We warmly invite all doctoral researchers to the Publication Day on September 24, 2025!
In 60-minute online workshops, our experts will provide valuable insights into key questions of academic publishing: How can literature be managed efficiently? What legal aspects need to be considered when using images? And what formal requirements apply when submitting a dissertation?
The section presents news from the Pro.Doc Doctoral Council and provides insights into the doctoral experience at our university.
Call for Papers - Bauhaus Colloquium for Emerging Researchers 2026
The Doctoral Council is organising the first »Bauhaus Colloquium for Emerging Researchers«, which will take place from 5th to 6th March 2026 under the title »Methods + Interdisciplinary Research Work«. By highlighting methods as the common ground, the colloquium aims to explore how different research traditions intersect and how new synergies can emerge from this in interdisciplinary collaborations.
Researchers from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts of their research projects until 28th November 2025. The main topics to be addressed are:
- How do traditional single-discipline research, knowledge transfer, and cultures influence the methodological process?
- How do methodological approaches influence specifically research processes, formats of collaboration, and knowledge transfer?
- Which external conditions—such as funding structures, institutional frameworks, or geopolitical contexts—affect the recognition, development, and dissemination of methods?
- How do disciplinary cultures influence methodological approaches?
- How can artistic, design-based, or practice-oriented approaches extend the established methodological canon?
- How does methodological transparency contribute to countering skepticism toward science and strengthening academic transfer?
- What role are methods playing in interdisciplinary collaboration?
- What influence does interdisciplinary work have on the refinement and/or modification of supposedly established methods?
In addition, the presentation and publication of selected papers will be promoted at the XV. International Bauhaus Colloquium in November 2026.
Exchange among PhDCandidates - Mensa am Park, 29 September
Are you a doctoral candidate looking to exchange with others? Would you like to gain insights into the Pro.Doc programme or simply talk about everyday life as a doctoral candidate?
If so, we invite you to our open lunch meeting. Our next PhD@Lunch event will take place on 29 September.
Location: Mensa am Park
Time: Every last Monday of the month, 12:00–13:00
How can you find us? Look for the balloons – they mark our table.
This meeting offers an opportunity to discuss experiences, challenges and questions related to doctoral studies. It's a chance to network in a relaxed and equal environment.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Anschubfonds | Seed Financing Fund
Applications for the start-up funding fund can be sent via email to the Research Operatios Office until 27 October 2025. The funding serves as start-up financing for the preparation of applications in national and European programmes as well as the acquisition of corresponding third-party funding projects. In addition to postdocs (employees or scholarship holders of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar), doctoral candidates who have submitted their thesis at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar are also eligible for the »Postdoc« funding line.
Startup-Programme neudeli Fellowship
The neudeli Fellowship is aimed at students, alumni, doctoral candidates and academic and artistic staff from all departments at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Both innovative technology-oriented start-up projects and ideas from the fields of social and creative entrepreneurship are supported. Participation is possible as an individual or in a team.
Apply now until September 30, 2025 in the winter semester 2025/26!
Are you unsure whether your idea is suitable for the neudeli Fellowship? No problem! Simply drop by the neudeli start-up workshop or arrange an online appointment. In a personal meeting, you can clarify whether the six-month start-up program is the right next step for you and your idea. Whether alone or in a team - the neudeli looks forward to getting to know you! Send an e-mail josephine.zorn[at]uni-weimar.de
AI LUNCH LABS - AI as an academic sidekick?
As a cooperation project between the University Library, the Language Center, University Strategic Development Office, the Bauhaus Research School and University Communication, the AI Lunch Labs will once again take place online for students and doctoral candidates in the winter semester 2025/25. Based on short inputs, we want to try out different AI tools together, exchange experiences and critically reflect on their use. It starts from 06.11.2025
Teaching Award for the module »Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten@Bauhaus«
As part of the »summæry«, the Student Council awarded the 2024/25 Teaching Award to outstanding courses from the past academic year at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The special prize for teaching to strengthen cohesion went to the module »Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten@Bauhaus«, which is jointly designed and offered by the University Strategic Development Office, the Bauhaus Research School, and the University Library. In the winter semester, the course will once again be offered on site and is also open to doctoral researchers from all faculties (see course description and registration). The accompanying self-study units are available in Moodle independently of course participation (to the Moodle course).
Further information and all winners can be found in the Bauhaus.Journal Online.