College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr
@college-uaruhr.bsky.social
Institute for Advanced Study | Part of the Research Alliance Ruhr, Germany #UARuhr
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#FellowFriday: Our Senior Fellow Tulin Sener is Prof. of #EducationalPsychology at Ankara University, Turkey. An expert in developmental #psychology, she focuses on culturally contextualised perspectives.
Learn more about her research & her motivation in the Q&A on LinkedIn: t1p.de/h54fm
#Devpsy
Learn more about her research & her motivation in the Q&A on LinkedIn: t1p.de/h54fm
#Devpsy
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#FellowFriday: Our Senior Fellow Tulin Sener is Prof. of #EducationalPsychology at Ankara University, Turkey. An expert in developmental #psychology, she focuses on culturally contextualised perspectives.
Learn more about her research & her motivation in the Q&A on LinkedIn: t1p.de/h54fm
#Devpsy
Learn more about her research & her motivation in the Q&A on LinkedIn: t1p.de/h54fm
#Devpsy
📅 CONF: The #Politics of Limits: #Sustainability and #Democracy in Times of Changing Climates | 8–9 Dec.
This interdisciplinary conference explores the relationship between freedom and equality & restricting economic growth.
Register by 30 Nov.: www.college-uaruhr.de/events
#Polisky
This interdisciplinary conference explores the relationship between freedom and equality & restricting economic growth.
Register by 30 Nov.: www.college-uaruhr.de/events
#Polisky
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
📅 CONF: The #Politics of Limits: #Sustainability and #Democracy in Times of Changing Climates | 8–9 Dec.
This interdisciplinary conference explores the relationship between freedom and equality & restricting economic growth.
Register by 30 Nov.: www.college-uaruhr.de/events
#Polisky
This interdisciplinary conference explores the relationship between freedom and equality & restricting economic growth.
Register by 30 Nov.: www.college-uaruhr.de/events
#Polisky
🔔 Reminder: This transdisciplinary workshop challenges different approaches to social memories and collective identities in the context of genocidal social practices.
📝 Register by 20 Nov. (corrected)!
📝 Register by 20 Nov. (corrected)!
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🔔 Reminder: This transdisciplinary workshop challenges different approaches to social memories and collective identities in the context of genocidal social practices.
📝 Register by 20 Nov. (corrected)!
📝 Register by 20 Nov. (corrected)!
Our former fellow Tannistha Samanta published this article about midlife #motherhood, reflecting on the results of the study she worked on during her fellowship. She interviewed (working) women in Germany who underwent assisted reproductive interventions in their 40s.
#Sociology #AgeingStudies #IVF
#Sociology #AgeingStudies #IVF
I write on the cultural anatomy of midlife motherhood. This work was developed during my stint at the
@college-uaruhr.bsky.social
@college-uaruhr.bsky.social
The average age for first-time mothers is continuing to increase around the world. Read our new article by @tannisthas.bsky.social at FLAME University to learn more about research on how women try to balance professional and/or reproductive productivity.
Midlife Motherhood:
🔗 bit.ly/3JExnIF 🔗
Midlife Motherhood:
🔗 bit.ly/3JExnIF 🔗
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Our former fellow Tannistha Samanta published this article about midlife #motherhood, reflecting on the results of the study she worked on during her fellowship. She interviewed (working) women in Germany who underwent assisted reproductive interventions in their 40s.
#Sociology #AgeingStudies #IVF
#Sociology #AgeingStudies #IVF
📢 CfP: Sensorische Re-Situierungen: Die Sinne in techno-ökologischer Veränderung
Conference on #senses in techno-ecological transformation – with @theoriesektiondgs.bsky.social @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
Submit your abstract by 15 Dec.: www.college-uaruhr.de/calls
#Soziologie #SensoryStudies #STS
Conference on #senses in techno-ecological transformation – with @theoriesektiondgs.bsky.social @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
Submit your abstract by 15 Dec.: www.college-uaruhr.de/calls
#Soziologie #SensoryStudies #STS
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📢 CfP: Sensorische Re-Situierungen: Die Sinne in techno-ökologischer Veränderung
Conference on #senses in techno-ecological transformation – with @theoriesektiondgs.bsky.social @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
Submit your abstract by 15 Dec.: www.college-uaruhr.de/calls
#Soziologie #SensoryStudies #STS
Conference on #senses in techno-ecological transformation – with @theoriesektiondgs.bsky.social @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
Submit your abstract by 15 Dec.: www.college-uaruhr.de/calls
#Soziologie #SensoryStudies #STS
The workshop 'Growth (In)Dependencies' last week offered a space for scholars from different disciplines to openly discuss how societies could rely less on, or even function entirely without, continuous economic #growth.
Read the short recap on LinkedIn: t1p.de/ldifz
#sustainability #governance
Read the short recap on LinkedIn: t1p.de/ldifz
#sustainability #governance
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The workshop 'Growth (In)Dependencies' last week offered a space for scholars from different disciplines to openly discuss how societies could rely less on, or even function entirely without, continuous economic #growth.
Read the short recap on LinkedIn: t1p.de/ldifz
#sustainability #governance
Read the short recap on LinkedIn: t1p.de/ldifz
#sustainability #governance
📅 CONF: Ordinary Men. Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture
4–5 Dec. | Essen
How do Spanish literature, film & culture represent perpetrators in the context of the Civil War & Franco Dictatorship? The conference explores concepts of complicity, bystanding & perpetration in Spanish cultural memory.
4–5 Dec. | Essen
How do Spanish literature, film & culture represent perpetrators in the context of the Civil War & Franco Dictatorship? The conference explores concepts of complicity, bystanding & perpetration in Spanish cultural memory.
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
📅 CONF: Ordinary Men. Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture
4–5 Dec. | Essen
How do Spanish literature, film & culture represent perpetrators in the context of the Civil War & Franco Dictatorship? The conference explores concepts of complicity, bystanding & perpetration in Spanish cultural memory.
4–5 Dec. | Essen
How do Spanish literature, film & culture represent perpetrators in the context of the Civil War & Franco Dictatorship? The conference explores concepts of complicity, bystanding & perpetration in Spanish cultural memory.
Three weeks left to apply for #postdoc researchers at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de | @unidue.bsky.social | @tu-dortmund.de!
Unique opportunity for postdocs from the University Alliance Ruhr #UARuhr working in the social sciences and/or the humanities: with its #PostdocLab programme, the College for Social Sciences and Humanities offers funding for cross-university working groups.
🔔 Call: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
🔔 Call: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Three weeks left to apply for #postdoc researchers at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de | @unidue.bsky.social | @tu-dortmund.de!
💡 NEW FEATURE | Event Review
Therapeutic Encounters: Social and Ethical Implications of AI Chatbots in Mental Healthcare
Read here how the organisers of the symposium ‘Therapeutic Encounters with Chatbots’, @benjaminmarent.bsky.social and Sebastian Merkel, reflect on key insights: t1p.de/h341s
Therapeutic Encounters: Social and Ethical Implications of AI Chatbots in Mental Healthcare
Read here how the organisers of the symposium ‘Therapeutic Encounters with Chatbots’, @benjaminmarent.bsky.social and Sebastian Merkel, reflect on key insights: t1p.de/h341s
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
💡 NEW FEATURE | Event Review
Therapeutic Encounters: Social and Ethical Implications of AI Chatbots in Mental Healthcare
Read here how the organisers of the symposium ‘Therapeutic Encounters with Chatbots’, @benjaminmarent.bsky.social and Sebastian Merkel, reflect on key insights: t1p.de/h341s
Therapeutic Encounters: Social and Ethical Implications of AI Chatbots in Mental Healthcare
Read here how the organisers of the symposium ‘Therapeutic Encounters with Chatbots’, @benjaminmarent.bsky.social and Sebastian Merkel, reflect on key insights: t1p.de/h341s
#FellowFriday: Meet our fellow Ingo Heidbrink from Old Dominion University, USA. A maritime historian, he is a specialist for inland #WaterwayHistory, fisheries and whaling history, and polar history. Learn how his historical research is relevant for us today in this Q&A (LinkedIn):
t1p.de/5f8p9
t1p.de/5f8p9
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#FellowFriday: Meet our fellow Ingo Heidbrink from Old Dominion University, USA. A maritime historian, he is a specialist for inland #WaterwayHistory, fisheries and whaling history, and polar history. Learn how his historical research is relevant for us today in this Q&A (LinkedIn):
t1p.de/5f8p9
t1p.de/5f8p9
Welcome, Tamara Mercante Thierauf!
Tamara joined the research group ‘Sweat – #Sociology of Transpiration in the Age of Global Warming’ as a doctoral researcher. Her research explores sweating with a focus on the entanglements of bodies, data infrastructures, and global warming.
Tamara joined the research group ‘Sweat – #Sociology of Transpiration in the Age of Global Warming’ as a doctoral researcher. Her research explores sweating with a focus on the entanglements of bodies, data infrastructures, and global warming.
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Welcome, Tamara Mercante Thierauf!
Tamara joined the research group ‘Sweat – #Sociology of Transpiration in the Age of Global Warming’ as a doctoral researcher. Her research explores sweating with a focus on the entanglements of bodies, data infrastructures, and global warming.
Tamara joined the research group ‘Sweat – #Sociology of Transpiration in the Age of Global Warming’ as a doctoral researcher. Her research explores sweating with a focus on the entanglements of bodies, data infrastructures, and global warming.
Reminder to all postdocs from the #UARuhr working in the social sciences and/or the humanities: if you would like to form a cross-university working group with fellow #postdoc researchers, our #PostdocLab programme is tailor-made for you.
📧 Apply here until 26 Nov.: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
📧 Apply here until 26 Nov.: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Reminder to all postdocs from the #UARuhr working in the social sciences and/or the humanities: if you would like to form a cross-university working group with fellow #postdoc researchers, our #PostdocLab programme is tailor-made for you.
📧 Apply here until 26 Nov.: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
📧 Apply here until 26 Nov.: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
Welcome, Bjarne Behrens! He joined the research group ‘Political Economy of Inequality’ as a doctoral researcher. Bjarne's research focuses on the role of public discourse in preference formation, with particular interest in climate policy & distributive implications of environmental transitions.
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Welcome, Bjarne Behrens! He joined the research group ‘Political Economy of Inequality’ as a doctoral researcher. Bjarne's research focuses on the role of public discourse in preference formation, with particular interest in climate policy & distributive implications of environmental transitions.
📅 WORKSHOP: Sweaty Matters. Körper, Medien, Kühltechniken
13 Nov. | hybrid | in German
Der Workshop setzt sich mit Körperflüssigkeiten, Kühltechniken, „schwitzenden Medien“ & feministischen Infrastrukturen auseinander. Dabei geht es auch um methodische, materielle & politische Fragen.
t1p.de/1vszy
13 Nov. | hybrid | in German
Der Workshop setzt sich mit Körperflüssigkeiten, Kühltechniken, „schwitzenden Medien“ & feministischen Infrastrukturen auseinander. Dabei geht es auch um methodische, materielle & politische Fragen.
t1p.de/1vszy
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
📅 WORKSHOP: Sweaty Matters. Körper, Medien, Kühltechniken
13 Nov. | hybrid | in German
Der Workshop setzt sich mit Körperflüssigkeiten, Kühltechniken, „schwitzenden Medien“ & feministischen Infrastrukturen auseinander. Dabei geht es auch um methodische, materielle & politische Fragen.
t1p.de/1vszy
13 Nov. | hybrid | in German
Der Workshop setzt sich mit Körperflüssigkeiten, Kühltechniken, „schwitzenden Medien“ & feministischen Infrastrukturen auseinander. Dabei geht es auch um methodische, materielle & politische Fragen.
t1p.de/1vszy
#FellowFriday: Daniel Feierstein is Director of the Center of #GenocideStudies at National University of Tres de Febrero, Argentina. In the Q&A (LinkedIn), he explains the need for transdisciplinary research and the benefits of the tandem partnership with a #UARuhr researcher: t1p.de/ff-feierst
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#FellowFriday: Daniel Feierstein is Director of the Center of #GenocideStudies at National University of Tres de Febrero, Argentina. In the Q&A (LinkedIn), he explains the need for transdisciplinary research and the benefits of the tandem partnership with a #UARuhr researcher: t1p.de/ff-feierst
📅 WORKSHOP: Deep Dive into ICCS 2022 – Advanced Data Analysis of Large-Scale Assessment Data in R
28 Nov.
Interested in enhancing your understanding of the methodological foundations and the analysis of large-scale assessment data, in particular ICCS?
👉Register until 7 Nov.: eveeno.com/586544186
28 Nov.
Interested in enhancing your understanding of the methodological foundations and the analysis of large-scale assessment data, in particular ICCS?
👉Register until 7 Nov.: eveeno.com/586544186
College UA Ruhr: Deep Dive into ICCS 2022 – Advanced Data Analysis of Large-Scale Assessment Data in R
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October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📅 WORKSHOP: Deep Dive into ICCS 2022 – Advanced Data Analysis of Large-Scale Assessment Data in R
28 Nov.
Interested in enhancing your understanding of the methodological foundations and the analysis of large-scale assessment data, in particular ICCS?
👉Register until 7 Nov.: eveeno.com/586544186
28 Nov.
Interested in enhancing your understanding of the methodological foundations and the analysis of large-scale assessment data, in particular ICCS?
👉Register until 7 Nov.: eveeno.com/586544186
📅 WORKSHOP: Social Memories and Collective Identities in the Context of Genocide
25–26 Nov.
This transdisciplinary workshop challenges different approaches to social memories and collective identities in the context of genocidal social practices.
Register by 20 Oct.: t1p.de/q8pvw
#SocSci
25–26 Nov.
This transdisciplinary workshop challenges different approaches to social memories and collective identities in the context of genocidal social practices.
Register by 20 Oct.: t1p.de/q8pvw
#SocSci
October 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📅 WORKSHOP: Social Memories and Collective Identities in the Context of Genocide
25–26 Nov.
This transdisciplinary workshop challenges different approaches to social memories and collective identities in the context of genocidal social practices.
Register by 20 Oct.: t1p.de/q8pvw
#SocSci
25–26 Nov.
This transdisciplinary workshop challenges different approaches to social memories and collective identities in the context of genocidal social practices.
Register by 20 Oct.: t1p.de/q8pvw
#SocSci
📬 A new issue of our newsletter COLLEGE CONDENSED is out, bringing you up to date about recent news and activities at the College. Read it in your browser: sh1.sendinblue.com/ae7mfz67wlpf...
📧 Subscribe here: www.college-uaruhr.de/newsletter
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October 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📬 A new issue of our newsletter COLLEGE CONDENSED is out, bringing you up to date about recent news and activities at the College. Read it in your browser: sh1.sendinblue.com/ae7mfz67wlpf...
📧 Subscribe here: www.college-uaruhr.de/newsletter
📧 Subscribe here: www.college-uaruhr.de/newsletter
📅 WORKSHOP: Was heißt Schwarze Archivpraxis?
21–22 Oct. | in German
t1p.de/05ovu
Ausgehend vom Nachlass der afrodeutschen Musikerin & Friedensaktivistin #FasiaJansen (1929–1997) thematisiert die Veranstaltung die Lebendigkeit und Widersprüche einer Schwarzen #Archivpraxis.
#BlackHistories
21–22 Oct. | in German
t1p.de/05ovu
Ausgehend vom Nachlass der afrodeutschen Musikerin & Friedensaktivistin #FasiaJansen (1929–1997) thematisiert die Veranstaltung die Lebendigkeit und Widersprüche einer Schwarzen #Archivpraxis.
#BlackHistories
October 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
📅 WORKSHOP: Was heißt Schwarze Archivpraxis?
21–22 Oct. | in German
t1p.de/05ovu
Ausgehend vom Nachlass der afrodeutschen Musikerin & Friedensaktivistin #FasiaJansen (1929–1997) thematisiert die Veranstaltung die Lebendigkeit und Widersprüche einer Schwarzen #Archivpraxis.
#BlackHistories
21–22 Oct. | in German
t1p.de/05ovu
Ausgehend vom Nachlass der afrodeutschen Musikerin & Friedensaktivistin #FasiaJansen (1929–1997) thematisiert die Veranstaltung die Lebendigkeit und Widersprüche einer Schwarzen #Archivpraxis.
#BlackHistories
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Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene – just published by Bruna Bosi-Moreira & @mattkranke.bsky.social in @gepjournal.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
October 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene – just published by Bruna Bosi-Moreira & @mattkranke.bsky.social in @gepjournal.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
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From good to bad? The contested desirability of economic growth – just published by @mattkranke.bsky.social in @brisunipress.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From good to bad? The contested desirability of economic growth – just published by @mattkranke.bsky.social in @brisunipress.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...
🗨️ Elena Beregow, cultural #sociologist, will be guest at the event series 'Streit ums Politische' at Schaubühne Berlin on 13 Oct., 19:30 (livestream). With host Heinz Bude, she will talk about "the temperatures of the current turning point in history":
www.schaubuehne.de/de/produktio...
www.schaubuehne.de/de/produktio...
Streit ums Politische: »Was, wenn wir falsch lagen?«
Theorien haben immer auch eine bestimmte Temperatur: Es gibt kalte Analysen und heiße Thesen. Was für eine Temperatur haben die Theorien einer nächsten Gesellschaft? Wonach streben die unterschiedli...
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October 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🗨️ Elena Beregow, cultural #sociologist, will be guest at the event series 'Streit ums Politische' at Schaubühne Berlin on 13 Oct., 19:30 (livestream). With host Heinz Bude, she will talk about "the temperatures of the current turning point in history":
www.schaubuehne.de/de/produktio...
www.schaubuehne.de/de/produktio...
Unique opportunity for postdocs from the University Alliance Ruhr #UARuhr working in the social sciences and/or the humanities: with its #PostdocLab programme, the College for Social Sciences and Humanities offers funding for cross-university working groups.
🔔 Call: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
🔔 Call: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
October 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Unique opportunity for postdocs from the University Alliance Ruhr #UARuhr working in the social sciences and/or the humanities: with its #PostdocLab programme, the College for Social Sciences and Humanities offers funding for cross-university working groups.
🔔 Call: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
🔔 Call: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab
Reminder: The #CfP for the international conference ‘Ordinary Men: Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture’ on 4 and 5 Dec. 2025, organised by our Senior Fellow @ryanlor.bsky.social, is still open – submit your abstracts until 8 October: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
September 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Reminder: The #CfP for the international conference ‘Ordinary Men: Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture’ on 4 and 5 Dec. 2025, organised by our Senior Fellow @ryanlor.bsky.social, is still open – submit your abstracts until 8 October: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
Scholarship opportunity for doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities within the #UARuhr 👇
#Reminder: 🎓Nächste Woche endet die Bewerbungsfrist für unser #Promotionsstipendium! Du promovierst in den Kultur-, Medien-, Kunst- o. Literaturwissenschaften an unidue.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de o. @tu-dortmund.bsky.social?
🗓️ Bewirb dich bis zum 6. Oktober!
🔎Alle Infos: tinyurl.com/rbmaey4p
🗓️ Bewirb dich bis zum 6. Oktober!
🔎Alle Infos: tinyurl.com/rbmaey4p
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Scholarship opportunity for doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities within the #UARuhr 👇