RUHR.2010 Summer Academy
The Ruhr Metropolis in Europe - Research Discourse
Summer Academy logo / Photo: Sebastian Wenner - your-photo.net - designed with the kind assistance of the Design Technology course members at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Scientific organisations in the Ruhr region organised a joint Summer Academy to mark the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 year. During the week-long event, students, researchers and artists from the Ruhr discussed the position and importance of the Ruhr region in Europe from a broad-based, interdisciplinary perspective.
The Summer Academy explored the historical and present-day links between Europe and the Ruhr, seeking to ascertain what significance these links have for the future of the region as a European metropolis.
The programme included high-profile inaugural and closing events attended by acclaimed personalities, while the discussion itself focused on the following topic areas: City/Region/Metropolis, Migration/Education, Art/Culture and Medicine/Technology. The objective was to analyse key European facets of the Ruhr while reflecting on the RUHR.2010 project. The Summer Academy also aimed to explore interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration within the region and the beneficial effects this has on increasing knowledge. The event findings will be documented and published.
Dortmund
6.6.2010, 7 p.m. Inaugural event, Harenberg City-Center, Dortmund
7 – 10.6.2010, all day: Rudolf Chaudoire Pavilion and other venues at Dortmund University of Science and Technology, Dortmund city centre
11.6.2010, 6.30 p.m. Closing event, Harenberg City-Center, Dortmund
The inaugural and closing events are open to the public. Please register by sending an e-mail to annina.lottermann@kwi-nrw.de by 1 June 2010. More information about the programme of events can be found at:
www.wissenschaft2010.de
Management of content
• Day of Migration/Education: Prof. Dr. Anja Weiß (University of Duisburg-Essen)
• Day of City/Space/Metropolis: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Christa Reicher (Dortmund University of Science and Technology), Prof. Dr. Rainer Danielzyk (Institute for Regional and Urban Development Research (ILS))
• Day of Art/Culture: Prof. Dr. Barbara Welzel (Dortmund University of Science and Technology)
• Day of Technology/Medicine: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Friedbert Pautzke (Bochum University)
Overall management
• Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Busse, Dortmund University of Science and Technology
• Norbert Dohms, Bochum University
• Prof. Dr. Rudolf Juchelka, University of Duisburg-Essen
Coordination
• Annina Lottermann (Contact Office Science – Capital of Culture 2010)
Organisers and sponsors
University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr (UAMR), University of Witten/Herdecke, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bochum University, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), Essen
Partners
German Occupational Health and Safety Exhibition (DASA), Institute for Regional and Urban Development Research (ILS), Wissenschaftsforum Ruhr e.V., other scientific institutions in the Ruhr Metropolis
Initial impressions and findings of the Summer Academy are collated in a presentation by Sarah Hübscher with the collaboration of Elvira Neuendank, Marianne Stoll, Hannah Sobbe and Uwe Schrader. Download