Summer term 2021
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April 15, 2021: COVID-19 and schools and universities
The COVID-19 pandemic has caught the German education system in particular unprepared. In the panel on April 15, scientific findings and practical experiences on the current problems at schools and universities and possible solutions were discussed: How does education function in times of COVID-19? What are the losses in terms of learning outcomes and educational equity? Which educational policy consequences should be drawn? Can and should teaching be more digitized?
The panelists were Prof. Dr. Anke Langner (TU Dresden, Faculty of Education, Chair of Education with a focus on inclusive education, initiator of the University School Dresden), Prof. Dr. Eric Schoop (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Information Systems, esp. Information Management) and Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann (LMU Munich, Faculty of Economics, Head of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education). The online discussion was jointly moderated by Prof. Dr. Bärbel Fürstenau and Prof. Dr. Alexander Kemnitz.
May 6, 2021: The working world during and after COVID-19
More home office, digital working and numerous new requirements for managers, employees and entrepreneurs: The discussion round on May 6, 2021, looked at how the working world has changed and will continue to change as a result of COVID-19. Among other things, the discussion addressed the question of how interorganizational relationships are shaped in the crisis, what consequences the burdens resulting from the pandemic have for entrepreneurs and companies, and how companies can succeed in aligning organizational structures and work organization as well as personnel development in a future-oriented manner.
Dr. Martina Pieperhoff (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation), Dr. Dominika Wach (TU Dresden, Faculty of Psychology, Chair of Industrial and Organizational Psychology) and Jens Wilde (HR Director and Member of the Executive Board, Sachsenmilch Leppersdorf GmbH ) gave keynote speeches. Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk was the moderator.
May 18, 2021: COVID-19 and the digitalization of healthcare
Laboratories fax test results, restaurants collect contact tracking slips, and two out of five hospitals still work almost completely analog. COVID-19 has revealed major digital gaps in Germany. The panel on May 18, 2021 discussed the state of digitalization in our healthcare system. What untapped potential lies dormant here? What does digitization cost - or does it even save money? And which digital applications are really useful in the end?
The panelists were Prof. Dr. Beate Jochimsen (German Council of Economic Experts for the Assessment of Developments in the Health Care System at the Federal Ministry of Health), Dr. Hannes Schlieter (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Systems Development) and Prof. Dr. Jochen Schmitt (TU Dresden, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Evidence-Based Health Care). Dr. Felix Rösel (ifo Dresden and TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Public Economics) moderated the discussion.
July 1, 2021: How do we deal with (life) risks?
The COVID-19 crisis shows that people, science and politics perceive the (health) risks very differently. The spectrum of individual and communicated perception ranges from panic to stoic composure. In the panel on July 1, 2021, the topic of risk and decision was discussed in an interdisciplinary way, with a view to the future. How can we enable people to assess risks correctly? Which risks do we accept - and which not? How can society, and thus politics, deal with risks in the future? Our guests brought a philosophical-historical, a psychological and an economic perspective to answer these questions.
Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer (Director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Director of the Harding Center for Risk Competence at the University of Potsdam), Prof. Dr. Jonas Grethlein (Professor of Classical Philology, University of Heidelberg) and Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther (Director of the German Economic Institute) joined Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Economics, esp. International Economics), who moderated the discussion.