Research Summer Camp

For the KU, the Research Summer Camp is a milestone in the promotion of university graduates and young researchers in their early qualification phase. Since 2023, the University has been organizing the one-week event with a focus on interdisciplinary and international collaboration. The overall theme of the camp is always set at the intersection of current and future-oriented issues.

“While many current research efforts focus on a specific subject area, research work that explicitly builds a bridge between current issues is much rarer. With the Research Summer Camp, we specifically want to promote such new research ideas that go beyond the boundaries of established topics”, explains Prof. Dr. Jens Hogreve, KU Vice President for Research.

At the KU, we attach particular importance to the international orientation of the Research Summer Camp: 115 interested candidates from all over the world applied to take part in 2023. The 20 scholarship holders who were selected to take part ultimately came from Argentina, Brazil, China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Colombia, Austria, Russia, Sweden and Turkey.