What we have been experiencing in the past weeks and months can be considered an experimenting with social requirements and social situations. This is how Professor Stefan Böschen describes the current situation. Böschen is Chair of Society and Technology at HumTec, the Human Technology Center at RWTH Aachen University. In an interview with Thorsten Karbach, head of RWTH Press and Communications, he looks back on the weeks that have transformed life as we know it, also highlighting the special role of science in addressing the current crisis:
“We must fall back on all of the sciences. An important issue to me is how social life can be made possible despite the virus and how a new normal will develop. Universities must play a pioneering role as actors of transformation. Trust in these institutions is very high, and scientists are generally listened to.”
The full interview is available on the RWTH website: The Virus Is Experimenting on Us