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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
Research Research Infrastructure Research Cluster Future Plan Collection Biodiversity Research Custer: SoundEvolution In the Anthropocene ecosystems worldwide are changing at great speed.
Research Transfer Research Cluster Open Museum Future Plan Knowledge Transfer Science Communication Collection Society Cultural Heritage Research Cluster: OpenHeritage The Open Heritage cluster brings together projects from across the MfN’s research areas
SP3 Society and Nature Exhibition Education & Outreach Research Knowledge Transfer Science Communication Fossils Science communication goals of an interdisciplinary exhibition team using the example of the exhibition project "Tristan - Berlin bares teeth". Within the framework of an interdisciplinary cooperation, an innovative exhibition concept was developed: The fossil skeleton of a T. rex is both exhibition and research object. The science communication goals of exhibition curators and scientists were investigated.
SP3 Society and Nature Exhibition Education & Outreach Research Knowledge Transfer Science Communication Epistemological Beliefs of Students after a Visit of the Special Exhibition "Tristan - Berlin bares Teeth” Students’ epistemological beliefs - Researchers investigate how the T. rex special exhibition "Tristan - Berlin bares Teeth” influences students' understanding of the nature of science.
SP3 Society and Nature Education & Outreach Social Innovation Unit Research Knowledge Transfer Protection of Species Extinction of Species Biodiversity Society Students’ species knowledge about birds in Berlin House sparrow or nightingale? Researchers investigate whether students recognize regional bird species by appearance and song.
Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Exhibition Research Open Museum Knowledge Transfer Science Communication Collection Biodiversity Open Science Society Digitalization Evolution Fossils Earth Sciences Laboratories Cooperation Cultural Heritage Innovative BROMACKER communication formats for everyone Unique combination of science and knowledge transfer
Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Collection Biodiversity Digitalization Evolution Fossils Earth Sciences Laboratories Climate Change Cooperation Cultural Heritage Natural science research on Bromacker Unique skeleton and trace fossils from the Permian period
Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Collection Biodiversity Evolution Fossils Earth Sciences Cultural Heritage About the Bromacker excavation site Unique fossils in the Thuringian Forest
Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Exhibition Research Transfer Open Museum Knowledge Transfer Collection Biodiversity Open Science Society Digitalization Evolution Fossils Earth Sciences Laboratories Cooperation Cultural Heritage BROMACKER: New ways of science communication BROMACKER: Combination of science and knowledge transfer
SP3 Society and Nature Exhibition Research Open Museum Knowledge Transfer Digitalization Proximity despite distance: Social research meets technology New forms of interpersonal communication in museum spaces (NuForm)
Research Research Cluster Morphology Future Plan Collection Evolution Research Cluster: Embryology The E collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is a globally unique scientific resource.
SP2 Collection Future Research Politics Collection Guidelines on Dealing with Natural History Collections from Colonial Contexts Taking current discussions in science, society and politics into account the project aims at developing recommendations and standards for dealing with natural history collections from colonial contexts...
SP2 Collection Future Collection Colonial Provenances of Nature The project examines the history of the MfN's mammal collection in the decades between 1880 and 1920. During this period, the collection expanded remarkably in terms of quantity and uniqueness of the material available. This increase was made possible through a context of imperial expansion...

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