Description:

Based at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, the research training group began its work in June 2013, initially for a period of three years. Currently, 7 doctoral students and 2 post-doctoral students are looking at the phenomena of "place" and "localization" from philosophical, cultural and social science perspectives.

The researchers come from the following disciplines:

philosophy, German literature, Romance literature, European studies, economic geography, cognitive sciences.

Grant period:

2013 - 2016

Financial donor:

Bavarian Bishops’ Conference

Number of scholarships

11

Spokesperson:

Dr. Annika Schlitte

Participating professors:

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Eifler (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt - Chair of Sociology and Empirical Social Research)

Prof. Dr. Robert Schmidt (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt - Chair of Professorship of Process-Oriented Sociology)

Prof. Dr. Walter Schweidler (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt - Chair of Philosophy)

Prof. Dr. Joost van Loon (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt - Chair of General Sociology and Sociological Theory)

Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Zademach (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt - Chair of Economic Geography)

Prof. Dr. Michael F. Zimmermann (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt - Chair of Art History)

Description:

The relationship between endogenous and exogenous aspects of personality formation has preoccupied anthropological reflection since its ancient beginnings: beginning with the Stoic art of living, which can be described as the application of a repertoire of self-techniques (M. Foucault), then in the reception of ancient traditions by the European humanisms, finally in the educational models of the Enlightenment, hostile to socialization, up to the pedagogical systematics of the 19th and 20th centuries, primarily influenced by the conjugal family models of bourgeois society.

This class of the Eichstätt research training group takes this wide range into account both historically and systematically by bringing together research projects from pedagogy, art history, literature and film studies, as well as cultural geography and linguistics. Thus, at the intersection of cultural studies and education, a dialogue of disciplines can emerge with each discipline profiling the historical and methodological dimensions of personality formation in different ways. This class places special emphasis on historical and theoretical conceptualizations of the age of childhood and adolescence. As transitory and liminal stages of development, they are particularly exposed to the conflicting fields of the individual and the institution and therefore allow us to gain insights into the specific interactions between collective imprinting and individual development that extend beyond the horizon of the individual disciplines.

Grant period:

2012 - 2015

Financial donor:

Bavarian Bishops’ Conference

Number of scholarships

9

Spokesperson:

Prof. Dr. Franz-Michael Konrad; Prof. Dr. Krassimir Stojanov; Prof. Dr. Franz - Michael Konrad

Participating professors:

Adolescence in Literature and Fine Arts of the 19th and 20th Century

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Christian Wehr

Stagings of Adolescence and Education in the Films of the Nouvelle Vague

Scholarship holder: Verena Richter

Explanation, Development and (Partial) Testing of Educational Theory Oriented Didactics and Methodology for Kindergarten Using the Example of Three Educational Areas of the Bavarian Education and Training Plan (BEP).

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Peter Erath, Prof. Dr. Franz-Michael Konrad and Dr. Michael Köck

Approaches based on the Theory of Education and Didactic Models of Selected International Curricula in Elementary Education

Scholarship holder Markus Rossa

Biliteracy between Individual Personality Development and Institutional Language Promotion Policy

Scholarship holder Tanja Tretter

Head of project: PD Dr. Kerstin Kazzazi

The Outline of “Youth”. The Vitalistic, Regenerative Aspect of Art Nouveau Ornamentation

Scholarship holder Fora Nließ

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Michael F. Zimmermann

Peace Building. Educating for Peace. On the Influence of Education on Conflict Perception and Transformation

Scholarship holder: Nikolas Fricke

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Zademach and Dr. Philipp Rodrian

Ideal Educational Communities - Forms and Functions of Conversation Staging in Cicero’s Philosophical Dialogue

Scholarship holder: Johannes Sedlmeyr

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Gernot Michael Müller

Children and Digital Media. A Qualitative Empirical Investigation into Children’s Use of and Learning with Tablets in Elementary School Classrooms, Taking into Account Relevant aspects of Body Phenomenology.

Scholarship holder: Ann Susann Zimmermann

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Klaudia Schultheis

Children's Experience of Time Structures, Time Patterns and Ritualizations in Everyday School and Teaching. A Qualitative Study on the Bodily dimension of Children's Learning and the Pedagogical Design of Learning Processes.

Scholarship holder: Anja Ehlert

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Klaudia Schultheis

Projects of associate members:

Pedagogical handling of migration-related multilingualism in day care centers for children.

Head of project: Samuel Jahreiß; Prof. Dr. Jens Kratzmann und Prof. Dr. Franz-Michael Konrad

Description:

Global transnational migratory movements are accompanied by complex processes of exchange of cultural knowledge and interdependent strategies and abilities of appropriation, assimilation, adaptation and demarcation. Globalization processes, which are accompanied by accelerating information flows and mobilities, are to be considered in their interactions with localization in everyday worlds. The cultural transformation processes associated with migration movements in societal, political, as well as individually experiential and action-oriented contexts are the focus of interest in the research training group. Political, socio-economic and cultural impulses and effects on immigration and emigration societies on the one hand and on migrants and people with migration background on the other hand are investigated. This is done primarily with regard to collective identity constructions and plural identity formations, or to everyday cultural practices, as they can be described with the concepts of the hybrid and the transcultural. Identity is changeable and is constructed. It is thought and experienced on personal and collective levels. Dimensions such as nation, ethnicity, class, culture, gender, language, religious affiliation, spaces, and time allow us to grasp the multifaceted richness and complexity of this concept.

Due to cultural differences, the complexity of identities and their genesis becomes particularly obvious in the migration process. One basis for the construction of identity is the transmission of values, which are placed in a new context in the course of transcultural dynamics. Shared values are the basis for any feeling of collective identity through which individuals find a sense of belonging to a larger group. In this context, rituals, symbols, and everyday cultural acts in particular play a fundamental role. Religion here appears relevant for the development of identity by acting as a transmitter of values. This applies to secular ideologies that make use of religious patterns of action and, conversely, also to the integration of religious patterns of action into secular value systems.

The research training group combines historical as well as current empirical studies, which investigate the outlined questions and problems in different regions and time periods.

The mentioned approaches are supplemented by a broad spectrum of empirical and hermeneutic methods. The focus of this empirical approach is on qualitative methods. The research approaches are based on participating observation and a plurality of interview forms.

Grant period:

2010 - 2013

Financial donor:

Bavarian Bishops’ Conference

Number of scholarships:

9

Spokesperson:

PD Dr. Kerstin Kazzazi

Participating professors:

The Emergence of South American Labor Movements and European Mass Immigration. Transnational Contexts and the Construction of Collective Identities.

Scholarship holder: Dr. Tim Wätzold

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Thomas Fischer

Immigration and Cultural Change. The Construction of the Argentinidad

Scholarship holder: Valentin Kramer

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Thomas Fischer

Identity Formation in City Neighbourhoods. The Significance of Migration and Interculturality for the Emergence of Heterotopic Urban Spaces

Scholarship holder: Anke Breitung

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Hans Hopfinger

Life Plans of Young Migrants - The Influence of Cultural Origin, Religion and Social Environment on Identity Development and Life Goals in Mainstream Society.

Scholarship holder: Regina Weißmann

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Joachim Thomas

Latin American Migrants in Germany. An Ethnological and Cultural Study of Cultural Dynamics and Religion in a Mobile Society

Scholarship holder: Marina Jaciuk

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Angela Treiber

Processes of Career Management among Adolescents with a Migration Background According to their Value Orientations, Belief in Self-Efficacy and Counseling Resources.

Scholarship holder: Nadja Al-Dawaf

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Joachim Thomas

Accommodation of Islamic Migrants by the Legal System? Sharia Courts in Western Democracies (Great Britain, Canada, Germany)

Scholarship holder: Tjark Färber

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Brocker

Who Speaks What Language to Whom - and Why? Choice of Language and Linguistic Identification among Georgian and Armenian Migrants in Georgia and Germany

Scholarship holder: Nina Kreher

Head of project: Prof Dr. Elke Ronneberger-Sibold und PD Dr. Kerstin Kazzazi

Description:

This volume unites contributions from the Research Training Group "Sustainability in Environment, Economy and Society" at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Thus, the concept of sustainability is analyzed from a wide range of scientific disciplines and presented in its field of application in different social areas. The authors deal with the problem of sustainability in water balances and land use as well as with sustainable finances, economic crises and the sustainability of social security systems; sustainability is examined with reference to faith in creation, justice and noise stressors as well as to action competence and media coverage.

This research project focuses on the ecological, social, economic, and cultural consequences of the use of natural resources. "Sustainability" is seen, on the one hand, as a problem between the poles of changing ecosystem conditions and human needs and, on the other hand, as a strategy for action. The projects summarized deal with the finiteness, regenerative capacity and sensitivity or vulnerability of natural resources on an interdisciplinary basis, i.e. by taking into account basic ecological conditions, economic conditions, political interests and social consequences as well as ethical values and individual action patterns. One central aim is to propose solutions for conflict regulation in order to be able to assess the natural, economic, social and cultural consequences of the process of human appropriation of nature more profoundly and to govern them in a sustainable manner.

Grant period:

2010 - 2013

Financial donor:

Bavarian Bishops’ Conference

Number of scholarships

11

Spokesperson:

Prof. Dr. Christoph Böttigheimer

Participating professors:

A Dynamic Microsimulation Model for Evaluating the Sustainability of Social Security Systems.

Scholarship holder: Valentin Vogt

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Jörg Althammer

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Citizenship (CC): Self-perception and External Perception in Public Communication. Requirements, Structures and Forms of Sustainability-oriented Responsibility Communication Using Examples of the Media, of Cultural and Creative Industries.

Scholarship holder: Isabel Winkler

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Klaus Altmeppen und Prof. Dr. Andre Habisch

Sustainable Adaptation to and Innovation Strategies for Climate Change for Winter Sports Tourism using the Example of the Bavarian Forest

Scholarship holder: Christoph Reuter

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Harald Pechlaner

Faith in Creation and Sustainability in the Conciliar Process.

Scholarship holder: Katrin Amlinger

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Christoph Böttigheimer Prof. Dr. Erich Naab and PD Dr. Florian Bruckmann

Sustainable Finance - the Financial System and the Financial Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development

Scholarship holder: Johanna Dichtl

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Zademach

Environmental Justice and Sustainability - Rulings of Courts of Law and their Influence on Private and Political Action Using the Example of the Energy Issue

Scholarship holder: Monika Baier

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals and PD Dr. Markus Müller

Studies on the Combined Effect of the Stressors of Noise and Heat on Productivity, Perception of a Situation and on Social Behaviour.

Scholarship holder: Manuela Lösch

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hellbrück

Studies on the Sustainability of Land Use on La Palma (Canaries), Focusing on Soil Erosion

Scholarship holder: Kathrin Umstädter

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Michael Becht and Dr. Florian Haas

Perception Patterns of Deficient Sustainability in Economic and Financial Crises of Modern Age

Scholarship holder: Sybille Kuhn

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Frank E. W. Zschaler

Hydropower and Sustainability - Investigations on the Impact of Dams on the Bavarian Danube on the Waterfront Gallery Forest and Developing Measures for its Promotion

Scholarship holder: Christina Fehrmann

Head of project: Prof. Dr. Bernd Cyffka and Dr. Barbara Stammelel