Where secret conversations were once intercepted, open dialogue now takes place.
The former Cold War espionage hill in West Berlin - today a site between art, memory, and nature - is set to take on a new role as the Teufelsberg Campus: a platform for exchange, education, and collective reflection on the city’s past and future.
On November 4, 2025, the idea of the Teufelsberg Campus will be presented to the public for the first time at Säälchen, Holzmarkt 25, as part of the Berlin Science Week.
The bilingual event, “The Teufelsberg Campus – Reimagine Transformation,” brings together international guests from science, culture, and civil society to discuss new forms of learning, research, and social transformation.
It is organized by Teufelsberg Campus Berlin, supported by Brain City Berlin, TU Berlin, the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) SDG 11 Chair Hub and URBAN UTOPIA.
Once a relic of the Cold War and now a landmark of creative reuse, Teufelsberg is being transformed through the Campus into a resonance space for transformation and future-oriented dialogue.
Teufelsberg has always been a place of change: from rubble hill to listening station, from abandoned site to symbol of artistic freedom. Now, its story continues—as a monument that not only remembers the past but also listens to the future.
Programme
18:00 – Doors open
18:30 – Opening & Introduction:
Presentation of the Teufelsberg Campus
(Dr. Stefanie Reichelt, Joachim F. Meier, Nico Brodersen – Teufelsberg Campus;
Keynote: Caroline Paulick-Thiel – Politics for Tomorrow)
18:45–19:35 – Panel Discussion
How can the transformation of Teufelsberg—from a rubble hill to a place of dialogue—be shaped from different perspectives?
Participants:
- Christine Brummer – Global Goals Berlin
- Dr. Mark Charlton – UNAI SDG Hub Chair 11
- Johanna Sieben – Director, Creative Bureaucracy Festival & Deputy Director, Falling Walls Foundation
- Professor Elke U. Weber – Princeton University / TU Berlin
Moderation: Dr. Carsten Hucho
19:40–19:45 – Creative Impulse
Paul Baumann – URBAN UTOPIA
from 19:45 – Closing Remarks & Transition to Networking Session / Open Bar
Spotlight Tables with:
- Georg Diez – Max Planck Society & ProjectTogether
- Professor Andreas Jüttemann – TU Berlin & Medical University of Lusatia
22:30 – End of Event
Free Registration
This is an event taking place as part of Science Week Berlin 2025 with the participation of the Paul-Drude-Instituts für Festkörperelektronik (PDI).
