With its call for proposals on “Experimental Science Communication Laboratories”, the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) aimed at the development and practical implementation of innovative formats for science communication. The MATH+ project “Schule@DecisionTheatreLab” was selected and will receive funding for three years.

The successful project proposal Schule@DecisionTheatreLab, headed by Sarah Wolf (FU Berlin), was developed by a consortium of six members from the three Berlin universities and is based on the collaborative research of the Cluster of Excellence MATH+. One aim is to highlight the relevance of mathematics and modeling concerning many societal questions and problems.

Schule@DecisionTheatreLab combines two science communication formats: the School Lab Workshops, i.e., lectures and workshops at schools to teach students about the multiple real-world implications of mathematics; on the other hand, the Decision Theatre, a discussion format that visualizes potential impacts of alternative actions on screens, based on mathematical modeling, in support of discussions about societal challenges, such as Covid-19 or sustainable mobility.

Both communication formats will also be investigated from a mathematics-didactics and social science perspective and thus continuously improved.

Read more about the concept of the Schule@DecisionTheatreLab (in English or in German)