The Doctoral Program »Matters of Activity« enables outstanding dissertations within the period of 36 months and, in addition to disciplinary qualification, establishes a close cooperation between the natural and engineering sciences, humanities and design. A small cohort size allows an intensive interdisciplinary exchange for the research and development of sustainable strategies and technologies and creates an ideal basis for jointly researching active materiality with a high scientific standard and at the same time application-oriented. The close cooperation between the disciplines within the Cluster enables Doctoral Researchers to combine experimental and creative approaches with historical analysis in order to draw practical and theoretical conclusions. more

The master’s degree program Open Design/Diseño Abierto para la Innovación is jointly organized by the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) and the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) since 2015. It is an international and interdisciplinary double-degree program that focuses on the »design turn« in interdisciplinary research. Design as an integrating process becomes a novel mode of interdisciplinary cooperation between the natural sciences and the humanities, engineering and design disciplines as a basis for innovative processes. The course focuses on theoretical perspectives and practical dimensions in the sense of a unity of theory and practice, research perspectives and their application. more