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Doctoral Programmes

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar offers structured doctoral programmes in addition to the individual doctorate. An intensive support aims at a degree within three years. Supplementary courses impart disciplinary as well as transferable skills. Especially young researchers benefit from manifold assistance: teamwork, curriculum, supervision by several professors and practical application constitute a framework for successful projects.

The Research Training Groups of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar offer positions for doctoral candidates and post-docs. Ph.D. candidates in other structured programmes are self dependent for their funding. They may apply for a scholarship from one of the organizations for the promotion of young talent or for a scholarship directly the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

If your research interest fits into one of the doctoral programmes of our university, you may apply directly at the programme. Please note the application deadlines and the doctoral regulations of the respective faculty.

NEW: GRK "Gewohnter Wandel" | apply until 15 May 2024

Social conflicts, ecological needs and the digitalisation of the living environment: if current social developments are shaping the built environment of tomorrow, what challenges, problems and contradictions will this cause for housing? 

From autumn 2024, young researchers in Weimar and Frankfurt will conduct interdisciplinary research on the current housing situationin the the joint research training group (Graduiertenkolleg, GRK) " Gewohnter Wandel. Social Transformation and Spatial Materialisation of Housing" , funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Over the entire funding period of nine years, up to 36 doctoral theses on housing issues can be completed. >  more info

12 DOCTORAL POSITIONS (E13, 75%, 3.5 years) | Deadline: 15 May 2024 at the Bauhaus University Weimar and at the Goethe University Frankfurt >> to the job openings

Contact:  gewohnter.wandel[at]arch.uni-weimar.de

Research Training Group (DFG) Identity and Heritage

The research training group  »Identität und Erbe« started as a joint programm of the TU Berlin and the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in October 2016 with all in all 12 doctoral positions (6 at each university). The first group (2016–2019) is still working on their doctorates in Weimar and Berlin. The following subjects are involved: architecture, architectural theory, history of building and urban development, fine arts, monument preservation, history of art and architecture, history of culture and media, landscape architecture, planning and architectural sociology, spatial planning and spatial research, urban planning.

The second funding period until 2025 has been approved. The interdisciplinary orientation of the GRK will be expanded in the new funding period to include archival science and the philosophy of science.

Please see here more of the latest news from the GRK.

Research Training Group (DFG) Medienanthropologie

The Research Training Group is primarily aimed at doctoral students of media studies, cultural studies, film and theatre studies, literary studies, philosophy, sociology, ethnology or one of the neighbouring disciplines.

The programme began its work in April 2020, the 2nd cohort started in summer 2023.

For more information, see www.uni-weimar.de/gkma

Doctoral Programme Art and Design

The degree course Art & Design offers a Ph.D.-degree created solely for Master and Diploma graduates of Art- and Design-Schools was the first of its kind in the German-speaking area since 2008. The graduation, supervised by two professors, one academic and one artist / designer, is concluded after a three-year curriculum. German and English knowledge is required. The final Ph.D.-thesis equally comprises of a scientific and an artistic/design part.

Prof. Dr. Alexandra Toland,  head of the programme; Junior Professor for Arts and Research artsandresearch[at]gestaltung.uni-weimar.de

Application deadline is March 31st; the programme starts in the winter semester.

Open Online Consultation for all who want to apply: 10 November 2023 | 2 pm 09 February 2024 | 10 am

For insights in the program, please see " Working Titles ", the online journal for practice-based and led research initiated by Ph.D. candidates enrolled in the Ph.D. program for art and design at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. 

More information about the doctoral program you can find on the website  of the Ph.D. program.

European Urban Studies (International Doctorate Programme)

From 2002 until 2020, the IPP for European Urban Studies was counted among the nationwide network of International PhD Programmes, which, within the framework of the programme "Doctorates at Universities in Germany (PHD)", were endorsed by the German Research Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service. Supported in years 2002 to 2007, the IPP European Urban Studies was the only IPP in Germany that was dedicated to urban research. It dealt with topics that are tested against such current models as the "European City," "Compact City," "Social City," "Net City," or "Zwischenstadt". The International Doctorate Programme “European Urban Studies” was then focusing on research on Urban Housing and Forms of Living with a focus on (multidimensional) housing policy, in the context of current societal challenges – such as climate change, social fragmentation, spatial disparity, cultural differentiation, immigration and the transformation of the real estate economy – and what these challenges imply for the cities of Europe.

Please note: Until further notice, the program is closed. You can find out more about the individual doctoral opportunities in the field of "European Urban Studies" on this homepage .

UrbanHist - History of European Urbanism in the 20th Century

"UrbanHist − History of European Urbanism in the 20th Century" is a multidisciplinary research and training programme run by four universities in Germany, Spain, Slovakia and Sweden in cooperation with 13 partner-organizations and funded within the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action - Innovative Training Networks (ITN) as European Joint Doctorate (EJD).

It aims to develop and sustainably promote a joint understanding of 20th century urbanism in Europe. 15 Early Stage Researchers will be researching in 8 thematic fields, embedded into a network of high-profile academics and practitioners.

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar; Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Slowakei; Universidad de Valladolid, Spanien sowie die Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Schweden.

2016 – 2020

www.urbanhist.eu

Please note: Currently no applications are being accepted for this programme.

Kompetenzzentrum Medienanthropologie (KOMA)

Period:  April 2015 bis September 2019

Das aus Mitteln der ProExzellenz-Initiative des Freistaates Thüringen finanzierte Kompetenzzentrum Medienanthropologie soll eine innovative und interdisziplinäre Medienanthropologie vorantreiben, die die Erforschung der Medialität, der Medienbedingtheit und Medienverfasstheit menschlicher Daseinsvollzüge ins Zentrum stellt. Dabei ist das Konzept der Anthropomedialität forschungsleitend. Anthropomedialität beschreibt mit der Verschränkung von Menschen und Medien ein eigenständiges Drittes, das jeder Unterscheidung von Mensch und Medium als deren Ursprung vorausgeht.

Im Rahmen des Forschungsprogramms wurden 10 StipendiatInnen bei der Arbeit an ihrer Promotion unterstützt. Die Arbeit des Kompetenzzentrums mündete erfolgreich in der Beantragung eines DFG-Graduiertenkollegs zum Thema Medienanthropologie , das im April 2020 gestartet ist.

Sprecherin: Prof. Dr. Christiane Voss  (Professur Philosophie audiovisueller Medien) Stellvertretender Sprecher: Prof. Dr. Lorenz Engell (IKKM)

Weitere Informationen zum Forschungsprogramm und zu den beteiligten WissenschaftlerInnen finden Sie hier .

Tim Othold M.A. Coordinator/ Research assistant Cranachstraße 47, room 005 Tel.: + 49 (0) 36 43/58 40 03 Fax: + 49(0)3643 / 58 40 01 tim.othold[at]uni-weimar.de

Christiane Lewe M.A. Coordinator/ Research assistant Cranachstraße 47,  room 006 Tel.: + 49 (0) 36 43/58 40 06 Fax: + 49(0)3643 / 58 40 01 christiane.lewe[at]uni-weimar.de

Urban and Regional Research (German-Argentinian Doctorate Training Group)

Duration: 2013- 2020

The German-Argentinian Doctorate Training Group "Urban and Regional Research" is a cooperation between the Institute for European Urban Studies at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Design and the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba /Argentinia.

The aim of this doctorate training group is to give a selective group of young researchers the opportunity and the academic support to achieve results in urban research that can enrich the academic debate in this field both in Europe and in Latin America. Doctorate students in the program receive bi-national academic advising and take part in a structured study programme. Successful completion of the programme results in the awarding of the academic title of Dr. phil or Dr. Ing in combination with a doctor title from the partner university. This doctorate training group is the first of its kind at a Thuringian university and one of few in Germany. A stipend funded by the Deutsch-Argentinischen Hochschulzentrum covers travel and living costs for the academic year abroad.

Currently no applications are being accepted for this programme.

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Universität der Künste Berlin

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Universität der Künste Berlin

Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) is one of the biggest, most diversified and traditional universities of the arts worldwide. The teaching offered at the four colleges of Fine Art, Design, Music and Performing Arts as well as at the Central Institute of Further Education encompasses the full spectrum of the arts and related academic studies in more than 40 courses. Having the right to confer doctorates and post-doctoral qualifications, the University of the Arts in Berlin is also one of Germany's few art colleges with full university status. Research at UdK covers a wide field: from experiments in art and design to applied research and classical research in art-related scientific fields. It is possible to work for a doctorate in any subject area at the individual colleges where the university can provide appropriately qualified supervision by academic staff. The prerequisite for doing a doctorate is a degree in a scientific or artistic-scientific study program. In addition to individual doctorates, you can also embark on a doctorate within the interdisciplinary Research Training Group "Knowledge of the Arts". Interested doctoral candidates are cordially requested to consult the Scientific Council or the coordinator of the Research Training Group. Further information: <link http://www.udk-berlin.de/forschung - external-link-new-window "Opens external link in new window">www.udk-berlin.de/forschung</link>.

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Computational Co-Design for Fiber Composite Building Systems

Potentials and Limitations in Multi-storey Timber Building Design and Construction

Autonomous Assembly: Artificial Intelligence Methods for Collective Robotic Construction

Strategies for Human-Robot Collaboration in Building Prefabrication

Project-based Robotic Timber Construction

Adaptation Agency: Agent-based design methods for the architectural design and future reconfiguration of adaptive structures

Co-Design Methods for Collective Robotic Construction Systems in Architecture

Mono-Material Wood Wall: Improving Building Physics and Production Efficiency in a Solid Timber Building Envelope

Computational Design and Fabrication for Collaborative, Mobile Robotic Fabrication Systems in Architecture

Integrated Computational Design Methods Based on Machine Learning Tools for Biomimetic Continuous Shell Extrusion

Evolution-Inspired Exploratory Design Tools

Erosion-Based Formation Processes in Architecture

Doctoral research (completed).

Programming Shape-change: Materials, Mesostructures, and Motion Mechanisms for 4D-Printing

Co-Design and Agent-Based Methods for Multi-Storey Wood Building Systems

Computational Fiber Architecture: Co-Design of large-scale, load-adapted fiber composite building components

Material Programming for 4D-Printing: Architected Mesostructures for Bioinspired Self-Shaping

Timber Plate Shells as a Roof Construction System

Architectural Potentials of Robotic Manufacturing in Timber Construction

Upscaled, Robotic Coreless Filament Winding Methods For Lightweight Building Elements For Architecture

4D Printed Hygroscopic Programmable Material Architectures

Material Programming for Fabrication

A Systematic Approach for Developing Agent-based Architectural Design Models of Segmented Shells

Designing for Unsupervised Construction: An Investigation of the Affordances of On-Site Assembly

Strategies for cyber-physical robotic fabrication and construction in architecture

Computational Design Methoden für die Gestaltung von Automobilen

Granular Architectures

Generative agent-based architectural design computation based on the integration of material, fabrication and construction systems.

Prefabrication and Automated Processes in Residential Construction

Evolutionary Design for Spatial Acoustics

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Before you start your search you should know that there are different PhD models:

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What's the difference? Check out our  overview of the various ways to do your PhD in Germany  

Find your individual doctorate

The "traditional" or "individual" path to a PhD remains the most common in Germany. An individual doctorate involves a thesis or dissertation that is produced under the  supervision of one professor . This form of PhD study offers a great deal of  flexibility , but demands a high degree of  personal initiative  and responsibility.

How to find your PhD supervisor

In Germany there is no central admissions or selection office for doctoral students. Therefore, your first step is to find a suitable professor who is willing to be your supervisor.

One way to find a supervisor is to look for a university institute that matches your area of research. The following online search engines might help you find a suitable supervisor:

• GERiT – German research institutions GERiT is a website containing information on approximately 29,000 research institutions in Germany. GERiT allows the user to search easily by location or subject. It provides all the information needed to choose an institution at which to research, study or do a doctorate. www.gerit.org
• Finding a PhD position PhDGermany publishes PhD openings in Germany that specifically target international applicants. Accordingly, in most cases the working language is English. Fluent knowledge of German is only required for certain special positions. PhDGermany helps you find the right PhD opening or supervisor for your doctoral thesis and assists you with the online application process. www.phdgermany.de
• Higher Education Compass   This database provides up-to-date information from universities about doctoral opportunities in Germany. The search engine enables you to carry out targeted searches on the basis of departments, admission requirements and form of doctoral thesis. www.higher-education-compass.de

Furthermore,  your contacts with your professors or previous university  could help direct you to a suitable department or potential supervisor in Germany.

It is also helpful to attend  academic conferences  in your own subject area. There you will be able to exchange information and make contacts ­– and perhaps even find a future PhD supervisor.

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Structured PhD programmes in Germany are frequently very similar to the PhD programmes in English-speaking countries, in which a  team of supervisors  look after a  group of doctoral students . Around 12,000 doctoral students from abroad – roughly one in four – do their PhDs in structured programmes. As a rule, it is possible to complete a doctorate in four to five years.

Where to find your PhD programme

There is no central database of all structured PhD programmes in Germany. You can usually find these programmes directly through the respective universities, graduate schools or non-university research institutions. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) database is also a good place to look. Here you will find a large number of PhD programmes that are specially aimed at international doctoral students.

International doctoral programme database

Are you interested in an international doctoral programme in Germany? This DAAD database presents a selection of roughly 230 international doctoral programmes in Germany. The database can be searched according to different criteria.  www.daad.de/international-programmes 

Doctoral programmes at universities

Many universities offer structured doctoral programmes, which they publicise on their websites. The Student Advisory Service or Graduate Centre at the respective university will also provide help here. You can find the relevant addresses using the Higher Education Compass provided by the German Rectors’ Conference. www.higher-education-compass.de

​​​​​​​DFG-funded research training groups

Research training groups are also funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) for a period of up to nine years. Their key emphasis is on the qualification of doctoral researchers within the framework of a focused research programme and a structured training strategy. www.dfg.de > Current Research Training Groups

Helmholtz Research Schools, Colleges and Graduate Schools

The Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest scientific organisation. In collaboration with various institutions of higher education, Helmholtz Association research centres have established structured PhD programmes under the auspices of Helmholtz Graduate Schools, Helmholtz Research Schools and Colleges.  www.helmholtz.de > PhD Candidates 

Leibniz Graduate Schools

The Leibniz Association connects 97 research institutes that conduct problem-oriented research and provide scientific infrastructure of national and international importance. Together with universities they run structured PhD programmes in Leibniz Graduate Schools. www.leibniz-association.eu > Leibniz Graduate Schools

International Max Planck Research Schools

The Max Planck Society specialises in innovative basic research and its institutes are able to offer up-and-coming researchers excellent infrastructure and support. The website lists the programmes available at International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS):  www.mpg.de > International Max Planck Research Schools  

Max Planck Schools

In Germany, the best researchers in a specific field are often work at different universities and non-university research institutions spread throughout the country. The Max Planck Schools serve as hubs which gather this distributed knowledge. Here, the brightest minds in their fields have come together from within the scientific community to interconnect in faculties made up of active researchers. Students gain access to these unique networks, learn in close personal exchange from leaders in their fields and their peers, and enjoy access to outstanding infrastructure. Currently, three Schools are operating in the fields of Cognition, Matter to Life, and Photonics. www.maxplanckschools.de

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Application procedures  differ from programme to programme . The precise requirements and deadlines can be found on the website of the respective university, research training group or graduate school. You should therefore first choose a PhD programme and/or graduate school.

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LMU Munich offers a broad range of doctoral programs  as well as some umbrella structures. In addition, the university cooperates with other institutions on a doctoral level.

For further information on the academic focus of a doctoral program as well as the application procedures and closing dates, please refer to the website of the specific program. If you have any questions on a specific program, please contact the coordinator / managing director of the respective program directly.

As an alternative to participating in a doctoral program, LMU Munich offers graduates the option to complete individual doctoral studies in more than 100 subjects. Doctoral candidates are also supervised within the framework of research projects , academic institutions and research networks .

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• Cultures of Vigilance. Transformations – Spaces – Practices  (DFG: SFB 1369 - Integrated Research Training Group)
• Doctoral Program Buddhist Studies
• Doctoral Program Classical and Ancient Studies (PAW)
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• Advanced Medical Physics for Image-Guided Cancer Therapy (DFG: Research Training Group 2274)
• Atherosclerosis – Mechanisms and Networks of Novel Therapeutic Targets (DFG: SFB 1123 - Integrated Research Training Group)
• Cell-Fate Decisions in the Immune System (DFG: SFB 1054 - Integrated Research Training Group)
• Chemical Biology of Epigenetic Modifications (DFG: SFB 1309 - Integrated Research Training Group)
• Chromatin Dynamics (DFG: SFB 1064 - Integrated Research Training Group)
• ConVeY - Continuous Verification of CYber-Physical Systems (DFG: Research Training Group 2428)
• Doctoral Program Clinical Pharmacy
• Doctoral Program "Infection Research on Human Pathogens@MvPI"
• Graduate School Life Science Munich: From Molecules to Systems
• Graduate School of Quantitative Biosciences Munich
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• Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI (relAI) (DAAD)
• Molecular Evolution in Prebiotic Environments (DFG: TRR 392 - Integrated Research Training Group)
• Nanoagents for Spatiotemporal Control of Molecular and Cellular Reactions (DFG: SFB 1032 - Integrated Research Training Group)
• Ph.D. Program Medical Research in Cardiovascular Science
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• Ph.D. Program Medical Research in Genomic and Molecular Medicine – Personalized Approaches to Childhood Health
• Ph.D. Program Medical Research – International Health  (DAAD: exceed)
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• Predictors and Outcomes in Primary Depression Care  (DFG: Research Training Group 2621)
• Statistics: Theory and Methods of Empirical Modelling
• Targets in Toxicology – Deciphering Therapeutic Targets in Lung Toxicology (DFG: Research Training Group 2338)

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• Rethinking Environment: The Environmental Humanities and the Ecological Transformation of Society (Elite Network of Bavaria: International Doctorate Program)

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PhD Position – System-level integrated circuit design and modeling for scalable quantum computing architectures

of qubits into the millions, it is crucial to move parts of the control electronics closer to the qubits. To achieve this, we design and implement cryogenic integrated circuits for qubit control and readout

PhD Position – Co-Design of Neuromorphic Algorithms and Circuits

analog-digital circuit blocks Associative computing from both a circuits and algorithms perspective, developing Content-Addressable-Memories (CAM) combined with artificial neural networks Integrated

, developing Content-Addressable-Memories (CAM) combined with artificial neural networks Integrated Circuit (IC) design (CMOS 28nm and below), simulation, and testing using Cadence development tools Utilizing

PhD thesis in IC Design, Focusing on new CMOS backplane architectures for OLED microdisplays

the OLEDtechnology, the circuit design of the OLED integration , testing, assembly and interconnection technology to the development of the complete system and application. Here, we are working in the interdisciplinary

PhD thesis in IC Design, Focusing on new CMOS backplane architectures for OLED microdisplays 1

Phd thesis in ic design with focus on cmos backplanes.

technology, the circuit design of the OLED integration , testing, assembly and interconnection technology to the development of the complete system and application. Here, we are working in the interdisciplinary

PhD Project "Interrogating the impact of circadian changes in blood vessels on organ health" (Singhal 2024-P01) - Heidelberg University

between the circulation and the local tissue milieu but also secrete paracrine signals to exert an instructive role on steady-state organ function. Yet, circadian changes in vascular molecular circuits and

PhD position (m/f/d) in optoelectronic semiconductors with the possibility to obtain a doctorate deg

controls light; development of optical logic gates" The remuneration is based on pay group 13 TV-L (75 %). The position is limited to 3.5 years. The project: Typically, electronic devices based on integrated

PhD Position – Algorithm- Circuit Codesign for Neuromorphic Computing with Memristors

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Have you ever installed an app that did not work as it should have? Or couldn’t find your way through a website in order to use a service? The goal of user experience design (also known as user experience management) is precisely to handle these problems. Students learn how to improve users' emotions, beliefs, preferences, perceptions, physical and psychological responses, behaviors, and accomplishments before, during, and after using a service or technology.

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Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Dieburg / Darmstadt

Augmented and virtual reality design.

Pforzheim University Pforzheim

Business administration / digital business management.

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Global software development.

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Information and communication design.

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Remote work reduces innovation. how to increase innovation wherever you work.

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Distance degrade innovation.

Hybrid and remote work are effective for plenty of tasks—but not for everything. In fact, comprehensive global research finds that working at a distance degrades innovation and reduces breakthrough discoveries.

It’s an important insight, because remote, hybrid and distance work are certainly here to stay. But the world of work has also become more competitive, intense and volatile—and it’s critical to innovate, adapt and adjust continuously to keep up.

When you know how you and your team work best, you can plan your work and ensure success. In addition, when you do your best innovative work, you’re contributing to results, but also to your own esteem, fulfillment and happiness.

Innovation Declines with Distance

Research has demonstrated that remote teams are significantly less able to make breakthrough discoveries compared with those who work in the same location. This is true across sizes of teams, fields and departments and periods of time—and it is true consistently. All of this is according to a meta-analysis of 20 million research articles and four million patent applications across the world in the last 50 years—published in the journal Nature .

Interestingly, business leaders are coming to the same conclusion. Nike’s CEO recently blamed remote work for the company’s lack of breakthrough ideas.

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Knowing the process for innovation —and what it takes to do it successfully can help you innovate no matter where you’re working and ensure breakthrough even at a distance.

1. Plan for a Range of Innovative Tasks

First, it’s helpful to remember that innovation isn’t just brainstorming. It actually involves a broad range of tasks and responsibilities that contribute to the overall process.

Successful innovation requires idea search, idea generation, reflection, communication, enlisting others, implementation and overcoming obstacles, according to research at the University of Economics and Aston University.

Increase your innovation by considering where you are in the process and planning for how you’ll get the work done both for the tasks you can do alone and those you’ll do with others. In general, earlier stages of the process or parts of the process that trigger debate or dialogue are best-served by being in person.

2. Create New Ideas Together

Another way to amplify innovation is to ensure you’re in person with teammates when you’re generating and conceiving of new ideas. This was one of the areas which impeded innovation most, according to the Nature research.

Increase your innovation by getting together to talk about your ideas, brainstorm and connect dots. Carve out meaningful, focused and face-to-face time to share your diverse perspectives and disruptive thinking—and build on each other’s thoughts in order to generate fresh, new concepts.

Distance can impede idea generation and knowledge integration.

3. Design Research Together

You can improve your innovation by ensuring you’re face-to-face in order to design research as well. This too was a stage that had been degraded by distance, according to the research in Nature .

Increase your innovation by protecting in-person time to determine what you need to study and how you can create experiments that will generate insights as well as credibility.

Great innovation requires establishing clear questions and methods to explore what’s happening today, and how your potential solution might change or improve things. This deep thinking and planning will benefit from being face-to-face.

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In addition, you can expand your innovation by taking steps to have team members get to know each other, develop empathy , share expertise and dig into each other’s unique backgrounds and perspectives.

Tacit knowledge is the information you gain from experience and that is often hard to put into words. It tends to emerge during projects, through interactions and in the midst of deeper discussions. More knowledge of each other will create the raw material for innovation—it’s the dots that you’ll connect as a team.

In addition, when people perceive greater closeness and less distance (literally or figuratively), they tend to follow up, follow through and complete tasks more effectively, according to reserach by Lojeski and Reilly .

Increase your innovation by getting to know each other both virtually and in person, asking plenty of questions about experiences and exploring each person’s unique and embedded knowledge. Build trust and proximity. These will help you produce new and disruptive ideas more effectively.

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You can also up your innovation game by planning your work—and what you’ll do face-to-face or from a distance—based on what you need to accomplish.

• Complex Work. Remote work tends to work best when tasks are routine or solitary, but when you need to innovate on things that are more complex, high-pressure or require speed or collaboration, you’ll get better results face-to-face, according to research by Maastricht University and Erasmus University .
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The Research Training Group 2526  "Gene Regulation in Evolution“ (GenEvo) ,  which is funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation), is offering projects on all levels of organismic complexity, from changes in genes and proteins to the evolution of symbiotic and parasitic behavior. As a GenEvo PhD student, you will join a community of passionate scientists who are applying a broad spectrum of methods on model and non-model organisms.

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Sony’s rumored Xperia Pro C could have a surprise design that makes it more like a compact camera

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Sony has been making some interesting moves with its smartphones lately. It launched the Sony Xperia 1 VI with a much lower-resolution screen than the previous model, and now it’s rumored to be launching a camera phone that’s small enough to potentially feel like a compact camera.

This is according to leaker @InsiderSony (via Sony Alpha Rumors ), who claims that Sony is working on a successor to the Sony Xperia Pro-I . Reportedly dubbed the Sony Xperia Pro C, the big change in this model could be to the screen, which is apparently going to be just 6.0 inches. That’s smaller than most phone screens, and far smaller than the 6.5-inch Xperia Pro-I.

According to the source, the Sony Xperia Pro C will have a 120Hz 2K OLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset , a 5,000mAh battery with 45W charging, a base capacity 256GB of storage, and 12GB of RAM.

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So those are high-end specs, but it’s the cameras that are the focus here, with the Sony Xperia C said to have a 50MP 1-inch main sensor. That would make for a larger sensor than the vast majority of smartphones have, which in turn should allow it to take in more light. The Sony Xperia Pro-I does already have a 1-inch sensor, but it's just a 12MP one, so this should still be a significant upgrade.

@Insider Sony claims that this has an f/1.8 aperture, optical image stabilization (OIS), and supports 12-bit RAW and 14-bit DCG RAW.

There’s also mention of a 12MP sensor with autofocus, and support for filming in 4K at 120fps, plus another 12MP camera that’s likely for selfies, since it has the same 20mm focal length as the rumored main camera. There will probably also be a telephoto camera based on past form, but the source claims not to have any details of this yet.

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In any case, it’s the small screen size and the 1-inch main sensor that are the most interesting elements here, and they could combine to make this a viable alternative to a compact camera. Of course, we’d take this leak with a pinch of salt for now, but the source has accurately leaked Sony phones in the past.

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This leak doesn't make any mention of when the Sony Xperia Pro C might launch, and as Sony doesn’t launch new Pro models every year it’s hard to predict, but Sony Alpha Rumors speculates that it could arrive in late 2024.

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Boeing Violated Settlement Over 737 Max Problems, Justice Dept. Says

The department said the company had failed to design and enforce a compliance and ethics program to prevent violation of U.S. fraud laws.

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The Department of Justice said on Tuesday that Boeing was in violation of a 2021 settlement related to problems with the company’s 737 Max model that led to two deadly plane crashes in 2018 and 2019.

In a letter to a federal judge, the department said that Boeing had failed to “design, implement and enforce” a compliance and ethics program to prevent and detect violations of U.S. fraud laws in the company’s operations. Creating that program was a condition of Boeing’s settlement , which also carried a $2.5 billion penalty.

The determination by the Justice Department opens the door to a potential prosecution of a 2021 criminal charge accusing Boeing of conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration, though Boeing can contest Tuesday’s decision.

In a statement, Boeing said that the company believed that it had honored the terms of the settlement, adding that it was looking forward to the opportunity to respond.

“As we do so, we will engage with the department with the utmost transparency, as we have throughout the entire term of the agreement,” Boeing said in its statement.

The Justice Department declined to comment. Paul G. Cassell, a lawyer representing families of victims of the fatal plane crashes, said that his clients were planning to meet with the government on May 31 to discuss next steps in the case.

When the government reached its settlement with Boeing in January 2021, many families of the crash victims said that the Trump administration had been too lenient on the aircraft manufacturer.

“This is a positive first step and, for the families, a long time coming,” Mr. Cassell said. “But we need to see further action from D.O.J. to hold Boeing accountable.”

The crashes of the 737 Max 8 planes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people, prompting the F.A.A. to ground the entire 737 Max fleet. An investigation found that both crashes involved mistaken triggering of a maneuvering system designed to help avert stalls in flight.

In another settlement, the Securities and Exchange Commission said that Boeing had offered misleading reassurances about the safety of the 737 Max in public statements after both crashes, despite knowing that the maneuvering system had posed a continuing safety issue.

The Justice Department reached its finding at a tumultuous time for Boeing, which has faced intense regulatory scrutiny since a door panel blew out of a 737 Max 9 plane during an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Ore., in January. In March, the company said its chief executive, Dave Calhoun, would step down at the end of the year, along with Stan Deal, the head of the division that makes planes for airlines and other commercial customers.

Mr. Calhoun replaced Dennis A. Muilenburg, who led the company during the 2018 and 2019 crashes. Boeing fired Mr. Muilenburg , whose performance during the crisis angered lawmakers and alienated victims’ families.

Mark Walker contributed reporting.

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A Huge Loss: Boeing reported a $355 million loss  for the first three months of the year, as it deals with a quality crisis stemming from a Jan. 5 flight during which a panel blew off one of its planes.

A CEO to Fix Boeing: The plane maker, which is searching for a new chief executive, is likely to consider a small number of people , including several former Boeing executives.

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