Workshop
More than Research
27-29 March 2025
The workshop “More than Research” will co-create a manual for students and researchers of all levels and disciplines searching for practical strategies on how to apply their academic knowledge to struggles of injustice, inequality, and crisis. Although „more than research" offers some theoretical mediations on the responsibility of academically educated individuals as well as universities and research centers as „more than research institutions" within their respective societies, its main aim is to provide tangible strategies for carrying out projects that tackle real-life problems. The contributors range from dedicated student activists to experienced practitioners who have decided to leave academia to professors applying their knowledge and rank within and outside of their field of research and everything in between. By sharing their individual processes, the participants will co-create strategies to empower academics looking to make more of their time than writing papers.
Organized by Annika Benz (University of Cologne), Miriam Laage (University of Cologne) and Sandra Kurfürst (Global South Studies Center).