Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen studied medicine and science journalism in Berlin, London and Heidelberg. He is a doctor, presenter, magician, cabaret artist and author of numerous bestsellers that have sold millions of copies across Europe.

His keynote speeches, presentations and readings are based on 30 years of stage experience and the latest scientific findings. Plus constructive and concrete ideas on how everyone can become part of the solution. This mix has made him one of the most sought-after keynote speakers. This is because he can move many people who can move more than he can. In business, politics, civil society and the healthcare sector.

Eckart von Hirschhausen lecture topics

• The climate crisis – the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century

His keynote speech will present the current state of science plus constructive and concrete ideas on how everyone can be part of the solution. Every lecture is unique, because Eckart von Hirschhausen prepares himself each time for the audience, the occasion and the specific leverage of those present. He loves to convey even difficult topics in a spontaneous, interactive and humorous way.

• Healthy earth – healthy people

Since the heatwave summer of 2018, Eckart von Hirschhausen has been committed to a medically and scientifically sound climate policy. He is a co-founder of Scientists for Future and set up his own Healthy Earth – Healthy People foundation in 2020. Because it’s hard to save the world on a voluntary basis when others are destroying it full-time. Together with a fantastic interdisciplinary team, he is promoting the topic of “climate protection is health protection” at a scientific, social and political level.

• An evening with Eckart von Hirschhausen: “Oh, Earth! We could have it so nice!”

If you only know him from television, you don’t really know him. On stage, he is in his element. Topical texts and ideas, with humour, music and cabaret, much spontaneous and interactive, every evening is unique – live and in colour.

Eckart von Hirschhausen is a master of spontaneity. He knows how to convey difficult topics interactively and with humour. His engagements range from small, high-calibre background talks, to impulses in front of many thousands of employees or participants, to public speeches in the Düsseldorf state parliament, in the former Bundestag, as a laudator for pioneers such as Klaus Töpfer, for foundations, church congresses and social entrepreneurs or at the Brandenburg Gate in front of 60,000 people with the Scientists for Future.

Health does not begin with a pill or an operation. Health begins with the air we breathe, the water we drink, the plants we eat, tolerable temperatures and peaceful coexistence. This is what “planetary health” means and what Eckart von Hirschhausen is committed to.