With our operational work, in our networks and with cooperation partners, we face the current challenges of our society.
With our “Age and Demographics” area, we meet the challenges of an ageing society in Germany. In our nationwide projects, and together with responsible partners from local authorities, technology and associations, we work to ensure that cities and communities become more age-friendly and that the digital transformation also offers participation and social involvement for older people. We look at the potentials of old age and present role models for new images of old age - with projects and events. And, with our KörberHaus location - an open place of encounter and participation for all generations and cultures, we ourselves create an exemplary framework for active participation and co-determination for older people.
to areaGut alt werden mit Technik. Das Ageing with Tech Festival feiert die Chancen von Zukunftstechnologien für das Alter. Die jährliche Konferenz bringt Akteure aus den relevanten Sektoren zusammen und greift aktuelle Technologietrends und Debatten rund um altersgerechte Digitalisierung auf.
to projectImproving society is possible at any age. With the Zugabe Prize, we honor founders 60plus every year. The award, which is endowed with 60,000 euros each, recognizes three individuals who have found solutions to the social challenges of our time using entrepreneurial means and successfully built up a company or social enterprise to do so.
to projectMust people adapt to technology, or do we adapt technology to people? A rapidly digitalising society needs citizens who can competently use the opportunities of progress and master its risks. This also applies to older people. With the “Logged in!” week, we make visible the initiatives and actors who are advancing the digitalisation of older people. Together with local partners in various towns and cities, people over 50 are invited to discover their enthusiasm for surfing, blogging or gaming, and to immerse themselves in the digital worlds of older age.
to projectHow can you make your own city demographically stable and age-friendly? The City Lab offers mayors and key players in the administration of demographic change and ageing an opportunity to participate in a three-part workshop series. In a small and exclusive circle, the City Lab focuses on experts, good practice, networking and collegial exchange.
to projectThe Körber Symposium on Demographic Change invites all those who bear responsibility for the issues of demographic change to be inspired to new ideas by national and international thought leaders and proven good practice projects. The project focuses on the opportunities of demographic change, and aims to contribute to ensuring that our communities will continue to be places worth living in in the future.
to projectWith the Age & City Expedition, we invite you to explore age-friendliness beyond national borders. Mayors and demographers from municipal administrations travel to European towns and cities to learn about age strategies and age-friendly practices.
to projectIn the “Education” area, we focus on combining STEM competencies (short for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), digital skills and creativity - as the key to helping shape tomorrow’s world today. In Hamburg and across Germany, we work together with partners on regional ecosystems for future education, and develop creative spaces in which curiosity and the spirit of research can flourish. We network, inspire and qualify the people who implement concrete educational programmes locally, and make good practice visible. In this respect, we are driven above all by the desire to open up opportunities for young people, regardless of their respective starting conditions, and to promote talents in all their diversity.
to areaThe STEM Quality Initiative aims to support STEM initiatives in developing the quality of their programmes, and in this way to make STEM education even better.
to projectHow the past impacts the present: Our “History and Politics” area aims to create a deeper understanding of historical events and political contexts. Our projects highlight how the past shapes our present and how we can successfully shape the future. International conferences, history competitions, history festivals or spaces of remembrance in digital worlds: We work with dedicated experts from politics, academia and civil society, both nationally and internationally, and strive to strengthen democratic values and social cohesion.
to areaNew technologies and new generations raise new questions about history and call on us to renew our understanding of the past. Our eCommemoration programme opens up a space for historians, memory workers, digital pioneers and creative minds from across the globe to discuss new perspectives of participatory commemoration. We invite you to explore history and memory with us – in Video Games, Social Media and Extended Reality.
to project“Talking to each other, not about one another.” In the “International Politics” area, and true to the motto of our founder Kurt A. Körber, we are committed to dialogue and understanding in international politics. With our projects and publications, our aim is to create spaces for reflection and to promote an exchange between different stakeholders from politics, civil society, science and business. In a world characterised by growing geopolitical tensions and an erosion of the rules-based international order, we are committed to peaceful conflict resolution and the strengthening of multilateral structures. By means of conferences, dialogue formats and through our publications, we aim to help develop solutions to global challenges.
to areaThe aim of our Körber Emerging Middle Powers Initiative (KEMP) is to promote dialogue between Germany and emerging middle powers. By means of an annual survey, the initiative also contributes to a deeper understanding of geopolitical perspectives in countries that belong to this grouping, such as Brazil, India, and South Africa. In addition, KEMP brings together experts and decision makers from those countries and other emerging middle powers with their German counterparts to contribute to their active exchange.
to projectSince 1961 eminent international politicians and experts have met at the Bergedorf Round Table to discuss fundamental questions pertaining to German and European foreign and security policy in small and intimate groups.
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