About Us<\/h1>\nDortmund is a City of Science!<\/h2>\n
With around 54,000 students at seven universities<\/a>, 19 non-university research institutes<\/a> \u2013 including institutions of the Leibniz Association, the Max Planck Society and the Fraunhofer Society \u2013 and more than 10,000 employees and the TechnologieZentrumDortmund<\/a> as an innovation hub, Dortmund is one of the largest university and science locations in Germany. Numerous science-oriented companies, cultural institutions, libraries, museums and archives further enrich Dortmund’s science landscape. Our motto is: „One City. A lot of knowledge“.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Eine_Stadt_Viel_Wissen_ZW_negative.svg“ title_text=“Eine_Stadt_Viel_Wissen_ZW_negative“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ width=“60%“ width_tablet=““ width_phone=“100%“ width_last_edited=“on|phone“ module_alignment=“center“ custom_margin=“60px||60px|||“ custom_padding=“|20px||20px|false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=“2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“2_3″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#ffffff“ text_font_size=“16px“ header_font=“Istok Web|700|||||||“ header_text_color=“#ffffff“ header_font_size=“50px“ header_2_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ custom_padding=“|||0px|false|false“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ link_font_size_tablet=““ link_font_size_phone=“15px“ link_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Dortmund is an attractive, future-oriented and internationally oriented university and science location where socially relevant topics are being researched. This is demonstrated in particular by the seven scientific fields of competence<\/strong> in which Dortmund’s research strengths are bundled and scientists work together across institutions.<\/p>\n Science and urban society benefit from each other<\/strong><\/p>\n Science finds very good framework conditions in Dortmund. The people in the city benefit from the innovative impulses. Scientific findings are incorporated into urban development, culture and business, while impulses from the city, culture and business flow into science. In this way, science is part of urban society – and urban society is part of science.<\/p>\n Since 2011, science, business, urban society, culture, politics and administration have been working together to raise Dortmund’s profile as a \u2018City of Science\u2019. With the \u2018Science Master Plan 2.0\u2019<\/strong>, the participating institutions are now presenting a further development of their strategic cooperation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=“1_3″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_image src=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masterplan_Wissenschaft_2.0_fin-pdf.jpg“ title_text=“Masterplan_Wissenschaft_2.0_fin“ url=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masterplan_Wissenschaft_2.0_fin.pdf“ url_new_window=“on“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ max_width=“76.5%“ max_width_tablet=““ max_width_phone=“100%“ max_width_last_edited=“on|phone“ module_alignment=“right“ custom_padding=“||||false|false“ module_alignment_tablet=““ module_alignment_phone=“center“ module_alignment_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_radii=“on|15px|15px|15px|15px“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_padding=“0px|||||“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#ffffff“ text_font_size=“16px“ header_font=“Istok Web|700|||||||“ header_text_color=“#ffffff“ header_font_size=“50px“ header_2_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ custom_padding=“||0px|0px|false|false“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ link_font_size_tablet=““ link_font_size_phone=“15px“ link_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n One result of the Science Master Plan is the Dortmund Science Conference. Here, previous results are presented and discussed. Since 2014, four science conferences with different focus themes have taken place. In November 2020, the event was held digitally for the first time. The leading topic was artificial intelligence<\/a> \u2013 one of the new scientific fields of expertise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.9.10″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#ffffff“ text_font_size=“16px“ header_font=“Istok Web|700|||||||“ header_text_color=“#ffffff“ header_font_size=“50px“ header_2_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ custom_padding=“|||0px|false|false“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ link_font_size_tablet=““ link_font_size_phone=“15px“ link_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Link to the website of the 4th Dortmund Science Conference.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=“1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=“on“ gutter_width=“2″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_padding=“|0px|21px|0px|false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“1_2″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_image src=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Statement_OB_T_Westphal_quer_RGB_2500px.jpg“ title_text=“Statement_OB_T_Westphal_quer_RGB_2500px“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ max_width=“73%“ max_width_tablet=““ max_width_phone=“100%“ max_width_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_radii=“on|15px|15px|15px|15px“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.9.10″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font_size=“12px“ custom_margin=“-10px|||||“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Photo: Lutz Kampert, Dortmund<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=“1_2″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#ffffff“ text_font_size=“16px“ header_font=“Istok Web|700|||||||“ header_text_color=“#ffffff“ header_font_size=“50px“ header_2_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ custom_margin=“|0px||-125px|false|false“ custom_margin_tablet=““ custom_margin_phone=“|||0px|false|false“ custom_margin_last_edited=“on|phone“ custom_padding=“20px|20px|20px|20px|true|true“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_width_all=“1px“ border_color_all=“#FFFFFF“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n „The Science Master Plan 2.0 opens up the previous process to the urban society and to the Westphalian economic region. With the megatopic of artificial intelligence, the \u2018Experimental City\u2019, the further development of the Fachhochschule Dortmund – University of Applied Sciences and Arts and many other new topics, Dortmund is strenghthning its position as a science city, a technology and education location and open space for good new ideas. Dortmund lets knowledge grow \u2013 we send this message to our friends and neighbours in Dortmund, the region, in Germany and Europe.“<\/em><\/p>\n \u2013 Thomas Westphal, Mayor of the City of Dortmund<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=“1″ module_id=“prozess“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ background_color=“#FFFFFF“ use_background_color_gradient=“on“ background_color_gradient_start=“rgba(255,255,255,0.6)“ background_color_gradient_end=“rgba(255,255,255,0.6)“ background_color_gradient_overlays_image=“on“ background_image=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stadt-Dortmund_Atomgrafik_v2_2021_lay1_freigest_randlos.png“ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“center_left“ custom_margin=“||||false|false“ custom_padding=“43px||97px||false|false“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_row _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_margin=“|auto|-31px|auto|false|false“ custom_padding=“||||false|false“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.7.3″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#555555″ text_font_size=“16px“ header_font=“Istok Web|700|||||||“ header_text_color=“#555555″ header_font_size=“50px“ background_enable_color=“off“ custom_padding=“||||false|false“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ header_font_size_tablet=““ header_font_size_phone=“35px“ header_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n In 2019, the project consortium was commissioned by the City Council to further develop the Science Master Plan. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Herbert Waldmann, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology and Professor at TU Dortmund University, has been accompanying and moderating the new master plan process on an honorary basis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=“on“ gutter_width=“2″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ min_height=“264.7px“ custom_padding=“|0px||0px|false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#555555″ text_font_size=“16px“ background_layout=“dark“ custom_padding=“||0px|||“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n In the Science Master Plan 2.0, a large number of stakeholders are working in a collaborative process to raise Dortmund’s profile as a city of science – the Master Plan is the strategic instrument of this collaboration.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#555555″ text_font_size=“16px“ background_layout=“dark“ custom_margin=“||-22px|||“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ ul_font_size_tablet=““ ul_font_size_phone=“15px“ ul_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Building on the successful Science Master Plan 1.0, the Science Master Plan 2.0 pursues the following content-related goals<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_margin=“-37px|auto||auto||“ custom_padding=“|0px||0px|false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#555555″ text_font_size=“16px“ background_layout=“dark“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n In 2020, more than 200 participants developed innovative approaches and project ideas in four focus groups. The Science Master Plan is integrated into municipal, regional and international networks in a variety of ways. The contributions were bundled via the spokespersons of the focus groups, the master plan representative and the coordination office<\/a>. On May 20, 2021, the City Council of Dortmund unanimously adopted the Science Master Plan 2.0.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/KI-und-Demografischer-Wandel-Masterplan-Wissenschaft-2.0-geht-in-die-zweite-Runde.mp4″ _builder_version=“4.9.4″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_margin=“||5px|||“ custom_padding=“||||false|false“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font_size=“16px“ min_height=“1.7px“ custom_margin=“||-12px|||“ custom_padding=“0px|||||“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“14px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Mayor Thomas Westphal, press conference of the administrative board on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, on the „Science Master Plan 2.0“ (Source: YouTube)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=“2_5,3_5″ use_custom_gutter=“on“ gutter_width=“2″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_margin=“|auto|-17px|auto||“ custom_padding=“||||false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“2_5″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_image src=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prof_Waldmann_MPI_3-zu-2.jpg“ title_text=“Prof_Waldmann_MPI_3-zu-2″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ background_enable_image=“off“ background_size=“contain“ background_position=“top_center“ max_width=“84.5%“ max_width_tablet=““ max_width_phone=“100%“ max_width_last_edited=“on|phone“ custom_margin=“||||false|false“ custom_padding=“||||true|false“ border_radii=“on|15px|15px|15px|15px“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.9.10″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font_size=“11px“ custom_margin=“-9px|||||“ custom_padding=“0px|||||“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Photo: TU Dortmund\/Roland Baege<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=“3_5″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#555555″ text_font_size=“16px“ header_font=“Istok Web|700|||||||“ header_text_color=“#ffffff“ header_font_size=“50px“ header_2_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ custom_margin=“|||-2vw|false|false“ custom_margin_tablet=““ custom_margin_phone=“|||0vw|false|false“ custom_margin_last_edited=“on|phone“ custom_padding=“15px|15px|15px|15px|true|true“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_width_all=“1px“ border_color_all=“#555555″ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n „The Science Master Plan is a very broad-based participation process that demonstrates the relevance of science for Dortmund, promotes good framework conditions and also advances the city’s competitiveness. It is not only about excellent research and teaching, but also about how we make scientific findings accessible to a broad public, stimulate discussions, arouse curiosity and initiate processes that improve our lives and revitalize our economy.“<\/em><\/p>\n \u2013 Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Herbert Waldmann<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=“4.7.3″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_margin=“-1px|auto|-56px|auto|false|false“ custom_padding=“0px|0px|0px|||“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.7.3″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#555555″ text_font_size=“16px“ header_font=“Istok Web|700|||||||“ header_text_color=“#ffffff“ header_font_size=“50px“ background_enable_color=“off“ custom_padding=“20px|20px|20px|0px|false|false“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n The process is being accompanied by a board of trustees (Kuratorium)<\/strong> and the \u2018Science Dialogue\u2019 (Wissenschaftsdialog)<\/strong> as a strategy group. The coordinating office<\/a> of the Science Master Plan is anchored in the Science & Talent Department of the City of Dortmund. Four focus groups with different thematic focal points have been set up, which are derived from the above-mentioned content-related goals and are interlinked.<\/p>\n The Science Master Plan 2.0 is an agile process<\/strong> that enables a flexible response to new developments and dynamics. The participants in the focus groups are continuously working together in order to develop new projects and implement ideas. The Master Plan process is transparent<\/strong> and is monitored at various levels. Facts and figures are regularly presented in a science monitoring system<\/strong>. At the end of the process, the process will be assessed by an external evaluation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Grafik_MPW_Organisationsstruktur_zugesch-scaled.jpg“ title_text=“Grafik_MPW_Organisationsstruktur_zugesch“ align=“center“ _builder_version=“4.9.4″ _module_preset=“default“ width=“100%“ max_width=“100%“ max_width_tablet=““ max_width_phone=““ max_width_last_edited=“on|phone“ custom_margin=“||5px|||“ custom_margin_tablet=““ custom_margin_phone=“||||false|true“ custom_margin_last_edited=“on|desktop“ custom_padding=“|||0px||“ module_alignment_tablet=““ module_alignment_phone=““ module_alignment_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.9.10″ _module_preset=“default“ min_height=“0px“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Organizational structure Science Master Plan 2.0 (own representation<\/em>)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=“1″ module_id=“entstehung“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ background_color=“#000000″ use_background_color_gradient=“on“ background_color_gradient_start=“rgba(0,19,46,0.85)“ background_color_gradient_end=“rgba(0,19,46,0.85)“ background_color_gradient_overlays_image=“on“ background_image=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stadt-Dortmund_Atomgrafik_v2_2021_lay1_freigest_randlos.png“ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“center_right“ custom_padding=“43px||60px||false|false“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=“on|phone“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_padding=“0px|20px|0px|20px|false|true“ custom_padding_tablet=““ custom_padding_phone=“0px|0px|0px|0px|false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.7.7″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font=“Istok Web||||||||“ text_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ text_font_size=“16px“ header_font=“Istok Web|700|||||||“ header_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ header_font_size=“50px“ header_2_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ background_enable_color=“off“ custom_padding=“20px||20px||false|true“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ header_font_size_tablet=““ header_font_size_phone=“35px“ header_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ header_2_font_size_tablet=““ header_2_font_size_phone=“22px“ header_2_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n \n From 2011 to 2013, the first Science Master Plan<\/a> was developed in a process supported by science, business, culture, politics, civil society and administration. In June 2013, the City Council of Dortmund adopted the Master Plan. The joint implementation pursued the goal of positioning Dortmund more strongly as a science city. In the six fields of action, 100 measures were formulated, a good three quarters of which had been implemented by the time of the evaluation (2018).<\/p>\n The implementation was accompanied by a steering committee, the \u2018Science Dialogue\u2019 (strategy group), the honorary representative\/commissioner of the Science Master Plan 1.0 (Prof. Dr. Detlef M\u00fcller-B\u00f6ling) and by joint monitoring and controlling of the project development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=“1_3,2_3″ custom_padding_last_edited=“on|phone“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ min_height=“399.4px“ custom_padding=“|20px||20px|false|true“ custom_padding_tablet=““ custom_padding_phone=“|0px||0px|false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“1_3″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_image src=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Prof.-Detlef-Mu\u0308ller-Bo\u0308ling_Ehrennadel_zugesch.jpg“ title_text=“Bild: Dortmund-Agentur\/Roland Gorecki“ align=“center“ force_fullwidth=“on“ _builder_version=“4.9.4″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_margin=“0px||4px||false|false“ custom_padding=“0px||0px|||“ border_radii=“on|15px|15px|15px|15px“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.9.10″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font_size=“11px“ min_height=“12.2px“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Photo: Dortmund-Agentur<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=“2_3″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ text_font_size=“16px“ min_height=“76.9px“ custom_padding=“15px|15px|15px|15px|true|true“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_width_all=“1px“ border_color_all=“#FFFFFF“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n „For me, the decisive factor in social innovations has always been that not only structures are changed. Social innovations only have a lasting effect if something is changed in people’s minds. That has happened with and through the Master Plan in Dortmund.“<\/em><\/p>\n \u2013 Prof. Dr. Detlef M\u00fcller-B\u00f6ling<\/p>\n Prof. Dr. Detlef M\u00fcller-B\u00f6ling, who accompanied and moderated the process from 2013 to 2020 as master plan commissioner, was awarded the honorary pin of the City of Dortmund<\/a> in October 2020 for his extraordinary commitment to the City of Science Dortmund.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=“on|phone“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_margin=“||||false|false“ custom_padding=“2px|20px||20px|false|true“ custom_padding_tablet=““ custom_padding_phone=“|0px||0px|false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ text_font_size=“16px“ custom_padding=“5px|||||“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n In 2018, the Science Master Plan 1.0 was evaluated in detail by an independent commission of experts (evaluation report<\/a>) and further development was recommended. The chairman of the expert commission, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Manfred Prenzel, summed up the overall assessment with the German school grade „very good“ (A) and „quite unique in Germany“.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ text_font_size=“16px“ custom_padding=“15px|15px|15px|15px|true|true“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_width_all=“1px“ border_color_all=“#FFFFFF“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n „This is a pretty special process that the city has initiated: A local government, together with the management of the local science institutions, defines joint development goals for the city and research. More than 100 stakeholders from science, the community, business and culture have developed a joint programme for science, which was adopted by the city council in July 2013. From the outset, there was monitoring to measure implementation in the various fields of action and thus establish a general commitment. This is quite unique in Germany.“<\/em><\/p>\n \u2013 Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. 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The model is based on close-knit network structures, a broad-based communication culture, dialogue and consensus orientation as well as cooperation between these innovation platforms. The platforms complement each other and interlock. Through these platforms, people from different status groups \u2013 civil society, science, business, culture and politics \u2013 are being brought together to address the challenges of the city in dialogue. Time and again, innovative projects and approaches emerge from this cooperation that promote Dortmund’s development.<\/p>\n \n Through the network of science and research institutions \u2013 windo e.V.<\/a> \u2013 there has been close cooperation at the local level since 1992. The network is dedicated in particular to internal networking among its members and to the transfer of scientific findings to society and industry. This cooperation has resulted in several joint working groups and events \u2013 most notably the traditional Dortmund Science Day<\/a>, which invites citizens to participate in exciting experiments, lectures and hands-on activities.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=“on|phone“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_padding=“|20px||20px|false|true“ custom_padding_tablet=““ custom_padding_phone=“|0px||0px|false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_image src=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Postkarten_Wissenschaftstag_4.jpg“ title_text=“Postkarten_Wissenschaftstag_4″ align=“center“ force_fullwidth=“on“ _builder_version=“4.9.4″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_padding=“0px|0px|0px|||“ border_radii=“on|15px|15px|15px|15px“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=“on|phone“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ min_height=“1585.3px“ custom_padding=“|20px|0px|20px|false|true“ custom_padding_tablet=““ custom_padding_phone=“|0px||0px|false|true“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ global_colors_info=“{}“][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font_size=“16px“ header_2_font_size=“22px“ header_3_font_size=“20px“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n With five universities, 16 universities of applied sciences and two colleges of music, the Ruhr region has the densest higher education landscape in Europe with over 200,000 students.<\/p>\n Dortmund is part of this science and university landscape and is linked with it in many ways:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=“Ruhr Academy on Smart Sustainable Metropolitan Transformation“ open_toggle_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ open_toggle_background_color=“#666666″ closed_toggle_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ closed_toggle_background_color=“#666666″ icon_color=“#FFFFFF“ open_icon_color=“#FFFFFF“ _builder_version=“4.13.0″ _module_preset=“default“ title_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ title_font=“|700|||||||“ title_font_size=“20px“ body_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ body_font_size=“16px“ body_line_height=“1.4em“ custom_margin=“||23px|||“ title_line_height_tablet=““ title_line_height_phone=“1.2em“ title_line_height_last_edited=“on|phone“ body_font_size_tablet=““ body_font_size_phone=“15px“ body_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ body_ul_font_size_tablet=““ body_ul_font_size_phone=“15px“ body_ul_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_radii=“on|10px|10px|10px|10px“ border_width_all=“0px“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n The Ruhr Academy sees itself as a network that jointly generates, tests and implements projects in the field of urban and neighborhood development that have a high potential for innovation and transfer. The focus is on the topics of digitality, sustainability and resilience. One of the four selected innovation spaces of the Ruhr Academy is Dortmund with „Emscher nordw\u00e4rts“ and SMART RHINO. The Ruhr Academy is a project of the Ruhr Conference.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=“The University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr)“ open_toggle_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ open_toggle_background_color=“#666666″ closed_toggle_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ closed_toggle_background_color=“#666666″ icon_color=“#FFFFFF“ open_icon_color=“#FFFFFF“ _builder_version=“4.13.0″ _module_preset=“default“ title_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ title_font=“|700|||||||“ title_font_size=“20px“ body_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ body_font_size=“16px“ body_line_height=“1.4em“ custom_margin=“||36px|||“ title_line_height_tablet=““ title_line_height_phone=“1.2em“ title_line_height_last_edited=“on|phone“ body_font_size_tablet=““ body_font_size_phone=“15px“ body_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ body_ul_font_size_tablet=““ body_ul_font_size_phone=“15px“ body_ul_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_radii=“on|10px|10px|10px|10px“ border_width_all=“0px“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n The three universities in the Ruhr region \u2013 TU Dortmund University, the Ruhr University of Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen \u2013 have been working together in the UA Ruhr since 2007. In total, more than 120,000 students study at the three universities, and around 1,300 professors conduct research here. The UA Ruhr<\/a> operates liaison offices in New York and Moscow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Photo: UA Ruhr\/Peter Rosenbaum)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=“Further network partners“ open_toggle_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ open_toggle_background_color=“#666666″ closed_toggle_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ closed_toggle_background_color=“#666666″ icon_color=“#FFFFFF“ open_icon_color=“#FFFFFF“ _builder_version=“4.13.0″ _module_preset=“default“ title_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ title_font=“|700|||||||“ title_font_size=“20px“ body_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ body_font_size=“16px“ body_line_height=“1.4em“ min_height=“60.5px“ custom_margin=“-11px||23px|||“ custom_padding=“18px||0px|||“ title_line_height_tablet=““ title_line_height_phone=“1.2em“ title_line_height_last_edited=“on|phone“ body_font_size_tablet=““ body_font_size_phone=“15px“ body_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ body_ul_font_size_tablet=““ body_ul_font_size_phone=“15px“ body_ul_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_radii=“on|10px|10px|10px|10px“ border_width_all=“0px“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=“Westphalia“ open_toggle_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ open_toggle_background_color=“#666666″ closed_toggle_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ closed_toggle_background_color=“#666666″ icon_color=“#FFFFFF“ open_icon_color=“#FFFFFF“ _builder_version=“4.13.0″ _module_preset=“default“ title_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ title_font=“|700|||||||“ title_font_size=“20px“ body_text_color=“#FFFFFF“ body_font_size=“16px“ body_line_height=“1.4em“ custom_margin=“||23px|||“ title_line_height_tablet=““ title_line_height_phone=“1.2em“ title_line_height_last_edited=“on|phone“ body_font_size_tablet=““ body_font_size_phone=“15px“ body_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ body_ul_font_size_tablet=““ body_ul_font_size_phone=“15px“ body_ul_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ border_radii=“on|10px|10px|10px|10px“ border_width_all=“0px“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n The Westphalian science and business region is also of central importance in terms of regional cooperation. The Westphalian connection plays a role in the Science Master Plan 2.0, particularly in focus group 3 \/ \u2018Knowledge Economy\u2019. Since Dortmund and South Westphalia complement each other in many ways, networking is beeing intensified.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.9.10″ _module_preset=“default“ header_2_font_size=“22px“ custom_margin=“60px||||false|false“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ text_font_size=“16px“ min_height=“189.6px“ custom_padding=“0px||0px|||“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ ul_font_size_tablet=““ ul_font_size_phone=“15px“ ul_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n Dortmund is an international and diverse city: People from over 180 nations live in Dortmund, the mix of cultures and the sharing of different experiences and perspectives is coining and enriching our daily lives. As an internationally oriented city, Dortmund maintains worldwide contacts through the Office for International Relations; especially through nine partner cities, but also through project partnerships with municipalities and active participation in international networks.<\/p>\n For Dortmund\u2019s scientific institutions, internationality has long since become a matter of course, integrating international approaches in research projects and conferences and promoting study and research exchanges. At the municipal level, the topic of science will be integrated in particular into the city-wide internationalization strategy and international networking will be further strengthened.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=“https:\/\/masterplan-wissenschaft.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Weltkarte_galaxie_weisser_hintergrund.png“ title_text=“Weltkarte_galaxie_weisser_hintergrund“ _builder_version=“4.8.2″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_margin_tablet=““ custom_margin_phone=“|-20px||-20px|false|true“ custom_margin_last_edited=“on|phone“ custom_padding=“0px|||||“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=“4.9.10″ _module_preset=“default“ header_text_color=“#000000″ header_font_size=“13px“ min_height=“99px“ custom_margin=“-43px|||||“ custom_padding=“||0px|||“ text_font_size_tablet=““ text_font_size_phone=“15px“ text_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ ul_font_size_tablet=““ ul_font_size_phone=“15px“ ul_font_size_last_edited=“on|phone“ global_colors_info=“{}“]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bild: Dortmund-Agentur\/Roland Gorecki Bild: Stadt Dortmund\/Angela M\u00e4rtin Bild: Fraunhofer IML About Us Dortmund is a City of Science! With around 54,000 students at seven universities, 19 non-university research institutes \u2013 including institutions of the Leibniz Association, the Max Planck Society and the Fraunhofer Society \u2013 and more than 10,000 employees and the TechnologieZentrumDortmund as an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11050","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nProcess<\/h1>\n
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Entstehung<\/h1>\n
Masterplan Wissenschaft 1.0<\/h2>\n
Networks on various levels<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Municipal Networks – The Dortmund Model of Innovation Platforms and Participation Culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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windo e.V.<\/h3>\n
Regional Networks<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Ruhr region<\/h3>\n
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Liaison Office of the UA-Ruhr in New York<\/p>\n\n
International networks<\/h2>\n
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