Independence, Interdisciplinarity, Internationality: Toward “Higher Bildung” in Doctoral Education
Independence, Interdisciplinarity, Internationality: Toward “Higher Bildung” in Doctoral Education

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we introduce the concept of “higher Bildung,” which we developed as a pedagogical approach to doctoral supervision and mentoring guided by principles of emancipation and individual freedom. The pedagogical framework builds on a combination of higher education and the educational concept of Bildung to foster an idea of higher education that highlights growth, cooperation, and sus-tainability. We discuss three fundamental pillars for this concept – independence, interdisciplinarity, and internationality – and explain how we applied this conceptual framework in an international seminar for early-stage researchers, which resulted in articles published in the special section of this peer-reviewed journal.

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