Anna Lindh Foundation

AWWK - Academy for Scientific Continuing Education at Forum Studium Generale. Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft (FORUM)

National Network

Germany

Address

Kaiserstraße 12

Country

Germany

City

Karlsruhe

Mobile Phone

+4917661503858

Telephone

0049-721- 608 48933

E-Mail

awwk@awwk-karlsruhe.de

E-Mail (2)

swenja.zaremba@kit.edu

E-Mail (3)

swenja.zaremba@kit.edu

Year of Establishment

1986

Contact Person1

Swenja Zaremba

Job Title 1

Managing Director

Contact Person 2

Christine Myglas

Job Title 2

Secretary

Organisation Type

Public Institution

Fields of Activity

Environment/Sustainable development, Youth and education

General Information

As an institution affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the field of adult education and located at KIT's scientific unit Forum Studium Generale. Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft (FORUM), the AWWK - Academy for Scientific Continuing Education Karlsruhe has been offering all citizens a diverse and interdisciplinary continuing education program since 1986.

The AWWK is legally organized by a registered association, the Gesellschaft der Akademie für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung Karlsruhe e.V., in which other Karlsruhe cultural and educational
institutions are represented in addition to KIT and the Karlsruhe University of Education.

Mission and Objectives

We offer numerous lectures, seminars, lecture series and guided tours in the fields of society and culture, nature and technology, history, religion and philosophy, music in theory and practice, art
and film, body, mind and health to broaden your personal knowledge horizon. Our program is based on the university's semester cycle and is therefore published twice a year
(March / summer semester and September / winter semester).

Main Projects / Activities

In the spirit of our numerous courses and public events, which aim to promote dialog between science and society, there are no special admission requirements for participation, such as university entrance qualifications or university studies.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We can offer cooperations with academia and education in the field of "lifelong learning". It's possible that we can offer trainings or courses for ALF members.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We are aiming at internationalising our programm and would like to open our courses to lifelong learners from different countries. We want to cooperate more with civil society organisations. We
are also looking for interesting partners for cooperations in the field of lifelong learning.

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