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SP1 Dynamics of Nature Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites Research Impact Planetary Defense: Deflecting dangerous asteroids The goal of the mission, led by NASA and ESA, is to provide scientific evidence for the possibility of deflection of an asteroid by external impact. Scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin are part of the international team.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Mammals Evolution Fossils Do large mammals have smaller and simpler brains on islands? Within the framework of the project, scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin will analyze in more detail how the brains of island-dwelling mammals have changed over time and which factors have played a role in this.
SP2 Collection Future Research Transfer Open Museum Future Plan Politics Knowledge Transfer Science Communication Collection Society Digitalization What we’re doing in the Collection Discovery and Development project Wir stellen uns der Verantwortung, unsere Sammlung zu bewahren, zu öffnen und für alle zugänglich zu machen. Dabei vernetzen wir Wissen und entwickeln unser Sammlungsmanagement sowie Services und Infrastrukturen ständig weiter.
SP3 Society and Nature Social Innovation Unit Open Museum Protection of Species Citizen Science Cooperation Pollinator Pathmaker: A living artwork for pollinators Pollinator Pathmaker is a living artwork that invites schools and the public to look at the world from the viewpoint of pollinating insects and help to protect them.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Mammals Evolution Fossils Earth Sciences Amniota Lab The Amniota Lab research group concentrates on fossil and terrestrial vertebrates, particularly lizards and snakes, as well as mammalian herbivores. A particular interest lies in the causes of evolutionary diversification and the causes that lead to the evolution of different species.
SP3 Society and Nature Exhibition Research Open Museum Knowledge Transfer Digitalization Live Science New forms of interpersonal communication in museum spaces (NuForm) - Live Science
SP3 Society and Nature Exhibition Research Open Museum Knowledge Transfer Digitalization The Mineral Dance New forms of interpersonal communication in museum spaces (NuForm) - The Mineral Dance
SP3 Society and Nature Exhibition Research Open Museum Knowledge Transfer Digitalization The 360°Guided Tour New forms of interpersonal communication in museum spaces (NuForm) - The 360°Guided Tour
SP3 Society and Nature Research Knowledge Transfer Citizen Science Open Science Society On your marks! Citizen Science in your city Doing research collectively, discovering new things and actively shaping the discourse between science and society. Citizen Science encompasses all this and more. The contest promotes the idea of Citizen Science as a tangible and local action.
SP2 Collection Future Research Research Infrastructure Transfer Database Collection Digitalization Provenance research under the spotlight Provenance research under the spotlight: the Digital Edition of the Annual Reports of the Museum 1887-1915 and 1928-1938
Exhibition Research Science Communication Open Science Experimental Field for Participation and Open Science The Experimental Field tests various formats of research communication and participation.
SP3 Society and Nature Research Knowledge Transfer Citizen Science Society The EU-Citizen.Science project The EU-Citizen.Science platform is the knowledge platform for Citizen Science in Europe.
SP2 Collection Future Research Open Museum Science Communication Collection Digitalization Civic Digitization Civic Digitization ethnographically discovers the process of digitization.
SP2 Collection Future Research Society Museums and Society: Mapping the Social Museums and Society discovers the social role of museums as places of knowledge exchange and community building.
Research Cluster Our Research Clusters The museum presents its six new research clusters
SP2 Collection Future Center for Humanities of Nature The Center for Humanities of Nature brings together scholars and practitioners from the history of science, science and technology studies, the sociology of science and sustainability, cultural studies, museum studies and the arts. They focus on the politics, histories and cultures of nature through original research and public engagements in the field of knowledge transfer.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Collection Development The Collection Development looks at safeguarding and developing the Museum’s comprehensive collections in the long term in the best possible way. On the basis of a professional, scientifically supported collection management that complies with international standards, the collections are being developed as a globally available infrastructure that will meet the present and future needs of science and society.
Research Research Cluster Future Plan Biodiversity Citizen Science Society Climate Change Research Cluster: NaturBerlin NaturBerlin develops products that document and analyze changes in biodiversity in urban and peri-urban areas and forecast their effects.
Research Research Infrastructure Research Cluster Genomics Future Plan Collection Biodiversity Research Cluster: AutoBio From Museomics to Genomics and Pattern Recognition
Research Research Infrastructure Research Cluster Future Plan Collection Impact Earth Sciences Research Cluster: Early Solar System Exploring the early solar system through innovative approaches to collection development - meteorites and minerals

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