Concepts & Methods Units

Starting in 2026, the UWA Cluster of Excellence will adopt a new research structure, consisting of Concept and Mehtod Units (CMUs), Project Groups (PGs), and Individual Research Projects (IRPs).

The six Concepts & Methods Units (CMUs) in UWA II are groups of c. 15 professorial and postdoctoral researchers. The CMUs primarily take on cross-cutting conceptual and methodological tasks in pursuing UWA’s objective of building a global and holistic framework. To this end, they produce programmatic outputs, including joint articles, Occasional Papers, guidelines and protocols. The CMUs’ programmatic outputs feed into the work of the PGs and IRPs and, vice versa, the empirical studies of the IRPs and PGs inform the work of the CMUs. Likewise, members of a CMU belong to different PGs and vice versa. Where appropriate, individual PGs and CMUs interlink through collaborative activities, such as joint Study Days.