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Are you ready for new perspectives and an intercultural experience?

Fridays for Future, Black Lives Matter, the growing feminist movement. Young people around the globe are taking responsibility to create more inclusive and just societies.

KarlsAcademy is an international online academy designed to encourage participants to…

learn about diversity and inequalities
reflect on personal experiences with diversity and inequalities
meet participants from all over the world and discuss their ideas and experiences
create social impact through learning about methods for project management

Through a series of live sessions (lectures, workshops, presentations, inspiration sessions) and tasks for self-study, this programme will give you the opportunity to explore multiple perspectives and realities and empower you to take on social challenges. The workload for the full academy programme will be about 35 hours and all live sessions will take place on Microsoft Teams.

You will learn about culture, identity, and privilege, as well as discuss topics such as gender and sexual identities, interfaiths dialogue, and then get to plan your own project idea related to those topics. By doing so, you will learn how to fight inequalities and create social impact.

Optional: Because we are cooperating with Karlshochschule International University, it is possible to acquire 3 ECTS points for your university studies. To do so participants will have to complete extra tasks that entail thoroughly developing a project idea and writing a project report. The expected additional workload for acquiring the ECTS is 55 hours.

Who can participate?

We invite young adults, activists and active citizens ages 18 – 30 from all over the world to participate.

This goes out to those who …

are curious to get first insights about the topics mentioned in the programme, especially diversity & inequality
who want to to learn about the first steps on how to turn a project idea into action
who consider themselves active global citizens and want to deepen their practice
want to use their newly gained knowledge to create social impact
would like to meet people all over the world to get to know new perspectives

Formal criteria

Between 18 and 30 years old
Access to a stable internet connection, a computer and a headset
Ability to participate in live sessions according to academy schedule (please see full programme below)

In a nutshell

International online academy on November 05 – November 22, 2022
Topics covered: Diversity, culture, identity, gender, privilege, inequalities, faith, project management, activism, etc.
Format: Online live sessions (incl. lectures, workshops, inspiration sessions, presentations) and independent, asynchronous self-study
Participant group: Young adults from all over the world (ages 18 – 30)
Estimated workload: 35 hours in total
Language: English

Apply until October 21, 2022!

Our academy schedule

* all times refer to Central European Time (CET). Here you can download the full schedule.

The optional program will give you more opportunities to learn and to exchange perspectives – on a voluntary basis.

The participation at the other sessions is mandatory and will enable you to learn and grow during the Academy and also to receive a certificate of participation (you can miss up to 10% of the sessions).

How can you participate?

As the programme is held online, you can participate from all over the world. As long as you have a stable internet connection, a computer and a headset, you’re good to go!

To participate in the programme, you can apply for a spot by filling out this form. When you get accepted into the programme, there will be no participation costs for you, because you will receive a scholarship by the Foreign Federal Ministry of Germany.

Please send us your application until October 21, 2022.

Once you have filled out the form, we will get back to you as soon as possible but latest by October 31, 2022.

Here you can find the General Terms and Conditions for the program.

Apply now!