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.

06.10.2026 - "Communication adventure: talking to each other in AI reality", Prof. Dr. Ingo Hamm, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Professor of Market/Consumer and Media Psychology

13.10.2026 - "Educational misery in Germany: stocktaking and solutions", Prof. Dr. Stephan Schumann, University of Konstanz, Chair of Business Education

20.10.2026 - "Mathematics after work. An opportunity for mathematics with examples from everyday life", Benno Grabinger, high school teacher and retired mathematics consultant

27.10.2026 - "Financial resources of the municipalities - how is it possible to strengthen the municipalities' ability to act?", Prof. Dr. Martin Junkernheinrich, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Department of Urban and Regional Economics

03.11.2026 - "Motivation instead of procrastination", Katharina Hiller, Lecturer at the HWT Berlin, Brain explain

10.11.2026 - "Coal, oil, wind, solar and nuclear fuels of the modern age", Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Ringhand, Heilbronn University, Faculty of Technology: Production and Process Management

17.11.2026 - "Landscape conflicts surrounding the energy transition", Prof. Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Chair of Urban and Regional Development

24.11.2026 - "Justice - the unknown quantity in a democratic constitutional state", Prof. Dr.. Dr. hc Klaus Rennert, former President of the Federal Administrative Court

01.12..2026 - "What about Germany's innovative capacity?", Prof. Dr. Bettina Peters, ZEW Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Research Department Innovation Economics and Industrial Dynamics

08.12.2026 - "A piece of human in two minutes - 3D printing in medicine", Prof. Dr. Ute Schepers, KIT-Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Toxicology and Genetics

17.03.2026: "Macht kritisch - Sprache als Machtinstrument und als emanzipatorische Ressource", Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schwöbel, professor emeritus of sociology, author and cabaret artist

24.03.2026: "Air pollutants and propellants - pollution caused by emissions into the environment", Prof. Dr. Ute Karl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER)

31.03.2026: "Absurdistan - Sisyphus in science", Prof. Dr. Ernst Peter Fischer, University of Heidelberg, History of Science

14.04.2026: "What is German? A not only German question", Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Dieter Borchmeyer, University of Heidelberg, Prof. em for new literature

21.04.2026: "What is intelligence? How is intelligence determined?", Prof. Dr. Anna-Lena Schubert, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Psychology

28.04.2026: "What can philosophy do for democracy?", Dr. Jochen König, Philosophical Practice Heidelberg

05.05.2026: "Sustainable resilience - the healthy alternation of tension and relaxation", Meike Trommer, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research gGmbH, speaker & coach

12.05.2026: "China - where do you come from, where are you going?", Stefanie Liliane Hegger, Chinnect trainer for intercultural competence, lecturer at KIT

19.05.2026: "How free are we still? On battle zones, cultural struggles and the fear of ambivalence", Christian Schüle, editor, writer and essayist

26.05.2026: "Nutrition in transition - private matter or state responsibility?", Isabel Larissa Meckensen-Geis, Member of the German Bundestag