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hei_INNOVATION supports student project behind digital exhibition on Heidelberg and South Asia
October 30, 2025
The exhibition Heidelberg and South Asia: Paths through the City opened on October 2, 2025, at the Museum of Ethnology and invites visitors to discover the diverse connections between Heidelberg and South Asia on six thematically focused city tours. The project was curated by Prof. Ute Hüsken as part of a course at the Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies at Heidelberg University. hei_INNOVATION supported the student teams with a customized workshop to help them develop and implement their ideas. In addition, the transfer agency advised on questions of funding acquisition, which resulted in successful funding from the municipal program Mittendrinnenstadt. The city tours can be experienced via the Ethnological Museum's app until February 15, 2026. hei_INNOVATION is pleased to have contributed to this project.
hei_INNOVATION continues to “Bridge the Gap”: Rethinking knowledge transfer
September 24, 2025
As part of the interdisciplinary conference “Language and Artificial Intelligence” organized by the Language and Knowledge Research Network for German Linguistics, hei_INNOVATION held a workshop entitled “Bridging the Gap” for doctoral students on September 17, 2025. In the hei_INNOVATION studio, participants discussed various formats for knowledge transfer and reflected on how research can be communicated effectively and in a way that is tailored to the target audience. Interactive methods, including the creative use of Lego bricks, not only ensured an intensive exchange of ideas, but also generated a lot of fun and engagement. The focus was on individual communication strategies as well as the social relevance and responsibility of science.
Publications on the Social Impact Readiness Index (SIRI) now online
September 8, 2025
The results of the SIRI (Social Impact Readiness Index) project are now available online: a practical tool and an accompanying handbook – both designed to help scientists discover, highlight, and further develop the social impact potential of their research. Scientists interested in how research can be effectively transferred to society can now access both publications. The project was carried out by the Center for Social Investment and Innovation (CSI) in cooperation with hei_INNOVATION. At its core was the development of a guideline-based instrument that identifies and evaluates social impact potential and takes it into account beyond purely economic yield logic. This tool is now available online as a publication and is supplemented by a handbook with numerous examples that show how knowledge transfer is already having an impact on society today. SIRI not only raises awareness of the diverse social impact potential of scientific work, but also strengthens the interdisciplinary transfer culture at the Heidelberg science location.
Congratulations to Joey Rauschenberger for a German Studies Award 2025!
August 18, 2025
Heidelberg Historian Joey Rauschenberger has been awarded a prize in the Humanities and Cultural Studies section of the 2025 German Studies Award by the Körber Foundation. He will receive €10,000 for his dissertation, “Reparations for Sinti and Roma: A Practical History of Compensation for Nazi Injustice in Baden-Württemberg, 1945–1980,” which provides new insights into post-war compensation for Sinti and Roma. hei_INNOVATION supported Joey in preparing his pitch, and we are happy to have contributed a small part to his success! The awards will be presented in Berlin on December 4, 2025, by Julia Klöckner, President of the German Parliament.