in den Kulturwissenschaften

Territorial development of power between secular and ecclesiastical rule in the Duchy of Westphalia at the end of the 12th century using the example of Archbishop Philipp von Heinsberg of Cologne

The second half of the 12th century is considered the golden age of sacred Cologne, as the city had already expanded to nearly its 19th-century size by this time. These developments were also of enormous significance for high medieval Westphalia. During this period, the archiepiscopal territorial policy systematically incorporated the Rhenish (Vest ...

Duration: 04/2024 - 04/2027

Homo debilis, femina debilis? Gender-specific perception and representation of ‘disabled’ women and men in the 11th to 14th centuries

One of the central questions of human development is whether and to what extent a person is important to another person, another group, or what significance is attached to them as a sick or ‘disabled’ person. It is therefore all the more surprising that Disability Studies is still a young field of research in Germany, which distinguishes it from ...

Duration: 04/2024 - 04/2027

Gender as a category of analysis in university research and knowledge contexts

Strukturprojekt zur Förderung der Berücksichtigung von Geschlechteraspekten in der Forschung an der Universität Paderborn

Duration: 04/2024 - 02/2029

Funded by: BMBF

Contact: Dr. Susanne Richter

NRWEge in die Sprachbildung

One aim of the project "NRWEge in die Sprachbildung" is to develop professionalization modules for (international) teachers in Germany for qualification in the field of language education with a focus on teaching German as a second language. It is a joint project of four universities under the leadership of the University of Duisburg-Essen. The ...

Duration: 04/2024 - 12/2027

Funded by: MKW NRW

Edirom Online Reloaded

Edirom Online is the only tool for presenting historical-critical music editions that is not project-specific and can therefore be used for alledition projects. Edirom is used by most of the more recent long-term projects in the Academies' Programme. The projects, some of which run until 2045, depend on Edirom Online being available for the long ...

Duration: 03/2024 - 02/2027

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Daniel Röwenstrunk

TRR 318 - Adaptive Explanation Generation (Subproject A01)

While explaining something, people generally take their conversation partner’s reactions into account and adapt their explanation accordingly. In Project A01, researchers from linguistics, psychology, and computer science are studying two components of this adjustment: cognitive adaptivity and interactive adaptivity. In cognitive adaptivity, the ...

Duration: 07/2021 - 06/2025

Funded by: DFG

TRR 318 - Monitoring the understanding of explanations (Subproject A02)

When something is being explained to someone, the explainee signals their understanding – or lack thereof – to the explainer with verbal expressions and other non-verbal means of communication, such as gestures and facial expressions. By nodding, the explainee can signal that they have understood. Nodding, however, can also be meant as a request to ...

Duration: 07/2021 - 06/2025

Funded by: DFG

TRR 318 - Integrating the technical model into the partner model in explanations of digital artifacts (Subproject A04)

Project A04 investigates the different perspectives on the contents of explanations, i.e. what an explanation is about, and how they may change in the course of an explanatory interactive dialogue. An explanation about a technical artifact (which might be a hammer as well as a digital game) can encompass two different perspectives: On the one hand, ...

Duration: 07/2021 - 06/2025

Funded by: DFG

TRR 318 - Contextualized and online parametrization of attention in human–robot explanatory dialog (Subproject A05)

In Project A05, researchers from the areas of linguistics, psychology, and computer science are investigating attention in human-robot explanatory dialog. They are addressing questions including: where do humans focus their attention when a robot explains a task to them? How can robots direct their counterpart’s attention to achieve the goal of the ...

Duration: 07/2021 - 06/2025

Funded by: DFG

TRR 318 - Project Area RTG - Integrated Research Training Group

The Research Training Group (RTG) provides a framework for the structured qualification of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to prepare them to conduct interdisciplinay research. The RTG offers an extensive workshop program to help early career researchers develop their professional and personal skills and organizes events such as writing ...

Duration: 07/2021 - 12/2025

Funded by: DFG

Sprachliche Teilhabe in der Pflegeausbildung stärken (STePs) – schulische und pflegerische Praxis als Lerngelegenheit

STePs verfolgt als interdisziplinäres Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekt der Pflege- und Deutsch-als-Zweitsprache-Forschung/-Didaktik das Ziel, die sprachliche Teilhabe insbesondere migrationsbedingt mehrsprachiger Pflegeauszubildender an den Lernorten Schule und Praxis zu stärken, um erfolgreiche Ausbildungsverläufe zu ermöglichen. Hintergrund ...

Duration: 10/2022 - 09/2025

Funded by: BMBF

Knowledge transfer to and from quality management of teaching & learning at universities (WiaQM)

Knowledge production is considered a complex process that takes place under uncertainty and requires a high tolerance for ambiguity. This is especially true for quality management (QM) at universities, where research, teaching and administration, i.e. organizational areas with diverging functional logics, have to work closely together. The ...

Duration: 07/2022 - 06/2025

Funded by: BMBF

Meaningful Human Control - Autonomous Weapon Systems between Regulation and Reflexion

The development and application of autonomous weapons systems (AWS) is one of the most pressing problems of international security and peace. Stakeholders from politics, civil society, military, science and academia are debating controversially whether and to what extent the expansion of AI-based mechanized autonomy threatens a loss of human ...

Duration: 04/2022 - 03/2026

Funded by: BMBF

International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2023

Mit der international vergleichenden Schulleistungsstudie ICILS 2023 (International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2023) realisiert die IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) nach ICILS 2013 und ICILS 2018 den dritten Zyklus der Studie ICILS. Mithilfe eines international entwickelten und elaborierten ...

Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2026

Funded by: BMBF

TIMSS 2023

Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2024

Funded by: BMBF

SANDD Sub-Saharan Africa DaF digital network

With partners in Augsburg, Kara, Windhoek and Namibia, the project team in the field of German as a Second and Foreign Language at Paderborn University tackles various topics in research and teacher education relating to German as a Foreign Language and the professionalization of German teachers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Duration: 05/2024 - 12/2026

Funded by: DAAD

German Studies Partnership Pader-Akdeniz-Marmara

The partnership between Paderborn University, Akdeniz University Antalya and Marmara University Istanbul in the field of German studies focuses on joint research in the areas of education for sustainable development, global citizen education and tourism from the perspectives of literary studies, linguistics, cultural studies and didactics, with ...

Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026

Funded by: DAAD

Vielfalt und kulturelles Erbe der Peripherie: Regionale u. orale Kulturen Tunesiens, Marokkos u. Deutschlands – Aufbau eines Netzwerks zwischen universitären u. zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren der betreffenden Regionen zur Etablierung eines Forschungsprojekts

Vielfalt und kulturelles Erbe der Peripherie: Regionale und orale Kulturen Tunesiens, Marokkos und Deutschlands – Aufbau eines Netzwerks zwischen universitären und zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren der betreffenden Regionen zur Etablierung eines gemeinsamen ForschungsprojektsDas Projekt Vielfalt und kulturelles Erbe der Peripherie: Regionale und ...

Duration: 04/2023 - 12/2025

Funded by: DAAD

INDIGO

The project “ Indigo – interkulturelle digitale Germanistik ohne Grenzen ” was initiated with a focus on research-based learning and the promotion of young talent at the interface between graduation and doctorate in 2021. An essential part of the project is the Indigo homepage. A platform is being created here that links all projects in ...

Duration: 09/2020 - 12/2024

Funded by: DAAD

Paderpedia.de: Online-Enzyklopädie der Pader und Citizen-Science-Projekt

Das Online-Portal Paderpedia setzt sich zum Ziel, alles Wissenswerte über den kürzesten Fluss Deutschlands in einer Datenbank zusammenzuführen. Es soll als digitaler Ausgangspunkt für eine intensivere Beschäftigung mit der Geschichte und Ökologie der urbanen Flusslandschaft Pader dienen, wobei Sie selbst aktiv werden können. So präsentieren wir ...

Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2027

Funded by: Freunde der Pader e. V.

INDIGO

The project “ Indigo – interkulturelle digitale Germanistik ohne Grenzen ” was initiated with a focus on research-based learning and the promotion of young talent at the interface between graduation and doctorate in 2021. An essential part of the project is the Indigo homepage. A platform is being created here that links all projects in ...

Duration: 09/2020 - 12/2024

Funded by: DAAD

Schreibcoaches (Kooperationsprojekt mit der Friedrich-Spee-Gesamtschule Paderborn)

Bei dem im Jahr 2020 initiierten Projekt „Schreibcoaches: Studierende in Spee“ handelt es sich um eine Kooperation zwischen der Germanistischen Sprachdidaktik der Universität Paderborn (AG Prof. Dr. Sara Rezat) und der Paderborner Friedrich-Spee-Gesamtschule. Mit dem Projekt ist die Idee verbunden, Schülerinnen und Schüler individuell beim Erwerb ...

Duration: 01/2020 - 12/2030

Federal State Office for Intangible Cultural Heritage, North Rhine-Westphalia

Intangible cultural heritage includes customs, rituals, festivities, performing arts, oral expressions, knowledge and skills that are passed down from generation to generation and evoke feelings of identity, continuity and community. In 2013, the Federal Republic of Germany ratified the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible ...

Duration: 12/2015 - 12/2024

Funded by: MKW NRW

Contact: Jonas Leineweber