Was wohl Papst Leo XIV. sagen würde, wenn er wüsste, wie im „heiligen Köln“ mit dem hehren Verständnis vom Priestertum Schindluder getrieben wird? www.ksta.de/koeln/erzbis... @ksta.bsky.social
Ready for therapeutic encounters with #chatbots? How can communication between humans and chatbots be designed to avoid harm and promote mental health and well-being?
Join the hybrid symposium on 1 July on #AI chatbots applied in mental #healthcare:
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
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📅 WORKSHOP: New Perspectives in Economics, Education and Social Sciences
3 July | partly hybrid
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
Explore transformative ideas across
#economics, #education, and interdisciplinary #SocialSciences with pioneering thinkers in a collaborative setting.
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💡 NEW FEATURE Article: Homelessness Activism
Jenny Künkel, a postdoc at @unidue.bsky.social, reflects on a workshop with homeless activists. Among other things, they criticise the capitalist logic of the #housing market and see #homelessness as a structural problem.
👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/features
Welse vertreiben potentielle Feinde, um ihre Eigelege zu schützen. Da jetzt die Laichzeit der Welse ist, war es wohl eher Schutz der Kinderstube statt gezielte Aggression gegen Menschen. Vielleicht hätte eine Schutzzone um die Badeinsel für ein paar Tage gereicht? www.br.de/nachrichten/...
One month since our book has been published and it already recieved 50,000 downloads from 115 countries!! A truly global reader interest, including a large number of developing countries where it is accessible due to OpenAccess! Get your copy link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@nicojsmit.bsky.social
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📫 Out now: a new issue of our COLLEGE CONDENSED newsletter
Learn more about our newly established research groups and their members and browse through our list of upcoming events: sh1.sendinblue.com/ae3eqn67wlpf...
In Gedenken an Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer (1938-2024) schaffen die drei Partner der Universitätsallianz Ruhr eine neue interdisziplinäre Professur für Nachhaltige Entwicklung. Was für eine wunderbare Initiative! Es ist eine Ehre, Teil der Berufungskommission zu sein.
www.uaruhr.de/nachrichtend...
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📅 WORKSHOP: Methodological Complexities in Cross-Cultural Life-Course Research
14 July | hybrid
In this workshop, scholars and students will discuss theoretical and empirical challenges in research on youth transitions, delayed adulthood, and evolving family forms from a cross-cultural perspective.
Next week at the College: Seize the opportunity to join the international conference on 'Queer Analytic #Philosophy' on 16 June, in person or online:
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
Registration is extended until 15 June.
#AnalyticPhilosophy #QueerPhilosophy #SocialConcepts #SocialOntology
🌍 Nachhaltigkeit braucht neue Impulse – auch in der Wissenschaft. Deswegen schaffen wir mit unseren Partnern in der UA Ruhr – der @unidue.bsky.social und der @ruhr-uni-bochum.de – eine neue interdisziplinäre Professur für Nachhaltige Entwicklung, die bei uns an der TU Dortmund eingerichtet wird.
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#FellowFriday: Meet our Senior Fellow Nico Orlandi, a philosopher of mind at UC Santa Cruz (USA). As part of the fellowship, Nico collaborates with @tobiasschlicht.bsky.social from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Read the complete Q&A on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/colleg...
#Philosophy
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Welcome, Tabea Waltenberg! She joined the College as a research assistant in the research group 'Global Sustainability Governance', @mattkranke.bsky.social. Tabea investigates post-growth ideas and policy in international organisations with a focus on the UN.
www.college-uaruhr.de/research/res...
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📌 Open position:
Our research group 'Sweat – Sociology of Transpiration in the Age of Global Warming' is looking for a student assistant (f/m/x) to support Elena Beregow's team. The focus is on sociology of the body, environment and technology.
Please apply by 15 June: www.college-uaruhr.de/calls
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We warmly welcome Christopher Kirschner as a research assistant in the research group 'Sweat –Sociology of Transpiration in the Age of Global Warming'.
He focuses on the ethnographic study of physical and practical senses and on the perception of heat and sweat in sport and wellness cultures.
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JOB OPENING:
The College is looking for an Office Management Assistant (f/m/x) (Kauffrau/Kaufmann für Büromanagement als Sekretariatskraft (w/m/d)) to support our research groups in administrative processes.
permanent position; part-time (75%)
👉Job posting (German): www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Weiße Schrift auf rosa Hintergrund: "Millionenförderung für unsere Exzellenzcluster!"
Millionenförderung für unsere Exzellenzcluster! 🎉 Wir gratulieren den Forschenden der Cluster CASA und @solvationsci.bsky.social zu ihrem verdienten Erfolg.
William Donahue, Professor of European studies at the University of Notre Dame (USA), organised the conference in cooperation with Jens Gurr (@unidue.bsky.social, Department of Anglophone Studies). Sincere thanks go out to all speakers for their valuable contributions.
Am 22. Mai steht eine wegweisende Entscheidung für die Universitätsallianz Ruhr in der Exzellenzstrategie an. In einem Online-Podium ab 20 Uhr ordnen die Rektorin und Rektoren die Ergebnisse aus Sicht des Verbunds ein. Alle UA Ruhr-Mitglieder sind herzlich eingeladen. Mehr Infos 👇
The workshop is co-organised by Jeff MacSwan from the University of Maryland (USA), who is currently a Senior Fellow at the College, and Katja Cantone-Altıntaș and Tobias Schroedler from the Institute for German as a Second and Foreign Language @unidue.bsky.social.
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#FellowFriday: Meet Senior Fellow Fazıl Kayıkçı – he applies #economic modelling to educational outcomes and investigates #sociocultural and psychological factors in students’ success. In his research project he collaborates with Nina Hogrebe from @tu-dortmund.bsky.social.
👉 t1p.de/ytxbr
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Job opportunity for students with a Bachelor's degree in political science, sociology or a similar discipline: The research group 'Global Sustainability Governance' led by @mattkranke.bsky.social is looking for 2 research assistants.
www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
Please apply by 13 May!
New funding opportunity for postdoctoral researchers at the University Alliance Ruhr #UARuhr to realise international research trips: Mobility Grants by the Research Academy Ruhr 🌍
🚀 The EuADS Summer School 2025 is all about Automated Data Science!
🗓️ July 8 to 11 2025
Register until 20 May, 2025!
All details on the EuADS website: www.euads.org/fjkdlasjdigl...
and our website: rc-trust.ai/news
Tomorrow at the College:
Muzaffer Özdemir (TR) gives insights into the influence of emerging new technologies on educational policies, #learning and #teaching.
You can still sign up today for on-site or online participation! eveeno.com/128144130
In a radio interview on DLF Kultur, junior professor Elena Beregow talks about her article on "shed theory" and new aesthetics in #trap music, published in the journal 'POP. Kultur und Kritik', and the emotional dimension of interacting with #AI chatbots.
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/absurder-rap...
Reminder: This conference on 8 & 9 May will take a comparative perspective on #memory culture in Germany, the USA and beyond. How is it linked to a healthy #democracy?
Members of the #UARuhr are welcome to join.
Register until 1 May: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...
RC Trust in CHI conference program 2025!🎉
The CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems takes place from Apr 26 to May 1, 2025 in Yokohama, Japan.
Our researchers can be found in many sessions and paper workshops.🙌 More details on our website and the CHI's ones.
Welcome, Rebekah Overdorf!🥳
We are very happy that you will enrich our team! More details can be found here: news.rub.de/english/2025...
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