24.06.2025
Madness as normality
It sounds like another psychiatry event, but it is intended as a political summary and outlook for our 2025 lecture series.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Meyer takes up key ideas from the past six lectures, analyzes world events and ventures a look into the future: What does “normality” mean in a world that is increasingly determined by crises and exceptional situations, by egocentrics, gambler types and populists? What role do social, psychological and technological developments play in this? So what will be “normal” in the future and what can we do about it?
Short biography of the speaker:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Meyer was born and grew up in the Münsterland region of Oldenburg. He studied history, politics and German language and literature in Cologne. During his studies, he was actively involved in the General Students‘ Committee (AStA), the student council and as a contemporary history and nationalism researcher, as well as working full-time in political adult education for 13 years.
Christoph Meyer has been a professor at the Faculty of Social Work at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences since 2011. He has been Chairman of the Herbert and Greta Wehner Foundation since 2003, a member of the selection committee of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation since 2013, Director of the IKKS since 2022 and Vice-Rector for Education at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences since 2023.
Approximately two weeks after the lecture, a recording will be published on the Mittweida University of Applied Sciences YouTube channel. You will then also find the video on this website.
