Fixing Futures RTG
@fixingfutures.bsky.social
"Fixing Futures: Technologies of Anticipation in
Contemporary Societies" is a DFG-funded Research Training Group at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
For more info check out our webside: fixingfutures.eu
Contemporary Societies" is a DFG-funded Research Training Group at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
For more info check out our webside: fixingfutures.eu
📣Lecture by Dr. Alejandro Esguerra: "The Politics of Beginning"
Fixing Futures is excited to bring you our next lecture given by @aesguerra.bsky.social
🕕Tue, 4 November 2025, 6:15pm
📍Seminarhaus Westend Campus, SH 4.104
🎫no registration needed
more information: fixingfutures.eu/2025/10/the-...
Fixing Futures is excited to bring you our next lecture given by @aesguerra.bsky.social
🕕Tue, 4 November 2025, 6:15pm
📍Seminarhaus Westend Campus, SH 4.104
🎫no registration needed
more information: fixingfutures.eu/2025/10/the-...
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📣Lecture by Dr. Alejandro Esguerra: "The Politics of Beginning"
Fixing Futures is excited to bring you our next lecture given by @aesguerra.bsky.social
🕕Tue, 4 November 2025, 6:15pm
📍Seminarhaus Westend Campus, SH 4.104
🎫no registration needed
more information: fixingfutures.eu/2025/10/the-...
Fixing Futures is excited to bring you our next lecture given by @aesguerra.bsky.social
🕕Tue, 4 November 2025, 6:15pm
📍Seminarhaus Westend Campus, SH 4.104
🎫no registration needed
more information: fixingfutures.eu/2025/10/the-...
📣Lecture by Ben Anderson 📣
'Too much, too little': Ben Anderson investigates the 'Politics of Intensity in Crisis Times'
🕓23 Oct 2025, 4:15 pm
📍PEG 1. G192, Westend Campus
more information: fixingfutures.eu/2025/09/too-...
'Too much, too little': Ben Anderson investigates the 'Politics of Intensity in Crisis Times'
🕓23 Oct 2025, 4:15 pm
📍PEG 1. G192, Westend Campus
more information: fixingfutures.eu/2025/09/too-...
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📣Lecture by Ben Anderson 📣
'Too much, too little': Ben Anderson investigates the 'Politics of Intensity in Crisis Times'
🕓23 Oct 2025, 4:15 pm
📍PEG 1. G192, Westend Campus
more information: fixingfutures.eu/2025/09/too-...
'Too much, too little': Ben Anderson investigates the 'Politics of Intensity in Crisis Times'
🕓23 Oct 2025, 4:15 pm
📍PEG 1. G192, Westend Campus
more information: fixingfutures.eu/2025/09/too-...
📣Book Launch for New Ben Anderson Book "The Politics of Feeling"📣
Ben Anderson (Durham University) is discussing his new book in conversation with the RTG's own Florian Skelton and Sophia Leipert. Chair: Julia Schubert (all Goethe University).
🕕21 Oct 2025, 6:15
📍SH 1.101, Westend Campus
Ben Anderson (Durham University) is discussing his new book in conversation with the RTG's own Florian Skelton and Sophia Leipert. Chair: Julia Schubert (all Goethe University).
🕕21 Oct 2025, 6:15
📍SH 1.101, Westend Campus
October 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
📣Book Launch for New Ben Anderson Book "The Politics of Feeling"📣
Ben Anderson (Durham University) is discussing his new book in conversation with the RTG's own Florian Skelton and Sophia Leipert. Chair: Julia Schubert (all Goethe University).
🕕21 Oct 2025, 6:15
📍SH 1.101, Westend Campus
Ben Anderson (Durham University) is discussing his new book in conversation with the RTG's own Florian Skelton and Sophia Leipert. Chair: Julia Schubert (all Goethe University).
🕕21 Oct 2025, 6:15
📍SH 1.101, Westend Campus
📣This week, the symposium “Seeing the Unforeseeable: Art, Science, and the Imagining of Futures” will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Museum Giersch. You'll find details and the program in this post! (1/5⤵️)
June 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📣This week, the symposium “Seeing the Unforeseeable: Art, Science, and the Imagining of Futures” will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Museum Giersch. You'll find details and the program in this post! (1/5⤵️)
Today, the first event in the lecture series “Re-configuring Resistance: Implications, Potentials, and Limitations for More-than-Human Politics” will take place! We are excited to welcome Mona Lilja and Mikael Baaz for their lecture “What We Talk About When We Talk About Resistance (Today).” (1/2)
June 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today, the first event in the lecture series “Re-configuring Resistance: Implications, Potentials, and Limitations for More-than-Human Politics” will take place! We are excited to welcome Mona Lilja and Mikael Baaz for their lecture “What We Talk About When We Talk About Resistance (Today).” (1/2)
📣We kindly invite you to our upcoming public lecture, 'An Anthropologist Under the Surface: Time, Distance, Texture', presented by Prof. Andrea Ballestero, on Tuesday, 10 June 2025 at 6 pm (ct) in Room SH 5.105. (1/2⤵️)
May 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📣We kindly invite you to our upcoming public lecture, 'An Anthropologist Under the Surface: Time, Distance, Texture', presented by Prof. Andrea Ballestero, on Tuesday, 10 June 2025 at 6 pm (ct) in Room SH 5.105. (1/2⤵️)
📣 The Research Training Group “Fixing Futures” is excited to announce our upcoming lecture Series: “Re-configuring Resistance: Implications, Potentials and Limitations for More-Than-Human Politics.” (1/4⤵️)
May 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
📣 The Research Training Group “Fixing Futures” is excited to announce our upcoming lecture Series: “Re-configuring Resistance: Implications, Potentials and Limitations for More-Than-Human Politics.” (1/4⤵️)
One week from today, the exhibition ‘Fixing Futures - Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control’ opens at the Museum Giersch. You can find more information about the exhibition on our website: fixingfutures.eu/2025/03/fixi...
We look forward to seeing you there!
@goetheuni.bsky.social
We look forward to seeing you there!
@goetheuni.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
One week from today, the exhibition ‘Fixing Futures - Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control’ opens at the Museum Giersch. You can find more information about the exhibition on our website: fixingfutures.eu/2025/03/fixi...
We look forward to seeing you there!
@goetheuni.bsky.social
We look forward to seeing you there!
@goetheuni.bsky.social
📣 FIXING FUTURES - Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control 📣
We are excited to announce that the exhibition ‘Fixing Futures - Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control’ will take place at MGGU (Museum Giersch of the Goethe University) from 5 April to 31 August 2025! (1/5)
We are excited to announce that the exhibition ‘Fixing Futures - Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control’ will take place at MGGU (Museum Giersch of the Goethe University) from 5 April to 31 August 2025! (1/5)
March 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📣 FIXING FUTURES - Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control 📣
We are excited to announce that the exhibition ‘Fixing Futures - Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control’ will take place at MGGU (Museum Giersch of the Goethe University) from 5 April to 31 August 2025! (1/5)
We are excited to announce that the exhibition ‘Fixing Futures - Planetary Futures between Speculation and Control’ will take place at MGGU (Museum Giersch of the Goethe University) from 5 April to 31 August 2025! (1/5)
🌊Troubling waters – mehr-als-menschliche Meere‘ - Gespräch und Performances🌊
In der Mittwochsbar „Wetter Mi.“ im SCAPE° dreht sich am 4. Dezember um 18:30 Uhr alles um das Meer: Ein interdisziplinäres Ensemble erkundet, wie wir in Beziehung zum Meer und damit verbundenen Lebensformen stehen. (1/3)
In der Mittwochsbar „Wetter Mi.“ im SCAPE° dreht sich am 4. Dezember um 18:30 Uhr alles um das Meer: Ein interdisziplinäres Ensemble erkundet, wie wir in Beziehung zum Meer und damit verbundenen Lebensformen stehen. (1/3)
December 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
🌊Troubling waters – mehr-als-menschliche Meere‘ - Gespräch und Performances🌊
In der Mittwochsbar „Wetter Mi.“ im SCAPE° dreht sich am 4. Dezember um 18:30 Uhr alles um das Meer: Ein interdisziplinäres Ensemble erkundet, wie wir in Beziehung zum Meer und damit verbundenen Lebensformen stehen. (1/3)
In der Mittwochsbar „Wetter Mi.“ im SCAPE° dreht sich am 4. Dezember um 18:30 Uhr alles um das Meer: Ein interdisziplinäres Ensemble erkundet, wie wir in Beziehung zum Meer und damit verbundenen Lebensformen stehen. (1/3)
📌 We are looking forward to today's lecture on ‘Predictive policy assemblages. The role of scenarios, models and future-knowledge in energy policy stability and change’ by Prof. Dr. Stefan Aykut. The lecture will take place at 6:15 pm in room IG 1.314 (IG-Farben-Haus).
November 25, 2024 at 2:46 PM
📌 We are looking forward to today's lecture on ‘Predictive policy assemblages. The role of scenarios, models and future-knowledge in energy policy stability and change’ by Prof. Dr. Stefan Aykut. The lecture will take place at 6:15 pm in room IG 1.314 (IG-Farben-Haus).
📢 We are glad to announce that the DFG research training group „Fixing Futures“ will offer 8 doctoral researcher positions at Goethe University in Frankfurt, starting May 1, 2025! (1/2) ⤵️
August 6, 2024 at 2:49 PM
📢 We are glad to announce that the DFG research training group „Fixing Futures“ will offer 8 doctoral researcher positions at Goethe University in Frankfurt, starting May 1, 2025! (1/2) ⤵️
📌We kindly invite you to our next public lecture on ‘Unruly collaborators: Rendering waves and microbes in more-than-human ethnographies’, offered by Prof. Heather Paxson and Prof. Stefan Helmreich on Tuesday, 9. July 2024, at 6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G111. (1/2⤵️)
July 5, 2024 at 4:12 PM
📌We kindly invite you to our next public lecture on ‘Unruly collaborators: Rendering waves and microbes in more-than-human ethnographies’, offered by Prof. Heather Paxson and Prof. Stefan Helmreich on Tuesday, 9. July 2024, at 6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G111. (1/2⤵️)
We kindly invite you to the public lecture ‘Lying fallow: dichotomies and negotiations’, offered by Dr. Anna-Katharina Laboissière (University of Oslo) in the Biotechnologies, Nature and Society Colloquium on Thursday, 04.07.24, at 4-6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G 107. (1/2⤵️)
July 3, 2024 at 1:29 PM
We kindly invite you to the public lecture ‘Lying fallow: dichotomies and negotiations’, offered by Dr. Anna-Katharina Laboissière (University of Oslo) in the Biotechnologies, Nature and Society Colloquium on Thursday, 04.07.24, at 4-6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G 107. (1/2⤵️)
📢 We kindly invite you to our next public lecture on 'Climate Changed Futures: On Anticipatory Action in the Climate Emergency', offered by Prof. Ben Anderson on Tuesday, 2. July 2024, at 6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G 107. (1/4⤵️)
June 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
📢 We kindly invite you to our next public lecture on 'Climate Changed Futures: On Anticipatory Action in the Climate Emergency', offered by Prof. Ben Anderson on Tuesday, 2. July 2024, at 6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G 107. (1/4⤵️)
We kindly invite you to attend a public lecture on "Predictive policy assemblages. The role of scenarios, models and future-knowledge in energy policy stability and change", offered by Prof. Stefan Aykut on Monday, 13. May 2024, at 6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G 107 (1/3).
May 9, 2024 at 2:17 PM
We kindly invite you to attend a public lecture on "Predictive policy assemblages. The role of scenarios, models and future-knowledge in energy policy stability and change", offered by Prof. Stefan Aykut on Monday, 13. May 2024, at 6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G 107 (1/3).
We kindly invite you to attend a public lecture on "Constructing ‚Anti-Racist‘ Authoritarian Science, 1950-Present ", offered by Prof. Jenny Reardon on Thursday, 2. May 2024, at 4 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G 107 (1/4).
April 29, 2024 at 3:35 PM
We kindly invite you to attend a public lecture on "Constructing ‚Anti-Racist‘ Authoritarian Science, 1950-Present ", offered by Prof. Jenny Reardon on Thursday, 2. May 2024, at 4 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G 107 (1/4).
📢 Excited to share our new blog post: "Fixing as Repair"! Dive into our reflections from the Great Repair exhibition.🛠️ Exploring conceptions in STS & beyond, resonating with academic discourse, and opening new perspectives! Check it out here: [fixingfutures.eu/2024/03/fixing-as-repair/] 📝🔍
March 20, 2024 at 2:38 PM
📢 Excited to share our new blog post: "Fixing as Repair"! Dive into our reflections from the Great Repair exhibition.🛠️ Exploring conceptions in STS & beyond, resonating with academic discourse, and opening new perspectives! Check it out here: [fixingfutures.eu/2024/03/fixing-as-repair/] 📝🔍
We kindly invite you to attend a public lecture on "Fixing Accountability: Materializing and Mobilizing Disclosure Datasets", offered by Dr. Lindsay Poirier on Wednesday, 14. February 2024, at 6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G107 (1/3⤵️)
February 11, 2024 at 4:35 PM
We kindly invite you to attend a public lecture on "Fixing Accountability: Materializing and Mobilizing Disclosure Datasets", offered by Dr. Lindsay Poirier on Wednesday, 14. February 2024, at 6 pm (ct) in room PEG 1.G107 (1/3⤵️)
Information on the interesting lectures!
February 5, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Information on the interesting lectures!
@josefbarla.bsky.social, a member of the Fixing Futures team, is organizing a symposium on biohybrid objects with
Dr. Marco Tamborini - on March 7 (10am-7pm) at the Goethe University (Casino 1.811). We would be pleased to see you there! Infos about the lectures can be found in the comments ⤵️
Dr. Marco Tamborini - on March 7 (10am-7pm) at the Goethe University (Casino 1.811). We would be pleased to see you there! Infos about the lectures can be found in the comments ⤵️
February 5, 2024 at 12:49 PM
@josefbarla.bsky.social, a member of the Fixing Futures team, is organizing a symposium on biohybrid objects with
Dr. Marco Tamborini - on March 7 (10am-7pm) at the Goethe University (Casino 1.811). We would be pleased to see you there! Infos about the lectures can be found in the comments ⤵️
Dr. Marco Tamborini - on March 7 (10am-7pm) at the Goethe University (Casino 1.811). We would be pleased to see you there! Infos about the lectures can be found in the comments ⤵️
We kindly invite you to attend our next public lecture offered by Prof. Dr. Luigi Pellizzoni (Firenze) on Tuesday 23th January at 6pm ct, room PEG 2.G107 (Campus Westend) on "Will the future ever begin? On the logic of non-linear anticipations"
For more info check fixingfutures.eu/2024/01/lect...
For more info check fixingfutures.eu/2024/01/lect...
January 16, 2024 at 12:01 PM
We kindly invite you to attend our next public lecture offered by Prof. Dr. Luigi Pellizzoni (Firenze) on Tuesday 23th January at 6pm ct, room PEG 2.G107 (Campus Westend) on "Will the future ever begin? On the logic of non-linear anticipations"
For more info check fixingfutures.eu/2024/01/lect...
For more info check fixingfutures.eu/2024/01/lect...
We kindly invite you to attend a public lecture offered by Prof. Jörg Niewöhner on Tuesday, 16. January 2024, at 6pm (ct), room SH3.105.
The lecture will focus on how metabolic, immune, and endocrine processes are inhabited by the political economies of our past and present. ⬇️
The lecture will focus on how metabolic, immune, and endocrine processes are inhabited by the political economies of our past and present. ⬇️
January 8, 2024 at 11:43 AM
We kindly invite you to attend a public lecture offered by Prof. Jörg Niewöhner on Tuesday, 16. January 2024, at 6pm (ct), room SH3.105.
The lecture will focus on how metabolic, immune, and endocrine processes are inhabited by the political economies of our past and present. ⬇️
The lecture will focus on how metabolic, immune, and endocrine processes are inhabited by the political economies of our past and present. ⬇️
Last week, we went to the Taunus for our first retreat together. There we discussed the projects of the PhDs and PostDocs. It was great fun!
December 18, 2023 at 11:22 AM
Last week, we went to the Taunus for our first retreat together. There we discussed the projects of the PhDs and PostDocs. It was great fun!
Einladung zum Gastvortrag: "Weltverbesserungstechnologien" von Henning Laux,
am 07.12., im Kolloquium Biotech., Natur und Gesellschaft (Barla/Lemke),
am Campus Westend (PEG 1.G107) 16-18h c.t.
Mehr Infos:
www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/146473142/Weltverbesserungstechnologien____Vortrag____Henning_Laux
am 07.12., im Kolloquium Biotech., Natur und Gesellschaft (Barla/Lemke),
am Campus Westend (PEG 1.G107) 16-18h c.t.
Mehr Infos:
www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/146473142/Weltverbesserungstechnologien____Vortrag____Henning_Laux
December 6, 2023 at 8:51 PM
Einladung zum Gastvortrag: "Weltverbesserungstechnologien" von Henning Laux,
am 07.12., im Kolloquium Biotech., Natur und Gesellschaft (Barla/Lemke),
am Campus Westend (PEG 1.G107) 16-18h c.t.
Mehr Infos:
www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/146473142/Weltverbesserungstechnologien____Vortrag____Henning_Laux
am 07.12., im Kolloquium Biotech., Natur und Gesellschaft (Barla/Lemke),
am Campus Westend (PEG 1.G107) 16-18h c.t.
Mehr Infos:
www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/146473142/Weltverbesserungstechnologien____Vortrag____Henning_Laux