Online Application

Welcome to the application website of the International Doctoral Program “Um(welt)denken. Die Environmental Humanities und die ökologische Transformation der Gesellschaft/Rethinking Environment. The Environmental Humanities and the Ecological Transformation of Society.” To apply for the International Doctoral Program, you must fill out the application form linked below and upload your application documents as a pdf document. Please make sure that the file does not exceed 8 MB.

NB: The form is in English, your application can be submitted in German or English. The application deadline is January 31, 2025.

PLEASE NOTE: uploading your PDF file can take a little while. Please be patient and do not send multiple times.

Application Form

Name *:

First Name *:

Date of birth *:

Place of birth *:

Postal address *:

Email address *:

Phone number *:

Gender *:

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Nationality *:

Native language *:

German language skills *:

How good is your German? Please rely on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

English language skills *:

How good is your English? Please rely on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Additional language skills:

Please restrict yourself to language skills where you have reached speaking and/or reading proficiency!

Final academic degree *:

Title of your final thesis *:

Graduation year *:

Final grade *:

Feel free to use your country's grading scale

Name and location of the university that awarded the degree *:

Academic discipline of your degree *:

Second academic discipline, if applicable:

Third academic discipline, if applicable:

Title of your PhD project proposal *:

Please choose a preliminary, informative title.

Academic fields that are of particular interest for your dissertation project (max. 2 boxes) *:

American Studies
Anthropology
Communication Science
Environmental Economics
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Health Studies
Environmental Humanities
Environmental Philosophy
Geography Education
Histories of Landscape and the Built Environment
History
Human Geography
Iberian & Latin American Studies
Literary and Cultural Studies
Theology

Key area of the doctoral program that your dissertion project focuses on *:

Chose one of the three research areas described on our website

Abstract: 200 words maximum *:

We kindly ask you to hand in your abstract twice—please insert it in the field above and also include it in your application PDF file (upload)

Confirm that you are adhering to good academic practice *:

If the answer to the previous question was 'yes:' please explain how, why, and when you used AI technologies in this application:

Upload your application file (max. 8 MB) *:

Please upload your application (letter of motivation / max. 400 words, CV / max. 2 pages, Ph.D. proposal / max. 1500 words, including abstract, graduation certificate(s), language certificates if applicable, copies of your university degree(s), a recent publication (e.g. peer-reviewed article, book chapter), or your final thesis if applicable) as 1 PDF file (max. 8 MB).

Sign your letter of motivation and your proposal!

Data protection *:

I hereby expressly agree to the processing of the data collected above (https://www.uni-augsburg.de/en/forschung/einrichtungen/institute/wzu/studium/idk/application/) for the purposes of the application process for the doctoral program “Rethinking Environment.” Furthermore, I agree that these data will be transmitted to the reviewers at Augsburg University and to the coordinator and the reviewers at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich.

DATA PROTECTION INFORMATION: 1. Name of the processing activity: Processing of data in the course of an application for an international doctorate program, and its dissemination. 2. Name and contact details of the person responsible: University of Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 2, 86159 Augsburg, Tel. 0821/598-03. Name and contact details of the data protection officer: Prof. Dr. Benedikt Buchner, Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 24, 86159 Augsburg, E-Mail: datenschutzbeauftragter@uni-augsburg.de, Tel. 0821/598-65961. 4. The purpose(s) and legal basis of the processing: 4.1 Purpose(s): Your data will be collected for the purpose of your application for the international doctoral program „Rethinking Environment.“ 4.2 Legal basis: Your data will be processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR 5. Duration of storage of personal data: The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. By the end of the application process, but no later than 12. 31. 2025, all data of applicants who have not received funding will be deleted, except for a waiting list of approximately 10 people who will be considered in the event that a funded PhD student discontinues their project during the funding period. The data of all the funded applicants will be deleted 5 years after the end of the funding period at the latest. 6. Rights of the persons concerned: The following rights are available to you (see for more details https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/impressum/datenschutz/ [lfd. Nr. IX]). - You shall have the right to information about your processed personal data. - You shall have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. - You can request the deletion or restriction of the processing or file an objection to the processing. - You have the option of using a right to data portability. - Furthermore, there is a right of complain to the Bavarian Data Protection Officer. 7. Revocation of consent: You can withdraw your consent at any time for the future. This does not affect the legality of the data processed until revocation.

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