European Centre for Advanced Studies.
Empowering Scholars to Shape the Future.
…So on a day when newcomers appear
Let it be a homecoming and let us speak…
Move lips, move minds and make new meanings flare
Like ancient beacons signalling peak to peak,
From Middle sea to North sea, shining clear
As phoenix flame upon fionn uisce here.
– Seamus Heaney
We are meant to know,
or we are amoebae.
Isaac Asimov
We are looking for a Student or Graduate Assistant (20 hours/month) starting 15 April 2026. In this role, you will support our team in building and shaping ECAS as a successful cooperation hub for academic exchange between Lower Saxonian and Scottish higher education institutions by maintaining and further developing its online presence. Your Profile Your Tasks What we offer The Leuphana University is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering […]
27. – 28. November 2025 | Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) By Judith Crämer & Christoph Kleineberg Day 1 – Moving Forward with Enthusiasm On 27 November 2025, the Lower Saxony – Scotland Joint Forum was ceremonially opened at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). Representatives from academia, politics and research institutions from Lower Saxony […]
Hanover/Lüneburg/Edinburgh, 21st November 2025 The European Centre for Advanced Studies (ECAS), recently relocated to the International Center of Leuphana University Lüneburg (Leuphana), is being developed into a central hub for scientific cooperation between Lower Saxony and Scotland. This transformation is supported by funding from zukunft.niedersachsen, the joint funding programme of the Lower Saxonian Ministry of […]