Collaboration Across Institutional Boundaries Date: , Theme: InNoWest
What remains after "Innovative University"? Under this banner, stakeholders from the regional IHS network convened in Berlin in April 2026 for a World Café.
How can successful transfer formats be sustained once funding concludes? At the IHS World Café, co-organised by the IHS project ZukunftStadt and the IHS project InNoWest, approximately 40 stakeholders from academia, practice, and politics deliberated on precisely this question. The event attracted participants not only from Berlin and Brandenburg, but from IHS projects across Germany..
In the event hall of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin a concentrated yet lively discussion ensued. The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin which is itself a practice partner in the Berlin IHS project ZukunftStadt
The World Café encapsulated the core issue succinctly: transfer is more than a matter of organisational logistics. It is sustained by a shared attitude and culture — by clear priorities, a foundation of mutual trust, and the capacity to collaborate across institutional boundaries.