General studies
Studium Generale is a series of public, non-compulsory courses at the HWG LU, which take place on Tuesdays from 4.00 to 5.30 p.m. during the semester in the university auditorium on a wide variety of topics. The main theme of the lecture series is "Insights and Perspectives".
All lectures in the winter semester 2026/2027 will be offered in a hybrid format, i.e. online and in person with a limited number of places.
Please register with Ms. Annette Gramer by e-mail annette.gramer@ 8< SPAM protection, please remove >8 hwg-lu.de is absolutely necessary. The dial-in link for the online lecture will be announced one day before the first event.
General studies in the winter semester 2026/2027
October 6, 2026 - “The Adventureof Communication: Talking to One Another in the Age of AI,” Prof. Dr. Ingo Hamm, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Professor of Market, Consumer, and Media Psychology
October 13, 2026 - “The Education Crisis in Germany: An Assessment and Proposed Solutions,” Prof. Dr. Stephan Schumann, University of Konstanz, Chair of Business Education
October 20, 2026 - “MathAfter Work: An Opportunity for Mathematics with Examples from Everyday Life,” Benno Grabinger, retired high school teacher and mathematics consultant
October 27, 2026 - “Municipal Funding: How Can Municipal Capacity for Action Be Strengthened?”, Prof. Dr. Martin Junkernheinrich, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Department of Urban and Regional Economics
November 3, 2026 - “Motivation Instead of Procrastination,” Katharina Hiller, Lecturer at HWT Berlin, Brain Explain
November 10, 2026 – “Coal, Oil, Wind, Solar, and Nuclear: Fuels of the Modern Age,” Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Ringhand, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering: Production and Process Management
November 17, 2026 - “Landscape Conflicts Surrounding the Energy Transition,” Prof. Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Chair of Urban and Regional Development
November 24, 2026 – “The Judiciary—The Unknown Variable in a Democratic Constitutional State,” Prof. Dr., Dr. h.c. Klaus Rennert, former President of the Federal Administrative Court
December 1, 2026 – “What Is the State of Germany’s Innovative Capacity?”, Prof. Dr. Bettina Peters, ZEW Leibniz Center for European Economic Research, Research Division of Innovation Economics and Firm Dynamics
December 8, 2026 - “A Piece of a Human Being in Two Minutes—3D Printing in Medicine,” Prof. Dr. Ute Schepers, KIT—Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Toxicology and Genetics