HCE College Call for Applications: The HCE College announces its next round!
“ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SOCIETY: UNDERSTANDING AND SHAPING TRANSFORMATIONS”
The HCE College brings together doctoral researchers from across disciplines for sustained intellectual exchange on environmental change and societal transformation. It creates a space to learn across disciplinary boundaries, communicate research to colleagues from other fields, and build a strong interdisciplinary network at Heidelberg University.
This year’s topic is: “Environmental Change and Society: Understanding and Shaping Transformations“
Dates
- 12 Nov 2026 15:00 - 18:30 Kick-off (7-minute research pitches, short Q&A and World Café)
- 10 Dec 2026 16:30 - 18:00 Journal Club 1 (Interdisciplinary reading and discussion)
- 21 Jan 2027 16:30 - 18:00 Journal Club 2 (Interdisciplinary reading and discussion)
- 18 Mar 2027 16:30 - 18:00 Journal Club 3 (Interdisciplinary reading and discussion)
- 29 Apr 2027 13:00 - 18:00 + open end (Closing Workshop Integration, transfer, collaboration and networking)
Applications
Deadline: 30.09.2026
Please send your application to hce@uni-heidelberg.de, including a CV and a one-page motivation letter, in which you briefly explain why you would like to join HCE College, what perspective you would like to contribute, and your availability for the core program dates.