Baden-Württemberg/North Carolina Faculty Mobility Program

I am very grateful for the support of my research stay at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill through the BW/NC Faculty Mobility Program. The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, the world's oldest university-based social research institute, was a perfect host. During my stay, I was able to discuss my current research on innovative methods of quantitative data collection with renowned experts and took away new ideas but also many new contacts for future research projects from North Carolina.

The BW/NC Faculty Mobility Program allowed me to share my experience and ideas with researchers at the University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC). This was a starting point for future collaborations where we will exchange researchers, explore new ideas, and strengthen the scientific relation between KIT and UNCC.

The BW/NC Faculty and Mobility Program enabled me to spend time at the German Departments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University in fall 2023. The exchange with German Studies colleagues and graduate students about current research projects, challenges, tasks and potentials of the subject on both sides of the Atlantic was very enriching – and it offers the best conditions for establishing cooperation between our universities.

The long-standing cooperation between the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in the field of energy transition is inspiring. Our excellent research infrastructures, interdisciplinary collaboration and pleasant working atmosphere enable productive research on the resilience of sustainable energy systems from different perspectives.