Galip Dalay

I plead for a design turn within the social sciences, in order to foster the renewal of empirical methods from an analytical towards a co-productive synthetic approach of knowledge production.

The nominating institution University of Innsbruck on the breakthrough: AQT is building upon 2 decades of European quantum research to now turn this know-how into a commercially successful company. Within one year of its first funding round AQT has managed to realize a first European quantum computer demonstrator, implemented cloud-access…

Daily food intake is essential not only for our physical activity, but also for the diverse brain function. Prof. Park’s research focuses on how nutrition can immediately impact complex human choices to modulate the social environment. She tackles this by an interdisciplinary approach that precisely integrates neural, metabolic, physio- and…

Labor reflects upon our changing understanding of what we are. Microbes in and on the human body outnumber human cells and complicate any simplistic sense of (an indivisible) self. The smell of the perspiring body is not just a human scent, unless we are willing to redefine what we mean…

MathworldVR – immersive learning environment in virtual reality where students discover connections between the abstract world of mathematics and the virtual, simulated real-life world. Tags: Education.

Transatlantic Science Bridge in Key Science and Technology Developments – Falling Walls Circle Plenary Table 2023 Conditions to cooperate in the international science arena are becoming increasingly complex as scientific communities address urgent challenges while respecting technological sovereignty. The session will address the role of transatlantic cooperation on key science…

Nominated by: Rick Hao, Speedinvest Presented by: Simon Groeblacher

Shujaaz network connects young people with the information, skills and resources they need to take control of their own lives; embedding them in a digital and real-world community that gives them the self-belief to succeed, in their context and on their terms. The HMBA program – An MBA for hustlers-…

The nominating institution Deakin University on the breakthrough: Macreadie and Blue Carbon Lab are taking urgent action to combat climate change. They use innovative nature-based solutions as long-term carbon storage to reduce atmospheric CO2. Mangroves, seagrass, and saltmarsh, collectively known as Blue Carbon ecosystems, are globally highly degraded, but offer…

Nominated by: MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presented by: Aishwarya Das