ISPP
TUM
Office Environment
Munich / surrounding the office
STS as a Field
100

Who prompted lunch the most on slack since the beginning of the fall semester? 

Marlise

100

What did the ISPP team dress up as for the TUM campus lauf last year (and for which cause)?

tampons (TUM-pons) for free period products for all

100

How many Mokka machines are in the kitchen?

5

100

There is a 90s rock festival at Konigsplatz at the end of June where an English rockstar with spiky platinum hair will perform. Name that artist. 

Billy Idol

100
What is the theme of 4S this year?

Reverberations

200

How many languages are collectively spoken within ISPP (no dialects)?

7 (German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Danish)

200
How many research groups are now at the STS department (according to the website)?

8

  • Innovation, Society & Public Policy (Innovationsforschung)
  • Law, Science and Technology
  • Philosophie & Wissenschaftstheorie
  • Technikgeschichte
  • Wissenschaftssoziologie
  • Wissenschaft- und Technologiepolitik
  • Anthropology of Science and Technology
  • Philosophy and History of Science and Technology
200

How many standing desks are on the ISPP floors?

11

200

Which restaurant within a 400 meter radius has the best reviews/highest rating on Google?

Sim Sim: 4,8(1.782)

Lunu Uni: 4,8(270)

SanktAnnas: 4,8(454)

200

Which STS journal (as defined by STSWiki.org) has the highest impact score?

Research Policy (7.5)

300

Which politician had the most mentions in the Slack channel?

Soder

300

Which TUM building is closest to us right now?

Academy center TUM Raitenhaslach

300

How many frames are in the 4th floor hallway?

12

300

Peet & the Flat White recently left Augustenstrasse and moved elsewhere. Which street is it now located on?

Heßstraße 74, 80798 München

300

Some STS scholars (one of whom was once at the STS department) recently wrote an article for ZEIT (January 2025). Name at least one of the researchers and/or the topic of the article. 

Phillip Neudert, Marieke Smolka, Max Lemme 

The article was on semiconductors in Germany. 

400

How many ISPP publications (by former, visiting, and current members) are in the shared zotero?

124

400

A TUM Presidential Candidate has a single sentence statement on DEI on their Department's website. State the sentence (in English or in German). 

"Love your neighbour as yourself."

400

Which sickness are the plants in the 4th floor winter garden suffering from?

Mealy bug

400

When was the Lowenbrau built?

1883, including the Biergarten. 

400

How many panels were there at 4S EASST Amsterdam 2024?

397

500

What is the average age of ISPP members (in 1 minute)? 

35.6 (roughly)

500

How many STS researchers/STS projects are featured in the first issue of the new TUM Magazin (issued January 2025)?

3 - Anne Rademacher, Centrone, MCube

500

There are 4 TUM Gesund posters in the stairwells at the office. Provide 3/4 of the slogans on the posters. 

Treppen = Bergsteigen fur Office Helden

>> Climbing me softly<< - the stairs

#Treppegehtimmer

Gesundheit to go macht's Die Treppe 

bonus: protest poster GEHTI NICHTI

500

There is a cafe on the corner of Augustenstrasse and Rottmannstrasse called Pretty Bun that sells coffee and hot dogs. How much is their standard hot dog?

12,50 Euros

500

How many chapters of the 2024 STS Encyclopedia were authored by current or former (including visiting, listed on the website) TUM STS scholars?

12 chapters 

Brice Laurent, (2), Sarah Davies 1, Makoto (1), Ruth (1), Sebastian (1), Silke Beck (1), Martha Kenney 1, Ignacio 1, Nina Klimburg-Witjes 1, Hilgartner, Sarah de Rijcke 1


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