The RCC and Project House Europe (LMU Munich) invite applications for their joint fellowship. Applicants’ research should encompass the central themes of the RCC and the PHE: environment and society interrelations, and twentieth- and twenty-first-century European history. For more Information, see here.

The application deadline is 29 July 2022.

We are thrilled to announce that the RCC invites applications to the new master’s program “Environment and Society,” which will start in winter 2022/23. The program is designed to equip students with the interdisciplinary knowledge and humanistic understanding that practitioners and scholars need to tackle key social and environmental challenges in constructive ways. 

Please apply by 31 May 2022 via the LMU Munich Graduate Center's online application portal, which is now open.

For more information, please click here.

The Doctoral Program Environment and Society invites applications from graduates in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences who wish to research questions concerning the nature/culture/environment interface.

Please submit applications by 15 May 2022 via the LMU Munich Graduate Center's online application portal, which is now open. Only applications submitted through the portal will be considered. Click here for information on the application process.

The summer 2022 film series lineup has been announced! “Water” is the overarching theme of this round of documentaries to start in March. View the current lineup here. 

The Rachel Carson Center hosts the Green Visions film series in cooperation with the Münchner Volkshochschule and DOK.fest München. The screenings of environmental documentaries from across the world are followed by discussions with directors, environmental experts, and film scholars.

Alongside its graduate programs, the RCC hosts Researchers-in-Residence and other Externally Funded Projects—all contribute to the dynamic and multidisciplinary life of the center.

Visit our Research section to find out more about the projects, which cover topics from urban architecture to hazardous waste over climate politics and conservation humanities.