Welcome to cuKnow
Knowledge is never created in a vacuum. It takes shape in cultural, institutional, and social contexts. Academically, knowledge realizes its full potential when it crosses disciplinary boundaries.
Our doctoral program empowers PhD candidates from all research disciplines to broaden their horizons, giving them access to knowledge, concepts, and methods beyond their own fields and enriching their research with new perspectives. As cuKnow members, doctoral researchers will explore different cultures of knowledge and recognize the institutional, social, spatial, and individual factors that generate knowledge. They will also consider these conditions in relation to technological developments. The cuKnow program focuses on exploring how knowledge gained in one field can create added value in another, enabling new research questions, approaches, and collaborations.
We bring this vision to life through
- the cuKnow Lecture, held by leading KIT experts on current research initiatives that cross interdisciplinary boundaries,
- the "Methods of Knowledge Generation" colloquium,
- the MayDay retreat where our PhDs practice cross-utilizing knowledge from each other’s research,
- our interdisciplinary training offers,
- an annual Writing Retreat,
- individual mentoring,
- and other exchange formats on current interdisciplinary projects and developments within the KIT Center Humans & Technology.
If you are interested in becoming part of the cuKnow community, apply here.
Why does knowledge gain when it is shared, and why does the new so often appear at the edges between disciplines? Taking Abraham Flexner’s 1939 essay as a starting point, this talk looks at what makes disciplinary depth the basis for crossing boundaries rather than an obstacle to it. - The lecture series of the Graduate School cuKnow will be opened by its spokesperson Prof. Dr. Ingrid Ott (ECON).
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At the 2026 CuKnow MayDay, doctoral researchers explored topics across disciplines – from forensic TV series to professional soccer. Tandem presentations, CuKnow Stories, and workshops fostered exchange, Open Science, and good scientific practice.
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The CuKnow Method Colloquium kicked off the summer semester 2026 with lectures on the normativity of science and research ethics. Discussions focused on responsibility, integrity, and emerging ethical questions surrounding AI.
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Prof. Bernd Ladwig will speak on May 7, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., on the normativity of the sciences: The choice of theories is influenced by normative considerations of a non-epistemic nature.
Note: The lecture will be held in German language.
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An open activity organized by and for CuKnow members: weekly meetings offer the opportunity to work on individual scientific writing projects in a collaborative atmosphere and to exchange experiences on scientific writing.
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How do cities tackle global challenges? In the new CuKnow lecture series, experts from EPICUR universities offer insights into sustainability, resilience and inclusion, including case studies and strategies. You can also participate in individual lectures.
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Architecture as a space of experience: At the TRIANGEL format “Stammtisch” on October 8, 2025, Anna Keitemeier spoke about in-between spaces and liminality. In a relaxed atmosphere, space, time, and the body were reimagined.
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Head of the Health Education and Sport
Psychology Department (IfSS)
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