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Workshop for Early-Career Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences

01/12/2025, 10:00 - 13:00, Essen

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We invite applications for a workshop aimed at early-career researchers (doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars) working in the humanities and social sciences.

The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with the opportunity to present their ongoing research projects, receive constructive feedback, and engage in productive discussion in an interdisciplinary setting. The spectrum of possible research topics is deliberately broad. Presentations and discussions may relate to questions concerning the thematic focus of the research project, theory formation, methodology, or empirical approaches, among others.

Each participant will give a short presentation (approx. 5 minutes) introducing their research project. Presentations may be held in German or English and should briefly outline:

  • the central research question(s)
  • the theoretical and/or methodological framework
  • the empirical basis (if applicable)
  • key challenges or points for discussion

Each presentation will be followed by a joint discussion (approx. 15 to 20 minutes). Participants are expected to take an active role in these discussions, contributing feedback and engaging in interdisciplinary exchange.

Eligibility

  • Doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences (University Alliance Ruhr)
  • Projects may be at any stage of development

Application Requirements

Please submit the following documents by 27 November to events@college-uaruhr.de:

  1. A short abstract of your research project (max. 300 words)
  2. A brief biographical note (max. 150 words) including your current institutional affiliation and research interests

Language

The working languages of the workshop are German and English.

Location

College for Social Sciences and Humanities, Essen

Address and directions

Conveners

Prof. Maximiliane Wilkesmann, College for Social Sciences and Humanities & TU Dortmund University

Prof. em. Jürgen Enders, University of Bath (UK)

 

About Prof. Jürgen Enders | University of Bath (UK)

Jürgen Enders is Professor emeritus at the School of Management, University of Bath (UK), and Visiting Professor at Nelson Mandela University (South Africa). His academic interests focus on institutional change in universities and their role in society and the economy. He has authored and (co-)edited 15 books and over 150 articles in leading journals, including Organization Studies, Public Management Review, Higher Education, and Scientometrics.

Professor Enders is a member of the Center for Global Higher Education (University of Oxford, UK), Academia Europaea, and the German Academy of Science and Engineering, and an Honorary Fellow of the Society for Research in Higher Education. Elsevier and Stanford University have named him among the top two percent of most frequently cited academics in the social sciences worldwide.

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