The winners of the "Innovative science communication" competition held at the beginning of 2025 are doctoral student Agata Patyczek from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and illustrator Laura Mayer. In 2026, comics on the subject of neuroscience will be hanging in Leipzig city center and will be accessible to the general public in an understandable form.
Dr. Sabine Klauke, Airbus, Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Executive Board, will give this year’s Bertha Benz Lecture on the occasion of the Bertha Benz Prize 2025 presentation ceremony.
A lecture by Prof. Dr. Lambert Wiesing, Lehrstuhl für Bildtheorie und Phänomenologie, Institut für Philosophie, Universität Jena. The talk is available as a vidoepodcast here.
The Foundation is pleased to present the Annual Report for the year 2024 with an overview of our research funding as well as the Foundation's other activities.
“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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
