The Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change (KAT) combines research, education, consulting and process support. It designs, researches and accompanies your development towards a culture of sustainability. The goal is to build bridges together to overcome social boundaries, individual interests and outdated structures.
Leaving the old behind and daring the new, for a future worth living in.
Building on the experience, expertise and structures of the real-world lab Quartier Zukunft - Labor Stadt (District Future - Urban Lab) launched in 2012, the Karlsruhe Transformation Center is one of the first of its kind in the world. It operates at the interface of science and society and participatively develops and communicates knowledge and expertise for social change. The Karlsruhe Transformation Center operates a real-world lab as well as various research and transformation projects. In addition, it advises municipalities, companies and organizations and accompanies them into a sustainable future. The institutional background of the KAT is the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
You can find out more about the KAT in the brochure or here as a short-description.
Am 15.11.2024 war es soweit und das Kickoff-Treffen des KommMa-Projekts fand statt. Die vier beteiligten KIT-Institute (IMKTRO, ITAS, IfV und IIP) trafen sich am Campus Süd mit den Mentoren und dem Beirat, als auch mit verschiedenen Partnern aus der Praxis.
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Die Go-Motion-Projektion ist eine filmische Reise durch Karlsruhes Vergangenheit und Zukunft. Drei Figuren verdeutlichen die Veränderungen, die in einer modernen Zukunftsstadt stattfinden. Ein roter Koffer steht dabei als Symbol für das bewusste Mitgestalten der Zukunft.
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Für die unterstützende Mitarbeit im Projekt „Nachhaltigkeitstransformation der Gemeinschaftsverpflegung in Baden-Württemberg“ ist am Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS) des KIT ab 01.02.2025 eine Stelle als studentische Hilfskraft im Umfang von ca. 30 Stunden im Monat zu besetzen.
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Bunt, vielfältig, nachhaltig – Lokale Akteure präsentierten am 17. August 2024 vor dem Karlsruher Schloss ihre Zukunftsideen. Mit bunten selbstgebauten und mobilen Ständen zeigten über 20 Nachhaltigkeitsorganisationen und -initiativen, wie ein nachhaltiges, klimafreundliches und enkeltaugliches Leben möglich ist.
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The Karlsruhe Transformation Center runs the real-world lab "District Future" in Karlsruhe's Oststadt district. Together with the residents, District Future wants to try out the good and sustainable life of today and tomorrow. The aim is not to rebuild the existing neighbourhood on a large scale, but to carefully transform it in collaboration with citizens, academia, politics and the private sector.
The Karlsruhe Transformation Centre is also home to other research and real-world laboratory projects in the field of sustainable development. They deal with topics such as climate-friendly nutrition, sustainable construction and car-free cities.
The "Quartier Zukunft - Labor Stadt" is a real-world lab in Karlsruhe's Oststadt district. As a contact point for the population, for politics and science, it investigates the question: How can we live well in the city today and tomorrow, while taking care of our fellow human beings, the environment and posterity?
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A real-world lab is a transdisciplinary research and development facility. Science and society work together on sustainable solutions. This video from "Quartier Zukunft" shows exactly how to move from knowledge to action (in German).
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