The research professorships are filled by internationally distinguished scholars whose research profiles distinctly intersect with the research portfolios of the UA Ruhr universities. A reduced teaching load allows for intensive, focussed research.
The profiles of the professorships were carved out in a participatory process with members of pertinent UA Ruhr faculties. What all three professorships have in common is that they are interdisciplinary by design, and they tie in with emerging innovative fields of research in the social sciences and the humanities.
This professorship focusses on the practical and theoretical implications of digitally mediated practices of collecting, archiving and curating globally connected histories. It contributes to an understanding of current debates on the digitisation of culture, the role of memory work and memory politics and their intersection with global socio-ecological transformations. The professorship will build a distinct research profile in the evolving field of digital humanities and establish innovative conversations across disciplines and domains of application.
Prof. Tahani Nadim took up the professorship in 2024.
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Critical analysis and contextualisation of contemporary key societal debates about pressing social and environmental issues are the core concern of this professorship. Bridging the social sciences and the humanities, it analyses cultural, socio-political, and environmental phenomena and centres major fault lines of public conflicts. The professorship pursues a dual public orientation by responding to public debates and communicating with a wider audience beyond academia.
Prof. Sule Emmanuel Egya took up the professorship in 2026.
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This professorship is dedicated to the interdisciplinary investigation of practices and orders of (non-)knowledge – a rapidly growing field of research at the interface between social sciences and humanities that has gained particular relevance in recent years. The professorship will assume a pioneering role in establishing this field in German academia.
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