Merging cutting edge environmental science into society is of crucial importance, as researchers worldwide commonly predict a potential threat to human mankind if no immediate actions are taken. However, the transfer of urgent environmental awareness and necessary measures to sustainable cultural dimensions have been a great challenge as the dialogue between researchers, politics and the public is generally missing.
Previous attempts to overcome this challenge have primarily led to short-term materially motivated ideas. Contrary to these short-term practices our goal is the long-term and sustainable cultural awareness of the pressing environmental threats to preserve our planet and mankind. We aim to bridge the gap between cutting edge research developments and their understanding to the public. Celebrating the European Year of Cultural Heritage, we also anticipate to strengthen the crucial global cultural cooperation between nations to address common environmental tasks. Our overall motto FUTURE LIFE discusses questions of
environmental research in relation to cultural sciences and interhuman behaviour. Thereby FUTURE LIFE will provide an understanding to the public about complex cultural and environmental cause-and-consequence principles that will shape the future of our planet. Under the theme FUTURE LIFE, we propose the unique event RESEARCH RIDE, a research train that operates between Hamburg’s main metro stations, in order to provide awareness, visibility and public recognition of researchers and their latest research results. Direct interaction between researchers on the train and the public will be provided in an exciting atmosphere for young people between 14 and 25 years. In addition to strengthening the dialogue between experts and public, this unique event will considerably help to motivate and excite young people for potential research careers within the European Union. Moreover, the representative EU-corner will visualize the spirit that all European Researchers’ Nights in the European Union share simultaneously on September 28th and the following year.
Summary:
o Merging cutting edge environmental science into society;
o Contribute to the long-term and sustainable cultural awareness of the pressing environmental threats to preserve our planet and mankind;
o To bridge the gap between cutting edge research developments and their understanding to the public;
o To strengthen the crucial global cultural cooperation between nations to address common environmental tasks;
o To offer direct interaction between researchers on the train and the public will be provided in an exciting atmosphere for young people between 14 and 25 years;
o To motivate and excite young people for potential research careers within the European Union;
