Knowledge Transfer and Political Relations

"We create knowledge for society and the environment". Already since 2015, KIT has firmly anchored knowledge transfer in its mission and further developed it in 2018 in the course of its successful application to become an Excellence University "The Research University in the Helmholtz Association | Living the Change". The idea behind this is that meeting the major global challenges requires more and more transformation processes in the economy and society. In research, teaching, and innovation, KIT takes into account current developments and needs of society, economy, politics, and culture and relies on transfer and bidirectional dialog, for example in real laboratories or formats such as KIT Science Week. The Knowledge Transfer and Political Relations Department (STS-WT) bundles KIT's knowledge transfer activities and promotes networking between KIT and selected stakeholders such as politics.

Ernestine Frisu
Head of Knowledge Transfer and Political Relations

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Tasks at a glance

  • Central contact for knowledge transfer
  • Structuring knowledge transfer
  • Coordination of knowledge transfer activities
  • Representation of KIT regarding knowledge transfer in committees
  • Editing and organizing reporting regarding knowledge transfer
  • Documentation and maintenance of key figures for knowledge transfer
  • KIT Science Week
  • Anniversary "200 years KIT" (Intranet)
  • Political networking and political stakeholder management
  • Conception and development of new formats for knowledge transfer
  • Networking between society and stakeholders of knowledge transfer at KIT

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Team Knowledge Transfer and Political Relations
Name Degree Function Contact
  Project coordination Science Week and Assistant
  Head of Knowledge Transfer and Political Relations
B.A. Projektkoordination Jubiläum "200 Jahre KIT"
  Head of KIT Science Week, Expert Knowledge Transfer
M.A. Projektleitung Jubiläum "200 Jahre KIT", Wissenstransfer
Dr. Public Affairs Manager
Dr. Projektkoordinatorin für politische Vernetzungsarbeit
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