Um Welt Denken
International Doctorate Program "Rethinking Environment"
The 2nd Phase of the IDK has started!
12 PhD students from six countries have started their journey into the enriching and occasionally challenging experience of writing a dissertation in our interdisciplinary PhD program
“Rethinking Environment”!
After successfully completing a long selection process with over 350 applicants, the cohort will now be encouraged to cross disciplinary and methodological borders and to approach environmental topics from academically innovative angles. Each PhD journey will be different, of course–just like the research topics, that range from a history of the relationship between bees and humans to integrating urban ecology and environmental education for informal public transport systems in South Africa. One project examines alter/native [sic!] oceanic contexts in speculative fiction, another one investigates the effectiveness of the tools and strategies used in education for sustainable development in a school context. Check out the Projects website to learn more about each project!
An inspiring and joyful journey into the unknown has started. Like any adventure, its success depends on community, mutual trust, and optimism.
Welcome IDK crew!
IDK Group Photo
In German, Um(Welt)Denken is a wordplay combining the term “environment” (Umwelt) with the verb “rethinking” (umdenken). The project’s name comes from the need to rethink human relationships with the world we, as a species, inhabit. A partnership between Augsburg University and the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, the international doctorate program (Internationales Doktorand:innenkolleg – IDK) Rethinking Environment brings together young scholars and experienced experts from various fields to explore new ways of approaching the ecological transformation of society. If you want to find out how we hope to contribute to solving the environmental challenges of our planet, browse through this website to learn more about us. Curious about our most recent activities? Be sure to check out our events and magazine sections!
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