Navigating the Modern Family: Kinship, Care & Reproduction

PANEL DISCUSSION

02. November 2026

Academy Building on Gendarmenmarkt, Leibniz Hall, Markgrafenstraße 38, 10117 Berlin

What makes a family today? From reproductive medicine and new technologies to changing gender roles and diverse forms of kinship, family life is being radically redefined. The panel explores how science, medicine and society are reshaping reproduction, care, belonging and the ways we live together.

With Nobel laureate Aaron Ciechanover (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology), Menahem Ben-Sasson (Hebrew University), Jutta Allmendinger (Member of the BBAW / WZB), Christoph Markschies (President of the BBAW)

A Berlin Science Week event by BBAW, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development.


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