16.07.2024
UA Ruhr researchers involved in statement on democracy education
The Standing Scientific Commission of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs recommends that the subjects of politics and history should be more firmly anchored in the school curriculum and that teachers should be better prepared. The University of Duisburg-Essen is involved in the development of the commission's statement together with the Ruhr University Bochum.
11.07.2024
Prof. Nils Köbis researches lying algorithm
What would a world be like in which lies no longer paid off? Artificial intelligence should expose them in future. Professor Dr. Nils Köbis is working with a European research group to develop an algorithm and investigate how automated lie detection could affect our society.
03.07.2024
Events at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities in July
In July, the College of the UA Ruhr is organizing a seminar on the successful planning and implementation of publications and funding applications. In addition, two workshops will be held on the administrative workload of academic staff and on ecology and decoloniality in the context of indigenous knowledge in the Global South.
24.06.2024
TU Dortmund University has elected a new chancellor
TU Dortmund University has a new head of administration: the University Council and the Senate elected Markus Neuhaus, Director of the Corporate Center Human Resources, by a large majority as Chancellor. He convinced the University Elective Assembly with his many years of experience in managing large administrative units, his service-oriented attitude towards academia and his calm personality.
21.06.2024
College launches new funding programme "PostdocLab"
The College for Social Sciences and Humanities launches a new funding programme for excellent postdoctoral researchers from the UA Ruhr working in the social sciences and humanities: the PostdocLab | College UA Ruhr. Up to three cross-university working groups, both discipline-specific and interdisciplinary, can receive funding from October 2024 until April 2026.
Shaping the future together
The rectors govern the strategic direction and further development of the UA Ruhr. Prof. Dr. Martin Paul (Rector of Ruhr University Bochum), Prof. Dr. Barbara Albert (Rector of the University of Duisburg-Essen) and Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer (Rector of TU Dortmund University) attach great importance to intensive personal exchange as part of their collaboration, such as during a visit to the North America Liaison Office in New York. The three agree: "We are delighted that the University Alliance Ruhr is always acting as a unit in new areas, launching initiatives and sharing common values and views. Together we are shaping the future."
UA Ruhr: Three universities, one community, endless opportunities
Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), TU Dortmund University and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have maintained a strategic collaboration within the University Alliance Ruhr since 2007. With more than 110,000 students and almost 14,000 researchers, the UA Ruhr is one of the largest and best-performing academic hubs in Germany. The UA Ruhr stands for innovation, excellence and active partnership in research - according to the motto "Three universities, one community, endless opportunities"!
Research Alliance Ruhr
The UA Ruhr’s top-level international research on pressing issues of the future has been consolidated under the umbrella of the Research Alliance Ruhr since 2021. With four research centers and a college for social sciences and humanities, the Research Alliance is a beacon within the knowledge metropolis Ruhr and serves as an attractive research environment for outstanding scholars.
Research Academy Ruhr
In the Research Academy Ruhr, RUB, UDE and TU Dortmund University have combined their extensive programs for supporting early career researchers since 2017. The more than 10,000 young researchers within the UA Ruhr are supported through transferable skills qualification opportunities and benefit from a diverse range of networking options throughout their career path.
International network
The UA Ruhr universities cooperate with universities and research institutes around the globe. In order to expand their international relations, the three universities set up their first joint liaison office in New York as early as in 2004. A wealth of programs promote international exchange, while the number of degree courses taught in English is also rising.
Excellent together
The UA Ruhr will enter the Excellence Strategy competition with four full proposals for Clusters of Excellence in August 2024. The RESOLV cluster receives further impetus for continuing research on solvents through the Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability, while the Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security strengthens the CASA cluster in the field of cybersecurity. The Research Center One Health Ruhr won favor with its REASONS draft proposal on water ecology. Furthermore, a draft proposal from the field of particular physics is still in the contest. The aim of the UA Ruhr is to be “excellent together as an alliance”.
Cluster of Excellence RESOLV
Most chemical reactions, important industrial processes and almost all biological processes take place in the liquid phase. The team of the Ruhr Explores Solvation (RESOLV) Cluster of Excellence strives to understand the role solvents play in controlling, mediating and regulating chemical reactions. More than 200 researchers from chemistry, physics and engineering collaborate to achieve this.
Cluster of Excellence CASA
Nowadays, many cyberattacks on organizations or critical infrastructure are carried out by large-scale attackers and, in particular, by public or semi-public organizations. The focus of the Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries (CASA) Cluster of Excellence is on effective countermeasures. Its research is based on an interdisciplinary approach combining computer science, mathematics, engineering and psychology.
MERCUR
Together with the Stiftung Mercator, the UA Ruhr provides funding for joint research projects in the form of MERCUR grants. The Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) has been supporting our unique cooperation since 2010 and has already made €60 million available for collaborative research projects, which have formed the basis for our current cutting-edge research in the Research Alliance and the Clusters of Excellence.
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