Times of social change, multiple crises and global problems require the utilization of academic knowledge. Making current research results available and usable in a way that creates value for society is a decisive contribution to overcoming these challenges. 

Together with other transfer activities, easy access to evidence-based findings and the impartial academic assessment of facts are very important, e.g. in the context of climate change and political discussions on crisis topics such as energy security or migration. 

The aim is to enable society to hold debates based on facts, make decisions and find solutions to current challenges. Making comprehensibly presented facts easily accessible is particularly important today, as science and research are increasingly met with scepticism. 

As a comprehensive university with a strong research programme, the University of Cologne takes responsibility for making its findings available to society in a variety of ways.