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In this section, you will find information about recent developments at the College – current research activities and projects, recent publications and achievements, new colleagues and Fellows, and reviews of events.

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Matthias Kranke Newly Appointed: Sustainability from a Political Perspective

21/05/2025

The ecological crisis is a global phenomenon, its effects do not stop at national borders. Matthias Kranke examines global sustainability issues from a political perspective. As newly appointed junior professor at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities of the University Alliance Ruhr and at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Duisburg-Essen, the political scientist is…

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Sociology of Transpiration: Elena Beregow Investigates Social Aspects of Global Warming

22/04/2025

Elena Beregow’s research focuses on the relationship between temperature and society, particularly in the context of the climate crisis. The sociologist has taken up one of three junior professorships at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities, based at the University of Duisburg-Essen, and will establish a research group on the 'Sociology of Transpiration'.

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College Offers Senior Fellowships for Research Stays at the UA Ruhr Starting 2026

07/03/2025, Essen

The College for Social Sciences and Humanities calls for applications for up to 20 Senior Fellowships. Excellent international researchers in the social sciences and humanities can now apply for a research stay in the year 2026/27 until 25 May 2025.

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Ten Senior Researchers Start Fellowships at the College

05/03/2025, Essen

The College welcomes its third cohort of international Senior Fellows. The visiting scholars will spend six months in Essen to work on research projects, collaborating with tandem partners from the University Alliance Ruhr.

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Open Position: Research Professorship ‘Theory and Practice of (Non-)Knowledge’

09/01/2025

The College for Social Sciences and Humanities is seeking to fill the position of the research professorship ‘Theory and Practice of (Non-)Knowledge’. Qualified candidates are welcome to apply by 19 February 2025.

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Inclinations: Queer Intimacies in Literature and Culture Before the Mid-Nineteenth Century

28/11/2024, Essen

The international conference 'Inclinations: Männerfreundschaften / Frauenfreundschaften' shed light on representations of queer intimacies and inclinations in German-language literature and culture – before concepts for labelling sexual difference solidified in the mid-nineteenth century.

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PostdocLab Groups Start Work on Projects: AI in Science Communication, Civic Education, Urban Conflicts

25/10/2024, Essen

Three working groups with researchers from the University Alliance Ruhr take up their projects on AI in science communication, civic education and political socialisation, and conflicts over urban space. They receive funding for 1.5 years as part of the College’s PostdocLab programme.

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Newly Appointed: Tahani Nadim Investigates Memory Cultures in Digital Transformation

15/10/2024, Essen

With Tahani Nadim, Ruhr University Bochum and the College for Social Sciences and Humanities have gained a versed sociologist of science with a strong interdisciplinary profile for a research professorship in digital humanities.

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College Welcomes Second Cohort of Senior Fellows

19/09/2024

The second cohort of international Senior Fellows has arrived at the College in Essen. The accomplished researchers from universities around the world will spend the next six months working on collaborative projects with their tandem partners from the University Alliance Ruhr.

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New Publications: Ecology and Decoloniality, Strategic Bureaucracy in Universities, and Clashing Principles in Development Cooperation

05/08/2024

Recently published articles by Senior Fellows address the nexus of ecology and decoloniality, strategic bureaucracy in university governance, and country ownership and LGBTQI+ inclusion in hostile environments.

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