Einstein Zirkel: Exploring otherness on Earth and beyond: Integrating perspectives from natural sciences, social sciences and humanities

Data-Method-Monitoring Cluster

Project head: Dr. Susanne Veit

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Steffi Pohl (PI, FU), Co-PIs: Prof. Dr. Lena Noack (FU); Prof. Dr. Ulrike Klinger (Europa University); Prof. Dr. Ursula Kessels (FU); Prof. Dr. Miriam Kyselo (TU), Prof. Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch (TU); Prof. Dr. Frank Postberg (FU); Prof. Dr. Michael Waltemathe (RUB); Dr. Mickael Baque (DLR); Prof. Dr. Kai Wünnemann (Museum für Naturkunde); Dr. Susanne Veit (DeZIM)

The truly interdisciplinary Einstein Circle "Exploring otherness on Earth and beyond" enables an exchange on the topic of "otherness" from very different scientific perspectives. Thus, planetary scientists enter into an exchange with social and human scientists and present their research on the topic of "otherness" to each other. The circle tries to bridge the gap between the humanities, social and natural sciences and to overcome the dichotomy between abstract philosophical and theoretical reflection and empirical research. Collaboration between these different fields can provide a basis for developing innovative research programmes on otherness and extraterrestrial life. The aim is to develop new research questions, methodological approaches and joint proposals in order to make important contributions to possible future scenarios in which humanity will have to deal with a wide variety of forms of otherness.

Project website: https://exoeinstein.userpage.fu-berlin.de/

Funding: Einstein Foundation Berlin (Third-party funding)