General studies in the winter semester 2025/2026

The main theme of the lecture series is"Insights and perspectives".

Prof. Dr. Thomaschewski is responsible for the lecture series.

Dear guest students,

In the winter semester 2025/2026, the Studium Generale will again take place in a hybrid format (presence and online possible).

For this reason, registration by 01.10.2025 by e-mail to annette.gramer@ 8< SPAM protection, please remove >8 hwg-lu.de is still required. Please indicate your priority.

Priority 1 - presence

Priority 2 - via Zoom - the link will be sent to you on 06.10.2025.

When: Tuesdays from 16:00 to 17:30 in the auditorium of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, Ernst-Boehe-Str. 4 or via livestream via Zoom.

All events listed here are open to the public and free of charge. We cordially invite you to participate.

07.10.2025: "Being human in the age of artificial intelligence", Prof. Dr. Ziad Mahayni, Professor of Applied Ethics, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

14.10.2025: "Individualized medicine - the promise of biotechnology", Dr. Dr. Saskia Biskup, Managing Partner CeGaT Tübingen

21.10.2025: "Theater - a relic from the past of the perspective for the present/future", Tilmann Gersch, Director of the Pfalzbaubühnen, Ludwigshafen am Rhein

28.10.2025: "The Romans are crazy!-What we can learn about Celts and Romans from Asterix & Obelix". Dr. Ulrich Karl, Association for the Promotion of the Roman Vicus, Eisenberg/Grünstadt

04.11.2025: "Will the market regulate the climate crisis? Society and economy in the age of ecological limits", Vicky Kluzik, Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt a.M.

11.11.2025: "Stress test for democracy - the fight against disinformation and narratives", Daphne Wolter, Head of Democracy, Law and Political Parties Department, Konrad Adenauer Foundation

18.11.2025: "AI use in journalism - challenges and opportunities", Uwe Renners, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of "Die Rheinpfalz", Ludwigshafen am Rhein

25.11.2025: "Universe - time and space: the riddles of the beginning", Dr. Eduard Thommes, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg

02.12.2025: "Living well in Germany - measuring our well-being and prosperity", Dr. Anna Daelen, Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden / Berlin

09.12.2025: "Of tax fraud, state failure and criminal networks", Prof. Dr. Christoph Spengel, Chair of Business Administration and Business Taxation, University of Mannheim