The theme of this year's Graduate Week 2025 is "Democracy in Social Change".
Organised as a hybrid cooperation event of the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) and the Graduate Forum of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GFKW) from 10.06.2025-12.06.2025 , it offers all participants the opportunity to take part in interactive workshops and to enter into a joint professional and informal exchange during lectures and networking opportunities .During this week, graduates (doctoral students and postdocs) from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will give lectures on the topic of "Democracy in Social Change" and present their own projects. The pitch format also makes it possible to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue on theses from research contexts, far removed from any specific topic.
To take part in the Graduate Week, simply send us the completed registration form to: gradz@kw.uni-paderborn.de.
Call for Pitches
Are you currently working on a project, presentation, essay and/or would you like to discuss previous theses from research projects (e.g. doctoral or postdoctoral theses) together?
Then register for the pitch format!
As part of the Graduate Week 2026, there will be a format for peer exchange on emerging research projects. We will allocate 20-minute slots per researcher, which will be available for a short presentation of the research question/work hypothesis (5-10 minutes) and the subsequent discussion. For this open format, there is therefore no binding topic or form of presentation. Rather, we want to engage in a transdisciplinary exchange, facilitate collegial feedback and, for example, discuss initial research ideas. Poster presentations are also very welcome! In the sense of the term pitch (short presentation of a project) used in the marketing sector, you can therefore convince an interested audience of your research approaches within the framework of the format.
Applications canbe sent to Dr Anda-Lisa Harmening(gradz@kw.uni-paderborn.de) by 16 January 2026, stating your subject area and a brief description of your research question/thesis. If the registrations exceed the available presentation slots, first come first served applies.
Further information can be found in the Call for Pitches for more information.
We look forward to the exchange!
Call for Papers
The 18th Graduate Conference of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will also take place as part of Graduate Week 2026. The aim of the Graduate Conference is to illuminate and discuss gender as an object, category and perspective of (cultural) scientific research on the basis of research projects presented by graduates and from the various disciplines at KW.
We invite doctoral candidates, doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers to shed light on gender in its multi-layered and complex nature as an object of investigation, analytical perspective and/or intersectional category of (cultural) scientific research and knowledge contexts.
Presentations (German or English) will be given 20 minutes plus discussion time. Please send abstracts (max. 300 words) by 16 January 2026 to the following e-mail address, which can also be used for queries: gfkw@mail.uni-paderborn.de. The publication of selected contributions is planned in the form of an anthology.
Further information can be found in the Call for Papers for the Graduate Conference .
We look forward to your participation!
Call for Pitches/Papers
Workshops während der Graduiertenwoche
Auch in diesem Jahr finden während der Graduiertenwoche erneut Workshops statt.
Wissenschaft und alles andere – Wie passt das zusammen und ineinander?
Geleitet durch: Prof.in Katrin Klingsieck
Der Workshop gibt Impulse, wie sich persönliche und an uns heran getragene Anforderungen, Erwartungen und Ziele (in) der Wissenschaft mit denen aus anderen Lebensbereichen (z. B. Familie, Freund*innen, Hobbies, Interessen) vereinbaren lassen. Es geht darum, die ganz eigene und persönliche Vereinbarkeit zu finden, zu entwickeln und zu leben. Die Impulse können Sie direkt ausprobieren. Sie basieren wie alle Angebote von ProLernen auf aktuellen Ergebnissen der psychologischen Forschung sowie erprobten Ansätzen aus der systemischen und ressourcenorientierten Beratungs- und Coachingpraxis.
