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Research at the University of Erfurt

Bright minds come to Erfurt

Research Profile Strategy 2030+

In summer 2023, the University of Erfurt presented its research profile strategy for the coming years. In this strategy, the university not only commits to its structural profile fields, but also focuses on even stronger networking in the future – both, within the university and with external cooperation partners – on graduate service and on knowledge transfer to society.

In an interview, Professor Benedikt Kranemann and Dr Katharina Held, under whose leadership the research profile strategy was developed, explain the background and details.

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A new book by Hartmut Rosa, director of the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt, has been published by Reclam under the title „Resonanz und soziale Energie. Über Schlüsselbegriffe der Kritischen Theorie“ (Resonance and Social Energy: On Key…

The Research and Graduate Service unit at the University of Erfurt invites PhD students to the next CMW Forum discussion on 1 December, from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm, in the seminar room of the "Weltbeziehungen" research building (C19). The topic this time…

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A new book by Jörg Rüpke is due to be published by Princeton University Press on 6 October 2026. It summarises the research findings of the "Religion and Urbanity" research group, which has been based at the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of…