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Ladenburg Roundtable
Light for health and well-being: Global campaign launched

“Light for public health” is the name of the global initiative to be launched on May 16, 2025, the UNESCO International Day of Light. The campaign arose from the Ladenburg Roundtable of the Daimler and Benz Foundation.

Ladenburg Roundtable
“Ladenburg Roundtable” conference format

With its “Ladenburg Roundtable” conference format, the Daimler and Benz Foundation offers a free space for interdisciplinary reflection on research topics of scientific and social relevance. The roundtables are open to all disciplines.

Scholarship program
Our new scholarship holders

The Daimler and Benz Foundation presents the twelve scholarship holders of the scholarship program for postdocs 2025.

Ladenburg Roundtable
Industrial espionage and spying on competitors

The incidence of industrial espionage and spying on competitors has been steadily increasing since the 1990s. This affects not only large corporations, but also small and medium-sized companies and research institutions.

Ladenburg Roundtable
Wearables in sports and health

So-called wearables – sensor systems such as smartwatches, fitness wristbands, VR glasses, and even rings or other accessories worn on the body – are being used to an increasing extent in everyday life to monitor, evaluate, and improve human behavior and health.

Science Communication
Call for submissions for a modern event format “Innovative Science Communication”

The Daimler and Benz Foundation is funding the planning and implementation of an event on the topic of “Innovative Science Communication” with an overall sum of up to €30,000.

Ladenburg Research Networks
Artificial intelligence in the judicial system

A new research network is investigating the opportunities provided to the legal system by modern software technologies. The scientific focus is on the application of so-called large language models.

Ladenburger Diskurs
Emotional eating – universality and limits of the concept

When personal eating habits change as a result of negative emotions, this can give rise to eating disorders and eventually to diseases such as obesity. To date, however, clear findings are lacking as to when ...

Moments for Research
Theatrical Gardens. European landscape architecture and German drama around 1800

In her lecture, Anna Axtner-Borsutzky explains the relationship between garden architecture and theater in Germany in the transition from the 18th to the 19th century.

Ladenburg Horizons
New science promotion initiative for Africa

In the newly established “Ladenburg Horizons” format, the Daimler and Benz Foundation is promoting research alliances between German and African institutions. Two projects have been chosen to launch this format.

Dialog in the Museum
Generative artificial intelligence and the true, the good, and the beautiful

A lecture by Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel, Institute for Information Systems, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. The lecture is available as a Video podcast here.

Ladenburg Roundtable
Is it essential to choose between mental health and maintaining the credibility of a statement in court?

Many people are exposed to potentially traumatic occurrences over the course of their lives – for example acts of violence, sexual assault, or muggings. Some people affected then develop a trauma disorder in the form of an acute stress reaction or ...