Campus Initiatives

School of Survival

Georg Diez

Lead, Concept, Curation – School of Survival
Autor, Fellow Max Planck Gesellschaft, ProjectTogether

A School for People for the 21 Century

The School of Survival is a place where knowledge for the future is taught – a community college for the 21st century. It empowers people to engage in solutions addressing the most urgent problems of our time: What does life look like in the age of climate change? How can we remain human in the digital revolution? What does freedom mean in these times of democratic crisis? Everyone who wants to shape their life and society beyond the crises is welcome.

Together with initial partners like TU Berlin, the Institute for Art in Context (University of the Arts), and the Max Planck Society, the School of Survival makes learning a fundamental element of democracy. It counters today’s pessimism with pragmatic optimism. The future is a promise—if we seize it.

The School of Survival counters today’s pessimism with pragmatic optimism.

How do we proceed?
Starting in May 2025, we will bring together a community of changemakers and creators from the fields of art, science, politics, civil society, and business to develop the campus community. In fall 2025, a festival of learning and initiatives will mark the launch of the School of Survival.

Teufelsberg becomes the starting point of a movement. On the horizon appears: the next society, the next politics, the next public sphere, the next economy.