Brain & Mind
The research area BRAIN & MIND is designed to appeal to fellowship applicants and collaborators from a broad range of academic fields and sub-disciplines. Hence, the scientific program encompasses a wide selection of topics: from music philosophy to molecular neurobiology, from philosophy of mind to neural mechanisms of auditory perception, from basic clinical research to problems of applied educational sciences. To give just a few examples, relevant research fields include, amongst others: neurosciences, cognitive sciences, biology, psychology, medicine, philosophy, pharmacology, computer sciences, linguistics, educational sciences, physics, media sciences, history, cultural sciences/anthropology.
To get a more detailed impression of the thematic range, we recommend browsing through topics of past and current fellowships, workshops, Hanse Lectures, and Study Groups (links provided in the sidebar on the right). Interdisciplinary projects are possible and desirable as the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg strives to build bridges between research fields and traditions. By opening up the field, we have detached ourselves to some extent from classical ideas about cognitive research and neuroscience, because it is probably precisely the synergies with other disciplines beyond the neurosciences and cognitive sciences that accommodate the complexity of the subject matter of "Brain & Mind" much better than separate scientific traditions.
In collaboration with the other research areas at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, we are currently creating two cross-sectional foci: The focus area “Quality of Science” looks at replication and reliability of research results, open science, ethics, role distribution between the sciences and the humanities, systems of incentives in academia, and other aspects relevant for the self- reflection of researchers and institutions. The focus area “Digitalization” spans projects on Artificial Intelligence but also co-ordinates a recent initiative on Digitalization in Medicine.
Within the research area Brain & Mind, beyond our usual Fellowship program, special Fellowship opportunities are offered for clinical researchers in collaboration with the Medical School at the University of Oldenburg (Joint Research Fellowships) and for early career researchers working on the auditory system with the Oldenburg Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4All” (H4All-HWK-Fellowships).
Fellowship applicants who would like to do experimental/ practical research during their residence at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg will find a variety of research topics and methods represented in the region, e.g. in work groups at the University of Bremen, University of Oldenburg, Jacobs University Bremen, or University of Osnabrück. Some examples are listed below:
Bremen
Bremen Spatial Cognition Center
Department for Psychology University of Bremen
Department of Computer Sciences University of Bremen
Center for Cognitive Sciences (ZKW) University of Bremen
Faculty of Pedagogy and Educational Sciences University of Bremen
Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen
Worlds of Contradiction University of Bremen
Oldenburg
Cluster of Excellence Hearing4All University of Oldenburg
Research Center Neurosensory Sciences
School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of Oldenburg
Department of Psychology University of Oldenburg
Biology University of Oldenburg
School of Educational and Social Sciences
Osnabrück
Applications in the Area BRAIN & MIND
Check the eligibility criteria for applications in the research area BRAIN & MIND on our applications page and familiarize yourself with work and life at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg on our overview pages.
