On April 30th, TransforM co-hosted the kick-off of the third round of Friedrich Schiedel Fellows alongside the TUM Think Tank and the Hochschule für Politik München. This fellowship program has the goal of supporting early career researchers at TUM, at the advanced PhD and Postdocs stages, to explore how we can employ emerging technologies for the benefit of society, and ensure that emerging technologies are developed responsibly, human-centred, and democratically.
This years’ selection and review process focused additionally on the role of transformative technologies and invited researchers to submit ideas related to the different focus areas of the TransforM cluster. The result was the selection of 10 outstanding projects from researchers that truly encompass TransforM’s goal of using interdisciplinary research to drive societal change.
From improving digital health and urban infrastructures, to employing AI responsibly in educational settings, to providing a deeper understanding of what drives innovation ecosystems, these fellows will develop their research to empowering innovators, fostering collaborations and creating public interest technology.
We welcome the Friedrich Schiedel Fellows of Cohort 3 as Affliated Researchers of the TransforM Cluster and look forward to working with them this year!
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