Forschung an der Karlshochschule in Karlsruhe

Completed research projects

I imagine management is thought of differently here. I see a faculty that views management from the cultural studies perspective of performance and therefore takes a multidisciplinary and science-integrated approach. Performance is understood here as a management concept and examined from a wide variety of perspectives – e.g. sociological, aesthetic … Details

Dialectics of the pandemic: between authoritarianism and utopia?

2024 – 2027No.: 511445208Total funding: € 266,950 The study addresses the question, and in relation to the critical theory of the early Frankfurt School, whether the current corona crisis management reinforces authoritarian desires in society and leads to a new form of ideology that could be called necropolitical populism. From … Details

Doctoral Studies

Doing a doctorate at the university As a research-oriented university, Karlshochschule International University is also committed to training the next generation of academics. As a university of applied sciences, we do not currently have our own right to award doctorates, but we do have an institutional cooperation with the University … Details

ENTREHUBS

Introduction of an interdisciplinary and collaborative model Development of centers for joint value creation between universities and companies to promote entrepreneurial education in Europe 2022 – 2024No: 2022-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000085694Total funding: € 250,000 ENTREHUBS is a project within the framework of Partnerships for Cooperation in Higher Education (KA220), which is co-financed by … Details

FH-Personal / Future Democracies

2021 – 2027Total funding: 1.1 million euros How do we want to shape the basic rules of our coexistence in the future? What does democracy mean in the 21st century? Karlshochschule has developed a new location for these essential questions – the “Future Democracies” real-world laboratory (FH-Personal). A real laboratory … Details

Ongoing research projects

Exploring European Futures: Research initiatives at Karlshochschule Karlshochschule International University explores various European development scenarios through multiple research projects – ranging from a republic to utopian European ideas. As an international institution with an intercultural focus, we pursue an internationalization strategy at the EU level. This aims to engage in … Details

Publication series

Publications The publication series of Karlshochschule International University explores new cultural and interpretative ideas and approaches in the fields of management, organizations and business and brings together different perspectives on business, culture and society. Management and organizational activities are not viewed in isolation, but as context-bound and dependent on the … Details

RE-DIRECTION

Redefining Higher Education on a digital context CBHE Strand 2: 2023 – 2026Noº: 101128509Total funding: € 719,984 RE-DIRECTION is a Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) project co-funded by the European Union with a total grant of € 719,984 (equivalent to 90 % of the total project costs) and is … Details

Research profile

Cultural studies research orientation at Karlshochschule In research at the Karls, the focus is on rethinking and reinterpreting existing approaches and theories, contributing to the re-doing of methods and ways of working. All of our research is aimed at a holistic“transFormation” of society and the economy as well as organizations … Details