Events

At the College for Social Sciences and Humanities, academic events in various formats take place on a regular basis. You will find lectures, conferences, workshops, or panel discussions linked to different fields of research within the social sciences and humanities. Open science formats addressing the general public are also part of the portfolio.

Most events are planned by resident researchers and Senior Fellows, organised with support from the College’s event coordinator. Moreover, the College hosts select events offered by other members of the University Alliance Ruhr working in the social sciences and humanities.

The following list provides an overview of upcoming and past events at the College.

Next Event

Building Democratic Citizenship: Civic Education, Inequality, and Engagement

04/03/2026, digital

This virtual symposium brings together recent research on youth civic development and civic education, spanning classroom practices, political socialisation, and emerging challenges such as climate change. The contributions explore how young people can be prepared for informed and equitable civic participation in a changing world.

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Building Democratic Citizenship: Civic Education, Inequality, and Engagement

04/03/2026, digital

Catalyst GER Kick-off Event

12/03/2026, Essen

Organiser: GUIDE Centre for Start-up and Innopreneurship, University of Duisburg-Essen

How can research in the humanities, social sciences and educational sciences have an impact within society? This question drives the new ‘Catalyst GER’ programme. At this kick-off event you can get insights into programme, learn about exemplary projects and exchange views with other researchers. In a workshop,…

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Future Made in Germany: Kapital als Turbo für Innovation & Tradition?

25/03/2026, Essen

Organiser: Chair for Energy Trading and Finance, University of Duisburg-Essen

Outreach talk and panel as part of the Climate, Energy and Finance Workshop 2026

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AI in Science Communication: Impacts on Perception and Learning

26/03/2026, Essen

This interdisciplinary symposium focuses on current developments, challenges, and future perspectives in science communication and science education, with a particular emphasis on the role of artificial intelligence.

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Artificial Intelligence and Educational Policies: Reconstructing Academic Frameworks

06/05/2025, Essen | hybrid

This lecture gives insights into the influence of emerging new technologies such as artificial intelligence on educational policies, learning processes and teaching settings. The speaker Muzaffer Özdemir, Professor of Computer Education and Instructional Technology at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey), argues that a human-centered approach to integrating AI is needed, where technology…

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Practices in the Archive of a Life / Lives

24/04/2025 - 25/04/2025, Bochum & Essen

How can artists’ lives, including their political engagement, be preserved through archiving? This workshop in cooperation with the queer-feminist archive LIESELLE brings together artists, archivists, curators, digital information networkers and others to share their practices and experiences.

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Civic Education Forum: Perspectives and Challenges in a Changing World

09/04/2025, Essen

How do individual dispositions, educational institutions, and social environments shape civic learning, participation, and attitudes? Two keynote lectures present findings on civic education from psychological and sociological research.

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Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Postcolonial English Contexts (DVPEC)

06/02/2025 - 07/02/2025

English varieties spoken in African, Asian, and Caribbean multilingual societies are influenced by ethnic languages and cultures of the respective regions, leading to variation in the use of discourse-pragmatic features. This workshop brings together international linguistics scholars to discuss different theoretical approaches and methodologies in the field.

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Black. Queer. Trans. Desires

23/01/2025 - 24/01/2025, Essen | hybrid

This workshop explores the plurality of Black queer sexualities and desires from different perspectives – particularly through examining their political, social and cultural manifestation within structures of systemic racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, and transphobia.

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Making Sense of German-African International Research Collaborations

15/01/2025, Essen

How do European and African researchers understand science and academic knowledge production? This series of dialogue events focuses on the role of culture and interculturality in international research collaborations between the Global North and Global South.

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Albert the Great on Health, Disease, and Disability

13/01/2025 - 14/01/2025, Essen | hybrid

Albert the Great’s (Albertus Magnus) natural philosophy and observations of nature in the thirteenth century paved the way for modern science. This mini-conference focuses on Albert’s understanding of health, disease, and disability.

College for Social Sciences and Humanities

Events

Next Event

Building Democratic Citizenship: Civic Education, Inequality, and Engagement

Building Democratic Citizenship: Civic Education, Inequality, and Engagement

Catalyst GER Kick-off Event

Future Made in Germany: Kapital als Turbo für Innovation & Tradition?

AI in Science Communication: Impacts on Perception and Learning

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Past Events

Artificial Intelligence and Educational Policies: Reconstructing Academic Frameworks

Practices in the Archive of a Life / Lives

Civic Education Forum: Perspectives and Challenges in a Changing World

Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Postcolonial English Contexts (DVPEC)

Black. Queer. Trans. Desires

Making Sense of German-African International Research Collaborations

Albert the Great on Health, Disease, and Disability

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