof. Elke Schäffner and Prof. Odette Wegwarth (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin), with the support of the Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation and the Stifterverband.\nJoin the conversation on truth, trust, and the future of science! 🔍✨ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In an era of instant information, trust in science is paradoxically declining — while misinformation and conspiracy theories are on the rise. The discussion series “Science in Doubt” explores the roots and consequences of this crisis of trust, bringing together experts and the public for open, sometimes controversial, dialogue.


Next event:
“The Price of ‘Safety’: How Safetyism Undermines Free Speech and Academic Debate”
📅 Date: 3 November 2025
🕔 Time: 5:00–6:30 p.m.
💻 Location: Online (in English)
🔗 Registration required


Guest speakers:



This session will ask whether well-intentioned efforts to promote safety, inclusion, and sensitivity may unintentionally limit academic freedom and open discourse — and what that means for science and society today.


The series is initiated by Prof. Elke Schäffner and Prof. Odette Wegwarth (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin), with the support of the Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation and the Stifterverband.


Join the conversation on truth, trust, and the future of science! 🔍✨

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