DIMAS was founded in 2022, following on from CITAS. CITAS was founded in 2017 as a platform for coordinating and developing collaborative area studies activities between institutions, projects and colleagues in Regensburg.
DIMAS is continuing this academic tradition with six permanent professorships, postdoctoral and doctoral positions, and an innovative teaching and research programme.?Find out more about the concept and ideas shaping DIMAS here.
On April 23 the Regensburg Area Studies Prize for Master's and admission theses in regional studies was awarded for the fifth time.
In an interview with DIMAS Managing Director Laura Niebling, Astrid Ensslin explains how the project came about
Get to know Anna Steigemann, speaker of DIMAS and professor of sociological dimensions of space, in this profile and interview.
Learn more about the transition from CITAS to DIMAS in this text from the UR communication department
The newly elected board of DIMAS met with the President of the University of Regensburg, Prof. Dr. Udo Hebel to outline the transition from an area studies Center (CITAS) into a new Department (DIMAS) structure.... more
DIMAS - 06.06.2025 08:49 
Vorstand | Board: Prof. Dr. Anna Steigemann and Prof. Dr. Rike Kr?mer-Hoppe
Gesch?ftsführung | Manager: Dr. Laura Niebling
Sekretariat | Secretary dimas@ur.de
Tel. +49 941 943 5966
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Instagram: @dimas.uni regensburg
