University talk: Promoting social responsibility

The Hochschulwerk Witten/Herdecke cordially invites all interested parties to the next and for the time being last university talk "Promoting social responsibility!".

Together with the two guests Klaudia Werth and Armin Steuernagel, participants can discuss what it means to promote social responsibility. What inner individual prerequisites are needed to take responsibility for one's own actions in this sense? What kind of spaces must educational centres provide so that they actually promote social responsibility? And how can a university as an institution be socially responsible?

The evening will bring together thinking, feeling and responsibility through internal and external university perspectives.

About the guests:

• Klaudia Werth: first chairwoman of the StudierendenGesellschaft, currently a member of the executive board at UNICEF, responsible for civic engagement
• Armin Steuernagel: Managing Director of the Responsible Ownership Foundation, member of the Board of Trustees of the UW/H Foundation

What are the University Talks?

"University Talks - How we become who we are":

The University Talks are a student-organised series of events that invites people to talk to trace their personal careers and formative experiences at Witten/Herdecke University or in other educational contexts. A series that sets out in search of the cultural self-image of this place and sheds light on the question of what it means to be educated and to shape a place of education.

This semester, the talks are dedicated to the three fundamental values that characterise and challenge the university community: Encourage Freedom - Strive for Truth - Promote Social Responsibility

On three evenings, university members are invited to explore these values together with interested visitors and engage in an open dialogue - with exciting guests from academia, culture, politics and civil society.

Participation is free of charge.