Snippets of the Network

With Dr. Jo­han­nes Fran­zen, the Elite Grad­uate Pro­gram “Eth­ics of Tex­tual Cul­tures” ex­plored the ques­tion of why we argue about taste.

Cele­brat­ing its 20th anni­ver­sary, the Max We­ber Pro­gram host­ed a grand reun­ion in Mu­nich: 300 alum­ni gath­ered for an Alumni Day to net­work, rekin­dle mem­ories, and shape ideas for the fu­ture.

The Doc­torate group host­ed its clos­ing con­fer­ence “Shaping the Fu­ture of Busi­ness and Hu­man Rights,” bring­ing to­gether about 60 par­tici­pants to de­bate four key clus­ters cen­tral to cur­rent busi­ness and hu­man rights dis­cussions.

Ge­meinsam mit 350 Gäs­ten blickten am 30. Sep­tem­ber 2025 Stu­die­ren­de, Alumni und die Pro­jekt­ver­ant­wort­li­chen der Uni­versi­täten Bay­reuth und Würzburg zu­rück auf 9 Jahre Eli­te­stu­di­en­gang „MINT-Lehramt PLUS“.

Six alumnae and alumni of the Elite Network will receive the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council in 2025 and will be supported with up to €1.5 million for their research projects – congratulations!

Peter Kreß, alum­nus of the Max We­ber Pro­gram, re­ports on his ex-pe­rienc­es at the 8th Lindau Meet­ing in Eco­nomic Sci­ences.

The exper­iment: Com­bine aspir­ing im­mu­nologists, a love of social me­dia, and scien­tific com­muni­cati­on, and see what hap­pens. - The out­come? The for­mation of a group of dedi­cated stu­dents with a pas­sion for im­muno­logi­cal edu­cation and scien­tific out­reach— intro­duc­ing, the iIm­mune Weekly Writ­ers Club!

The sum­mer recep­tion was once again host­ed by State Par­lia­ment Presi­dent Ilse Aign­er at Schleißheim Palace this year. Ten mem­bers of the Elite Net­work of Ba­varia, who have demonstrated ex­cep­tional com­mit­ment, at­tend­ed the event.

Professors and students of FAU’s Elite Graduate Program Advanced Signal Processing and Communications Engineering (ASC) welcomed international guest speakers for a one-day workshop.

This summer, Lindau once again transformed into a hub for scientific exchange between generations. Under the theme of chemistry, eleven young researchers from the Elite Network of Bavaria had the rare opportunity to engage with Nobel Laureates from around the world.