INSIGHTS Summit – Communicating Economics

To mark the conclusion of the INSIGHTS project for science transfer, we invite you to the INSIGHTS Summit on June 18, 2025. Look forward to panels on topics such as gender, macroeconomics, and climate policy. Afterwards, we will award the best INSIGHTS Piece from the past four years as part of a slam. In this format, researchers present the results of a study in an accessible way and link them to current political questions and societal challenges. In the evening, a live podcast on the topic of AI and science communication will follow. The summit brings together science, politics, and communication under one roof and is a collaboration between WZB Berlin Social Science Center, DIW Berlin, and Berlin School of Economics.

Information about our speakers can be found in the program flyer.

We look forward to welcoming you to an inspiring day full of dialogue, ideas, and exchange!

Welcome

Dorothea Kübler (Head of the INSIGHTS project and Director at WZB)

Peter Haan (Head of the INSIGHTS project and Department Head at DIW)

Panels 

Gender and Macroeconomics - Fighting Gender Inequality in Polarized Times. With Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln (President of the WZB) und Christian Berg (Managing Director of the AllBright Foundation)

Climate Politics - Can Germany’s Climate Ambitions Survive Global Instability?  With Julia Verlinden (Member of the German Bundestag, Deputy Chairperson of the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN) and Karsten Neuhoff (Professor at TU Berlin and Head of the Climate Policy Department at DIW Berlin)

Following the panels, selected INSIGHTS authors from the past four years will give short presentations in the INSIGHTS Out Slam, competing for the highest political relevance.

The evening concludes with a recorded podcast (in German) featuring the philosopher Christian Uhle and Dr. Anne-Sophie Behm-Bahtat (Wissenschaft im Dialog).