The international summer school "Higher Education Research/Approaches to Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (HoBid)", funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, took place for the third and final time in Paderborn from 11 to 15 September. In the spirit of international and interdisciplinary cooperation, Prof. Dr Tobias Jenert (Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Paderborn University), Prof. Dr Ingrid Scharlau (Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Paderborn University) and Jun. Prof. Dr Carla Bohndick (University of Hamburg) welcomed thirteen early career researchers from Germany, seven from Europe and eleven from non-European countries.
The summer school series is aimed specifically at doctoral students in the interdisciplinary field of higher education research. Doctoral researchers in this field need strong skills in dealing with the various disciplines involved in teaching and learning in higher education, but often do not have their own academic community. The Summer School aimed to change both of these things.
The aim of the Summer School was to offer participants the opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary work, concrete further work on their projects, further academic training and international networking. The doctoral students discussed their own projects in daily meet-up groups and listened to presentations by experts Dorothe Kienhues (Münster) and Theresa Velden (Berlin) on science communication, which they then discussed. They also had the opportunity to attend two methodological workshops run by (inter)national experts in science communication on topics such as science communication on social media, podcasting, transdisciplinarity and decolonising the curriculum. The intensive and non-hierarchical exchange, the positive atmosphere and the hospitality were emphasised by the participants as outstanding features of the Summer School.
Further information is available on the "HoBid" Summer School website and on the Summer School "HoBid" Instagram account.
