Research Training Groups with Humboldt Participation
RTG 1913: Cultural and Technological Significance of Historic Buildings
The research programme of the Research Training Group "Cultural and Technological Significance of Historic Buildings" is concerned with the overlap between art, technology and society. The researchers in Cottbus intend to study building structures, their creation and their evolution from ancient times to the 20th century in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. In this context, historical buildings are understood as elements of cultural value systems and testimonies to technological and artistic achievement. Specifically, the RTG is concerned with such different aspects as the genealogy of different building cultures, the large construction site as a cultural-historical phenomenon, and the instruments of building.
Coordinating University:
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Rheidt
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Archaeology
Duration: 04/14 - 03/23
Homepage: https://www.b-tu.de/dfg-graduiertenkolleg-1913/
RTG 2046: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models To Natural Systems
The number of parasite infections among humans and animals is increasing worldwide. Contributing factors include greater immunity to medication, global warming and the rise in international travel. The Research Training Group "Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models To Natural Systems" seeks to step up both research and scientific training in the field of parasitology. It will investigate the biological, medical and veterinary aspects of parasite infections in equal measure. The research programme will examine the issue on three levels: molecular, cellular and organismic. The participants will focus on a small number of selected host and parasite systems, which it will analyse.
Coordinating University:
Freie Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Susanne Hartmann
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Biology
Duration: 04/15 - 03/24
Homepage: http://www.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/institute/we06/grk2046/index.html
RTG 2130: Minor Cosmopolitanisms
Western research in post-colonialism in the cultural and scientific disciplines has been concerned primarily with English-language print media created often in institutions in North America, Great Britain and Australia. The new Research Training Group "Minor Cosmopolitanisms" seeks to extend this research to include previously neglected areas of post-colonial practice, and investigate more than just print media. Instead, it will research how "minor cosmopolitanisms", new forms of cosmpolitanism that go beyond a eurocentric heritage, are negotiated in literature, other media and in everyday practice. The doctoral researchers will not only work in Potsdam but also move around a closely knit network of eight partner institutions in the USA, Canada, South Africa, India and Australia.
Coordinating University:
University of Potsdam
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Lars Eckstein and Prof. Dr. Dirk Wiemann
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Humanities, Department of European Ethnology
Duration: 10/16 - 09/25
Homepage: http://www.uni-potsdam.de/minorcosmopolitanisms/
RTG 2248: Global Intellectual History - Transfers, Circulation of Ideas, Historical Actors (18th - 20th Century)
The Research Training Group entitled “Global Intellectual History - Transfers, Circulation of Ideas, Historical Actors (18th-20th Century)” will investigate intellectual reactions to processes of entanglement, the emergence of cross-boundary aspirations and the universalisation of ideas, as well as counter-movements. The role of non-Western actors in this context will especially be considered. The RTG also seeks to contribute to a discussion of the methods of global intellectual history, a more recent approach to global history.
Coordinating University:
Freie Universität Berlin together with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Sebastian Conrad
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies, Department of Asian and African Studies
Duration: 04/17 - 03/26
Homepage: https://www.gih.global-history.de/
RTG 2340: Computational Cognition
The Research Training Group in Computational Cognition pursues the re-integration of cognitive science and artificial intelligence. Thus, integrating ideas from cognitive science and AI will allow us to finally bridge the gap between low- and high-level cognition. Second, human intelligence deals with highly structured, yet incomplete knowledge. Thus, the underlying representations and processes are able to generate new concepts and to take into account uncertainty. Along these lines, analogical reasoning, language, pragmatic inference and concept formation have been proposed as being the key to understand human intelligence.
Coordinating University:
Universität Osnabrück
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Gordon Pipa
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Language, Literature and Humanities; Department of English and American Studies
Duration: 10/18-03/23
Homepage: https://www.comco-cms.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/startpage.html
RTG 2424: Computational Methods for Oncology: Towards Personalized Therapies in Cancer
Computer-aided methods are becoming increasingly important in cancer research since ever larger data sets need to be converted into clinical knowledge. The RTG “Computational Methods for Oncology: Towards Personalized Therapies in Cancer” aims to derive individualised therapies from molecular patterns with computer-aided processes. The collaboration will work at the interface between bioinformatics, molecular biology and clinical oncology.
Coordinating University:
Charité Berlin - Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Nils Blüthgen
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Biology
Duration: 06/19 - 11/23
Homepage: https://www.comp-cancer.de/
RTG 2433: Differential Equation- and Data-driven Models in Life Sciences and Fluid Dynamics (DAEDALUS)
The description of processes in nature and technology using partial differential equations is no longer sufficient to develop adequate mathematical models for complex systems. Measurement data of real systems are being introduced into modelling algorithms at an increasing rate. The question concerning the optimal balance between data-driven approaches and traditional modelling using differential equations is still unanswered. The RTG "Differential Equation- and Data-Driven Models in Life Sciences and Fluid Dynamics (DAEDALUS)" seeks to systematically investigate the interaction of these two approaches.
Coordinating University:
Technische Universität Berlin
Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Wolf-Christian Müller
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität Berlin:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Mathematics
Duration: 10/18 - 03/23
Homepage: https://daedalus.berlin/
IRTG 2445: Temporalities of Future in Latin America: Dynamics of Aspiration and Anticipation
The IRTG “Temporalities of Future in Latin America: Dynamics of Aspiration and Anticipation” aims to research social practices that are designed to change social conditions. The researchers will focus on individual actors whose actions produce new “temporalities of future”. The topic of investigation will be visions for the future in colonial, post-colonial and modern-day Latin America.
Coordinating University: Freie Universität Berlin
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Stefan Rinke
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Education Studies
Duration: 04/19 - 09/23
Homepage: https://www.lai.fu-berlin.de/en/temporalities-of-future/index.html
RTG 2473: Bioactive Peptides - Innovative Aspects of Synthesis and Biosynthesis
Peptides are organic chemical compounds that consist of a chain of two or more amino acids. They are produced and used in many areas, from biochemistry and molecular biology, cell biology and biomedicine to the materials sciences. The RTG “Bioactive Peptides – Innovative Aspects of Synthesis and Biosynthesis” aims to develop new strategies for peptide and protein synthesis and also biosynthesis and bioengineering. In addition, researchers will examine the structure, stability and bioactivity of peptides.
Coordinating University: Technische Universität Berlin
Spokeperson: Prof. Dr. Roderich D. Süßmuth
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry
Duration: 04/19 - 09/23
Homepage: https://www.synpepbio.tu-berlin.de/menue/home/
IRTG 2544: Stochastic Analysis in Interaction
Stochastic processes are used to mathematically describe complex systems whose behaviour seems random and volatile. These processes have become increasingly significant in science, engineering and finance. The German-British IRTG "Stochastic Analysis in Interaction" will focus on the further development of mathematical methods in this area, which is important to both basic research and other fields of application.
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Bank
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Mathematics
Duration: 04/2020-09/2024
Homepage: https://www3.math.tu-berlin.de/stoch/IRTG/
IRTG 2560: Baltic Peripeties. Narratives of Reformations, Revolutions and Catastrophes
The term “peripeteia” refers to turning points of all kinds, such as revolutions, reformations, catastrophes and tipping points. The IRTG “Baltic Peripeties. Narratives of Reformations, Revolutions and Catastrophes” plans to examine the perception of the Baltic Sea region in stories and event records using the term “peripeteia”. Events that have unexpected consequences and the potential to change interpretations, such as the fall of the Iron Curtain, will be studied in greater detail in the International Research Training Group with partners in Norway and Estonia.
Coordinating University: Universität Greifswald
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Eckhardt Schumacher
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Department of Social Sciences
Duration: 10/18-03/23
Homepage: https://peripeties.uni-greifswald.de/
RTG 2638: Normativity, Critique, Change
Fine arts, law, religion, language and morals are characterised by an understanding that the individual actions that constitute them are always bound by certain norms, but that a critical reflection of these norms occurs at the same time. The Research Training Group “Normativity, Critique, Change” will investigate to what extent the critical reflection of norms causes changes to the actions being carried out. The researchers thus intend to contribute towards the theoretical development of the disciplines involved, the humanities, cultural studies and legal studies.
Coordinating University: Freie Universität Berlin
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Georg W. Bertram
Participating Departments of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Philosophy
Duration: 10/2021-03/2026
Homepage: https://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/normativitaet-kritik-wandel
