Trialogue Series Social Cohesion

In late summer and fall 2022, three trialogues were held in collaboration with the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) as part of the Grand Challenge Social Cohesion initiative of the BUA. The project originated as part of the Fostering Knowledge Exchange priority area of BUA.

Im Fokus stand der transdisziplinäre Austausch von 6 Exploration Projects on Social Cohesion mit Stakeholdern der Berliner Stadtgesellschaft. Ziel war es außerdem, die Herausforderungen der sogenannten Grand Challenge Social Cohesion mit der Berliner Stadtgesellschaft zu spezifizieren und die Anwendung und mögliche Weiterentwicklung der Forschungsergebnisse mit und für die Berliner Stadtgesellschaft zu präzisieren.

Trialogue "Social Cohesion, Migration and Diversity"

Für ein funktionierendes Zusammenleben und um gesellschaftlichen Spaltungen vorzubeugen, ist eine Kommunikation und eine Verständigung zwischen unterschiedlichen Gruppen und Interessensgemeinschaften unabdingbar. Im Hinblick auf diese vorhandene und gewollte Vielfalt wurde bei diesem Trialog diskutiert, wie sozialer Zusammenhalt entsteht und erhalten werden kann. Gleichzeitig wurden aktuelle Herausforderungen in den Blick genommen.

Guiding questions of the event were:

What are the current challenges (in Berlin) regarding migration and diversity and how can these challenges be overcome?
How can social cohesion regarding migration and diversity be created and maintained in a pluralistic urban society like Berlin? How is it currently being shaped? What are existing needs for change?

Trialogue "Law, Participation and Social Participation"

Stabile und vertrauensvolle Beziehungen zwischen Bürger*innen und den politischen Institutionen sind eine Voraussetzung für gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt. Hier spiegelt sich eine positive Verbundenheit mit dem Gemeinwesen und Akzeptanz für die gesellschaftliche Grundordnung wider. Des Weiteren sind für die produktive Auseinandersetzung miteinander eine offene Haltung gegenüber anderen Positionen und Strukturen für weitere Bürgerbeteiligung notwendig. Ausgehend davon wurde beim Trialog „Recht, Partizipation und soziale Teilhabe“ diskutiert, welche Rolle Möglichkeiten der Partizipation für den sozialen Zusammenhalt spielen. Gleichzeitig wurde die Bedeutung der Gesetzgebung für die Möglichkeit von Beteiligung debattiert.

Guiding questions of the event were:

What role do opportunities for participation and social participation play?
How can spaces and processes between citizens and political institutions be designed in such a way that a culture of debate can be established based on mutual trust?
What role do legislation and law play in social cohesion?
What role do legislation and law play in social cohesion?

Trialogue "Nutrition, health and social cohesion"

Social cohesion is closely linked to inequalities and vulnerabilities in the food system and nutrition-related health issues, including unequal access to safe, healthy and sustainable food, unfair working conditions, unequal eating habits and food as part of social identities. In order to ensure social cohesion, a sustainable and equitable transformation of the food and health system seems to be urgently needed - but the concrete design of this and the way to achieve it requires further negotiation.

Guiding questions for this trialogue were:

What role does nutrition play in addressing the challenge of social cohesion?
How is social cohesion experienced, implemented and enabled in the health sector? Which forms of cohesion are particularly (or not at all) evident here?

Grundlage für die Themenfindung und Ausgestaltung der Trialog-Reihe war die Visualisierung des Forschungsfelds Sozialer Zusammenhalt in Berlin, der sogenannte „Forschungsatlas Sozialer Zusammenhalt“, welcher mittels qualitativer Interviews 2021 entstand. Alle Trialoge der Reihe wurden in einem digitalen Diskussionsatlas dokumentiert, den Sie hier abrufen können.

DURATION03/2022 - 02/2023

FUNDERTechnical University (TU)

TEAM

Daphne Büllesbach, Lukas Stolz, Lena Barth, Sebastian Flaeschner

PARTNER

FINAL DOCUMENTATION

Discussion atlas for the trialogue series Social Cohesion in cooperation with BUA

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