The series of Research Courses was created in 2001 when the idea to build X-ray free-electron lasers became real with the proposal of X-ray FEL facilities in Europe and in the USA. Since 2001, more than 20 courses on various scientific topics have been organised:
XXII. DESY Research Course 2023 (part of the CMWS Days) - Molecular Water in Climate-, Astro-, and Geo-Sciences (21 - 24 Feb 2023)
XXI. DESY Research Course 2022 (part of the CMWS Days) - Water in Energy Research and Technology (2 - 4 Mar 2022)
XX. DESY Research Course 2021 - DESY WATER DAYS (24 Mar - 25 Mar 2021)
XIX. DESY Research Course 2020 - DESY WATER WEEK (25 Feb - 28 Feb 2020)
XVIII. DESY Research Course 2019 – Trends in Modern Photon Science (27 Feb - 1. Mar 2019)
XVII. DESY Research Course 2018 – Trends in Water Research (26 Feb - 1. Mar 2018)
XVI. Nanoscience at Modern X-ray Sources (Mar 1 - Mar 3, 2017)
XV. Soft Matter in the Light of Modern X-ray Sources (Mar 2 - Mar 4, 2016)
XIV. New Trends in X-ray Scattering and Spectroscopy from Magnetic Materials (Mar 25 - Mar 27, 2015)
XIII. Correlation Functions in the Time Domain: Trends in Coherent X-ray Scattering (Mar 19 - Mar 21, 2014)
XII. Theoretical Foundations of Research with X-ray Free Electron Lasers and Synchrotron Radiation Sources (Mar 20 - Mar 22, 2013)
XI. New X-ray Sources for Life Science Applications (Mar 21 - Mar 23, 2012)
X. Ultrafast X-ray Science with X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (Mar 30 - Apr 1, 2011)
IX. Disordered Materials in Synchrotron and XFEL X-ray Light (Feb 17 - Feb 19, 2010)
VIII. Magnetic Materials on Synchrotron and XFEL X-ray Light (Feb 18 - Feb 20, 2009)
VII. New Materials in New Light (Mar 5 - Mar 7, 2008)
VI. X-Ray Investigation of Ultrafast Processes (Feb 27 - Mar 2, 2007)
V. Scientific Applications of Coherent X-Ray Radiation (Mar 1-3, 2006)
IV. New Science in the VUV to Soft X-Ray Domain (Mar 16-18, 2005)
III. Plasma Physics with X- rays (Mar 5-7, 2003)
II. X-ray Investigation of Fast and Ultrafast Processes (Mar 25-27, 2002)
I. Coherent X-rays - Properties, Generation and Applications (Oct 15-17, 2001)