Description:
The connection of research and teaching, the internationalization of curricula, and the digitalization of teaching are central objectives of current university policy. The paper presents the course format of the Q-Kollegs at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in which these three objectives are linked together and translated into concrete didactic action. Together with students from a partner university abroad, students form an international student research team. They work together with a blended mobility approach, both in-person during a short stay at the partner university, and digitally over the distance. Lecturers from both universities plan the project together in a researchbased learning format, and accompany the students in their research process. Based on interviews with lecturers and a written survey of students, the article presents challenges of this teaching format and shows didactic design possibilities: regarding the support of the student research process, the collaboration within the international team, as well as the associated use of digital media.