encounters. disruptions. common grounds.

Are you in the middle of a messy middle of your research project? Are you looking for a space where your research process can breathe and your methodological approaches can be constructively questioned?

Following the inspiring and productive encounters of 2025, the Research Ecologies will continue in 2026 with the Berlin Centre for Advanced Studies in Arts and Science (BAS) at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). We understand the colloquium series as a curated ecology of togetherness – as a shared space where scientific and artistic researchers meet to exchange ideas at the intersections and irritations of their work, investigating in the process of creation.

Research rarely proceeds in a straight line. That is why this year we would like to pay special tribute to detours and unresolved issues. We are looking for artistically and scientifically open approaches in doctoral theses and projects that are currently in the making – perhaps thinking in many directions, still undecided or in productive chaos.

We invite you not to present something ‘finished,’ but to bring open questions and experimental formats, to listen actively, to think along with us, and to learn together. Through curated peer-to-peer exchange, we want to promote collective knowledge sharing and strengthen you in your individual research practices.

Apply by 22 February 2026

Research Ecologies 2026 will take place on several dates during the summer and winter semesters of 2026/27 at BAS on Einsteinufer.

5 May 2026, 5-7pm

9 June 2026, 5-7pm

2 July 2026, 10am – 5/6pm (summer intensive)

29 September 2026, 5-7pm

In order to foster the most rewarding encounters possible, the 2026 series will once again be curated by our team. We review all submissions and bring together projects and topics based on common questions, complementary tensions or overlapping methods. Our goal is to bring the individual contributions into an overarching dialogue. We are very open to experimental formats.

These can be co-designed or designed by you and implemented with the support of the organisers.

Possible examples:

-    Impulse & resonance: an element from current research as a common working basis – for example, an object, text or image as a concrete starting point for collective further thinking

-    Lecture performance with research results in a performative or narrative structure

-    Collaborative writing or joint composition of fragments, manifestos or protocols

-    Methodological workshop or ‘thinking-through-doing’ exercise

-    Presentation with curated Q&A

-    Collective reading session

The Call for Participation is primarily aimed at researchers from the UdK and all artistic and academic disciplines within the Berlin university landscape who are currently in the midst of their projects. Applications from other art colleges and universities will also be considered; however, please note that travel expenses cannot be reimbursed.

To participate, please submit the following documents as one PDF file by February 22, 2026, to bas3_ @intra.udk-berlin.de:

• Personal details: Full name (and artist name if applicable), contact details, and institutional affiliation.
• Abstract of the project: Including potential ideas and preferences regarding the format (max. 1–2 A4 pages).
• Short CV: Portfolio and/or list of publications.
• Availability: Indication of your availability for the colloquium dates listed above.
• Accessibility: If applicable, please state any individual requirements for barrier-free participation.

Please send inquiries to: bas3_ @intra.udk-berlin.de

The curatorial team consists of members of BAS: Dr Jenny Fuhr, Lena Loose and Marie Aline Klinger, as well as external members: Dr Anne Kurr, HBK Braunschweig; Catherine Rose Evans, Artist Berlin.