MobiLab
The "MobiLab" was created in 2021 as a mobile participation lab in the form of a tiny house through a cooperation of the research group "Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change" at ITAS and the KIT-Center Humans and Technology. It represents a platform for the exchange of science and society and can be used for various forms of participatory research, citizen science, science communication as well as for participation and dialogue with society. The MobiLab is a novelty. Both the concept and the realization as a multifunctional tiny house produced in a sustainable way are unique.
Thanks to flexible equipment, state-of-the-art IT and optional furnishing of the surrounding outdoor space, experiments and many other formats of transdisciplinary and transformative research as well as bidirectional knowledge transfer can be conducted 'on site' with the MobiLab. Modern IT also helps to adequately illustrate the often technical and complex topics - such as autonomous driving, geothermal energy or climate change - e.g. via simulations.
Vom 10.-12. Oktober steht das MobiLab im Rahmen der "Fête de la science" in Colmar. Das vom Ministerium für Hochschulbildung und Forschung ins Leben gerufene Wissenschaftsfestival ist eine unverzichtbare Veranstaltung, bei der Wissenschaft, Technologie und Innovationen gefeiert werden. Jedes Jahr nehmen mehr als eine Million Besucher an den Tausenden kostenlosen, für jedermann zugänglichen Veranstaltungen teil, die in ganz Frankreich organisiert werden, um die Wissenschaft auf unterhaltsame und festliche Weise zu entdecken.
Am MobiLab laden Forschende der Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) und des Karlsruher Transformationszentrums (KAT) zum Entdecken und Mitmachen rund ums Thema Ernährung ein.
Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages der Demokratie am 15.09. lädt das TRIANGEL bereits das dritte Jahr in Folge herzlich zu den Tagen der Demokratie ein.
In diesem Jahr stehen die Tage der Demokratie unter dem Motto des Wissenschaftsjahres 2024 “Freiheit”. Neben einer Un-Conference (Barcamp) für die breite Öffentlichkeit ebenso wie für Expertinnen und Experten wartet ein abwechslungsreiches Programm aus verschiedenen Partizipationsformaten, Podiumsdiskussionen, Informations-, Kultur- und Kunstveranstaltungen.
Link_more
Die Tagung “Mensch und Computer 2024” findet von 1. bis 4. September 2024 in Karlsruhe statt. Das diesjährige Motto „Hybrid Worlds“ spiegelt die zunehmende Verschmelzung von analoger und digitaler Welt in unserer modernen Gesellschaft wider. In hybriden Welten werden virtuelle und reale Erfahrungen miteinander verwoben und Menschen interagieren mit maschineller Intelligenz, um komplexe Aufgaben zu lösen. Um die Potenziale digitaler Technologien für hybride Welten auszuschöpfen, muss das Zusammenspiel zwischen Menschen, Organisationen und der Gesellschaft nicht nur besser verstanden, sondern auch proaktiv gestaltet werden.
Mehr erfahren
03. and 04.07. | 11 – 12.00 Uhr | Open Tinyhouse: The Mobile Partizipation Lab
The MobiLab is opening its doors, come and visit us! We will be happy to show you our mobile research tiny house, including accessories and a look behind the scenes.We will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the MobiLab, previous uses and its potential applications for your research.
05.07. | 09.30-11.30 Uhr | Mobile Research within the Urban Society (Workshop)
In order to conduct research with and about society, you have to leave the campus. The mobile participatory laboratory "MobiLab" offers a platform for participatory research and exchange between science and society. Get to know the MobiLab and join us in identifying potential uses for research and communication. This event is aimed at researchers from all institutes who want to expand their research methods with participatory elements or citizen science, or who are preparing corresponding applications.
Please register at: david.huber@kit.edu
Das mobile Partizipationslabor ist nach langem Winterschlaf und einigen kleinen Reparaturen wieder voll einsatzfähig. Zu diesem Anlass laden wir Sie herzlich an den Campus Ost zum MobiLab Frühlingserwachen ein. Dort steht das MobiLab am 29.05.2024 von 12:00-17:00 Uhr allen Interessierten offen, zudem zeigen wir eine Auswahl an partizipativen Tools und Formaten für viele unterschiedliche Nutzungsmöglichkeiten. Wir freuen uns, bei einer Kleinigkeit zu essen und trinken mit Ihnen als bisherige oder zukünftige Nutzer:innen ins Gespräch zu kommen!
On April 25 and 26, the MobiLab will be stationed on the Kulturplatz in front of the district administration office in Rastatt under the theme "Geothermie zum Anfassen und Mitreden". Scientists from the Institutes of Applied Geosciences (AGW), Nuclear Waste Management (INE), Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) and the Center for Humans and Technology (MuT) will be inviting visitors to engage in dialogue on the topic of geothermal energy in the Upper Rhine region.
The MobiLab is being used in Rastatt at the invitation of the Upper Rhine Conference, whose Presidium, chaired by District President Sylvia M. Felder, is meeting at the same time in the Rastatt District Office.
More
From July 01-07, 2023, the MobiLab was the focus of the research stay "Gemeinsam Stadt_Machen: Am Werderplatz". In the middle of Karlsruhe's Südstadt district on Werderplatz, it attracted numerous citizens to participate in the research methods of students from the Institute of Regional Science (IfR) and the Institute of Geography and Geoecology (IfGG). The MobiLab acted as a meeting point and research infrastructure. It was used as part of the teaching and research project "Gemeinsam Stadt_Machen: An interactive CitizenLab with Karlsruhe's Südstadt".
More
The MobiLab is based on the experience of the "Quartier Zukunft - Labor Stadt" (QZ) real laboratory, which has been implementing and researching contributions to sustainable urban development and a culture of sustainability in Karlsruhe since 2012. It became clear early on that research in and with society cannot succeed within the university, in the 'ivory tower'. The dialogue between scientists and social actors at eye level as a criterion for the success of good transdisciplinary and transformative research requires a presence in the midst of society. MobiLab thus combines and extends the functionality of the "Future Space" (from 2015) as a local, highly visible address, work and meeting space of the Reallabor and the Quartier-Zukunft-Mobil (from 2013), a heavy-duty bicycle that enabled mobile presence and interaction in urban space.
The MobiLab was realized under the leadership of the Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change (KAT) at ITAS and MuT in cooperation with a number of other partner institutions. MuT and KAT jointly coordinate its use. The construction was financed by funds from the KIT Excellence Initiative "Living the Change".
Thanks to flexible equipment, state-of-the-art IT and optional furnishing of the surrounding outdoor space, experiments and many other formats of transdisciplinary and transformative research as well as bidirectional knowledge transfer can be conducted 'on site' with the MobiLab. Modern IT also helps to adequately illustrate the often technical and complex topics - such as autonomous driving, deep geothermal energy, climate change, etc. - e.g. via simulations.
As a transdisciplinary infrastructure, MobiLab is an investment in the future for the entire real-laboratory research at KIT in the long term and will be available to all KIT research and development projects with real-laboratory relevance in the future. In particular, it will support - as a common, connecting research tool - the real labs and real-world lab professorships at KIT.
MobiLab can be used by all KIT research institutions that want to conduct sustainability-oriented real-lab research or transdisciplinary research. For further information and if you are interested in using it, please contact: mobilab-kokreis∂lists.kit.edu.
