The Summer School is a UNIC blended intensive project to explores the interdisciplinary role of water in postindustrial regions, combining scientific, technological, and socio-cultural perspectives. The students tackle a challenge connected with water management, pollution control or sociocultural change, go on field trips to postindustrial sites in the Ruhr area, and present their findings to peers and faculty. The work is organized in interdisciplinary & international teams with students from other European UNIC-Universities.
Schedule
September 21 – October 02, 2026, block course (all day)
first week online via zoom, second week in presence at the Ruhr-University Campus
Credits and Registration
The Summer School is open to Bachelors, Masters and PhD students from all disciplines, who want to know more about the subject and enjoy working in interdisciplinary groups. Students can achive 5 ECTS. Please contact your student advisory service bevor registration.
Please register via E-Mail to Stephanie Heimgartner (stephanie.heimgartner@rub.de).
Registration ist now open.
Campus Link (course-No 050332)
The Summer School is offered by the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engeneering. Responsible lecturers: Dr. Stephanie Heimgartner (Literary Studies) and Prof. Dr. Martina Flörke (Hydrology and Water Resources Management).
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