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Prospects - DFG Research Career Series

We offer an overview of all funding instruments for the time after your PhD as well as specific focus talks on the Walter Benjamin Programme, the Emmy Noether Programme and the Heisenberg Programme. We will also provide advice on how to prepare your proposal for the review process and answer your questions. PhD candidates and postdocs of all disciplines are welcome to join!
https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/research_careers/info_talks/index.html

Next courses / events on offer in Berlin

Thursday 28 October from 10.00 till 16.00 (online)
Vulnerable groups in academia: How are mentally healthy working conditions and scientific excellence compatible
Second online conference on Mental Health in PhD students

This year, we focus on vulnerable groups in academia and discuss how mentally healthy working conditions and scientific excellence are compatible. The conference will take place online on 28 October. The event will be held in English and the participation is free of charge. Afterwards, we would be happy to have an in-person gathering in Berlin to connect and discuss with other ECRs. The exact location of the gathering will depend on the number of registrations and announced in a separate email. The conference will incorporate a creative keynote lecture, different workshops, and a panel discussion to set the stage for health-related changes in the academic system. The conference was initiated by Scholar Minds, the Berlin Cluster of Excellence Science of Intelligence and the Techniker Krankenkasse. The whole event is a collaborative project of mental health initiatives and guest speakers from across Germany. We are very happy to include many different voices of academia in our keynote lecture: We will present short interviews with representatives from different vulnerable and underrepresented groups in science. Further, we offer workshops on a selection of re-current topics for early career researchers such as power abuse in academia (Dragonfly), academic mindsets on trial (Scholar Minds), a roadmap of helping offers in Germany (Techniker Krankenkasse), and stress management (Innerminder). Last but not least, there will be a panel discussion on the topic “(How) are mentally healthy working conditions and scientific excellence compatible?” opening the stage for different representatives from the academic and the health care system such as Ulf Tölch (Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Berlin), Elisa Filevich (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), David Surges (Techniker Krankenkasse), and Mareike Bayer (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).
You can find the program information here: drive.google.com/file/d/1lceUqHb8bpxfU9qAWvWnCfkcLfvrCiFl/view -- program changes are always possible -- as well as register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDugNqGUL8hS_LgaC17SL1V1KqvLzuAFyl_8iFhBwLx1pCrA/viewform.

Scholar Minds
Mental health initiative for PhDs in Berlin
Homepage: www.scholar-minds.net
E-mail: scholar-minds@charite.de
Twitter: @BerlinMinds

Thursday, 3 November 2022
Berlin Postdoc Day
Venue: Humboldt-Universität, Humboldt Graduate School, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
For advanced doctoral candidates and postdocs. You can participate in the Berlin Postdoc Day (PDD) as a non-contributor, present a poster, and/or opt for a talk. We encourage you to contribute and show us your research at PDD!
Registration: www.mdc-berlin.de/PostDocDay2022
Preliminary program: https://www.mdc-berlin.de/postdoc-day#t-program&prizes
 

Past courses / events

September/October 2022
CareerMaker 2.0 - A blended learning course on building and pursuing your personal career vision
Dr. Simone Cardoso de Oliveira (www.sciedo.de)
Module 1: Kickoff Workshop - Group work (two consecutive days, 3 hours each with breaks):
Module 2: Online Self-Study Period - One month individual work in an online course, containing input, nudges and exercises
Module 3: Towards your next position - Group work (one day, 3 hours with breaks)
Module 4: One-on-one Career Coaching - Individual work with the instructor (up to 1,5 hrs)
Format: Online, via videoconferencing plus virtual whiteboard and an online course platform.
Target group: Advanced doctoral students.
Languages: English. Group size: min. 5, max. 8

Friday, 30 September 2022, 9:00−17:00
Career Planning and Navigation On your Way to Professorship
Open to all Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs within the Berlin University Alliance
Trainer: Prof. Dr. Uta Bronner
Plus individual one-on-one coaching sessions starting on 4 Oct 2022
Target Group:  Candidates in last year of doctorate and Postdocs
Format: In-Person Workshop at Humboldt Graduate School
Language: English; participation is free of charge.

Wed/Thu 28 and 29 Sep 2022, 9:00−13:00 + 16 Nov and 6 Dec 2022; 9:00-11:00 (follow-up group coaching sessions)
Crisis Management and Resilience during my Doctorate
Open to all Doctoral Candidates within the Berlin University Alliance
Trainer: Svenja Neupert
Target Group: Candidates in all years of doctorate
Format: Online-Workshop via Zoom
Language: English; participation is free of charge.

Mon–Tue 26–27 Sep 2022; 9:00–13:00
Become Your Own Time Manager
Open to all Doctoral Candidates within the Berlin University Alliance
Trainer: Dr. Sina Henrichs
Target Group: Doctoral Candidates all years of doctorate
Format: Online-Workshop via Zoom
Language: English; participation is free of charge.

Thursday, 16 June 2022, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday, 15 July 2022, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Peer Mentoring – Career Development
Peer mentoring is tailored to doctoral candidates and post docs who do not have a clear career goal yet. They might have questions like, “Should I stay in academia or pursue a career in other working fields? Which kinds of opportunities are available for me? What would a successful step from academia to the working market look like?” The goal of this mentoring programme is to support this process of exploration and decision. It is easier to detect your own competencies and goals in a group of peers. Additionally, a group of peers has a wider range of experience and networks. The programme includes two appointments of six hours each. Both meetings are moderated by Dr. Cornelia Rahn.
Between both meetings the participants are asked to continue working.
Free of charge for doctoral candidates and postdocs of HU Berlin.
Registration: hgs-mentoring@hu-berlin.de

Dienstag, den 14.6.2022 von 10 bis 16 Uhr
Dienstag, den 19.7.2022 von 10 bis 16 Uhr
Peer Mentoring – Karriereentwicklung (Kurssprache: Deutsch)
Peer Mentoring richtet sich an Promovierende und Postdocs, die noch kein klares Karriereziel haben und sich fragen, wie es nach der Promotion beruflich weitergehen kann. Soll ich in der Wissenschaft bleiben oder eine außeruniversitäre Karriere anstreben? Welche beruflichen Möglichkeiten gibt es für mich außerhalb von Universitäten? Wie kann der Umstieg von der Hochschule in den außeruniversitären Arbeitsmarkt gelingen? Das Ziel des Peer Mentoring Programmes ist, diesen Erkundungs- und Entscheidungsprozess zu unterstützen. In einer Gruppe von Personen, die in einer ähnlichen Situation sind, ist es einerseits leichter, die eigenen Stärken und Ziele klarer herauszuarbeiten. Andererseits verfügt eine Gruppe auch über einen größeren Erfahrungsschatz und mehr Kontakte in den Arbeitsmarkt. Das Programm umfasst zwei Termine, die beide von Dr. Cornelia Rahn geleitet werden:
In der Zeit zwischen den Terminen gibt es Aufgaben zur Bearbeitung.die Veranstaltung findet im Raum 123 (Luisenstr. 56, Berlin Mitte) statt.
Anmeldungen: hgs-mentoring@hu-berlin.de
Kosten: Für Promovierende und PostDocs der Humboldt-Universität ist dieses Angebot kostenfrei.

Do–Fr 9.–10. Juni 2022 (in Präsenz)
Workshop »Gut gebrüllt, Löwin«
Trainerinnen: Dr. Anne Löchte (Coach & Laufbahnberaterin) und Meike Finck (Schauspielerin & Trainerin)
Inhalte: Der Workshop behandelt das Thema „Frauen im System Wissenschaft“ aus zwei Perspektiven: Am Vormittag des ersten Tages gibt es einen Input zu den diversen potenziellen Hürden und Stolpersteinen. Es werden Situationen besprochen, die die Teilnehmerinnen erlebt haben, und Strategien diskutiert, wie sie mit diesen umgehen können. In den folgenden 1,5 Tagen liegt der Fokus auf Rollenspielen. Es werden spielerisch exemplarische Situationen erprobt, z.B. eine Vorstellungsrunde, ein Konferenzsmalltalk, eine Teamsitzung. Die Teilnehmerinnen beobachten, was z.B. in hierarchischen Kommunikationssituationen passiert und erproben, wie sie sich hier verhalten wollen und können. Der genaue Ablauf der Rollenspiele wird nach Rücksprache mit den Teilnehmerinnen festgelegt.
Umfang & Termin: 2 Tage, 9–16 Uhr in der Theologischen Fakultät (Burgstraße 26, R. 206); Zielgruppe: Promovierende und Postdoktorandinnen. Zur Anmeldung genügt eine kurze Email an gz-theologie@hu-berlin.de.

Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 10.00–15.00
Workshop: Preparation for the German job market
Learn about the German and Berlin job market, receive an overview of companies, get inspired, understand the German labor law.
- Employment and the job market: facts & figures
- The specifics of the Berlin job market
- The German labor law, taxes and duties
- Discussion of individual interest and needs
koordination.integra@hu-berlin.de
Team Integration HU Berlin
Stabsstelle Career Center & Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung

Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 17.00-18.30
Growing up in Science - Berlin: Dr. Guillermo Pérez-Hernández
We are happy to announce the speakers for the summer semester of 2022 on the monthly series Growing up in Science - Berlin. In every talk, we feature a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, failures, and successes throughout all career stages. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. To know more about the rationale behind Growing up in Science talks, please have a look at this article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.357.6354.942
Our second speaker for this semester is Dr. Guillermo Pérez-Hernández, a researcher at the Modelling and Dynamics of Molecular Complexes Group of the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics at the Charité, where he studies protein behavior using computer simulation. In his talk, he will share his experiences about growing up in science and the role that coincidence, family, and friends have played in it.
Please register on our webpage https://www.scholar-minds.net/growing-up-in-science/ to receive the link to this event, and please feel free to forward this information to your friends and colleagues.

Monday, 16 May 2022, 17.00–19.00
The (In-)compatibility of Motherhood and Science (in German)
The Berlin Institute of Health is hosting an online event about motherhood and science, featuring a discussion and reading from the book „Mutterschaft und Wissenschaft. Die (Un-)Vereinbarkeit von Mutterbild und wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeit“ with authors Sarah Czerney, Lena Eckert and Silke Martin on Monday, May 16, at 5 p.m. The discussion will address not only the concrete experience of being a mother and scientist, but also what needs to change in the scientific system in order to be able to care for others and do science as well. This event is for people of all genders, and with or without children!
Registration & further information: www.bihealth.org/de/aktuell/online-lesung-und-diskussion-mutterschaft-und-wissenschaft
Or directly via: equal.opportunity@bihealth.de

Thursday, 5 May 2022, 17.00–18.30
Online Seminar on Handling Crisis, provided by Berliner Krisendienst
As part of our continuous effort to promote awareness for mental health in academia and provide resources to support the mental health of researchers, Scholar Minds would like to invite you to an online seminar by the Berliner Krisendienst (Berlin Crisis Service).
The Berliner Krisendienst (https://www.berliner-krisendienst.de/en/) provides fast and professional assistance for issues including psychosocial crises and acute mental and psychiatric emergencies. Their advice is free of charge and available 365 days a year around the clock. They also provide support in English and other languages. You can receive advice by telephone or in-person, arrange for additional meetings or learn about other forms of assistance.
In the seminar, you will learn more about the work of the Berliner Krisendienst and the services they can offer. There will also be time for discussion, asking questions, and sharing experiences.
Please register here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWXZkVUuwQ6BWeq-iMAzbwB46jlCqKX2mwX3ypQ3UZjvtnxw/viewform) to receive the link to this event. If you prefer, you may choose to attend the event anonymously (see the registration form).

7 till 17 March 2022
The Interdisciplinary College (IK), with “Career Fishbowl”
The IK is an annual, intense one-week spring school which offers a dense state-of-the-art course program in neurobiology, neural computation, cognitive science/psychology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and philosophy and is aimed at students, postgraduates and researchers from academia and industry. By combining humanities, science and technology, the IK endeavours to intensify dialogue between the various disciplines. Among the many offers in the program is the “Career Fishbowl” on Friday 11 March, 19.00. The Career Fishbowl brings together speakers from industry and from academia who will talk about their personal perspectives on flexible career development.
Read more here: https://interdisciplinary-college.org/2022-career-fishbowl/
Colour-coded program for the complete event here: https://interdisciplinary-college.org/program/

Thursday, 3 March 2022
Understanding Selection Committees for (Women) Professorships
WiNS Adlershof program (Women in Natural Sciences)
If you want to pursue a career in science and become a professor, you need to be familiar with the procedures of selection committees. What are the do’s and don’ts? What are the unwritten rules of the selection process? How can you prepare for this challenging task? What questions might you expect to have? Prof. Caren Tischendorf and Prof. Maite Wilke Berenguer will share their knowledge about selection committees to help you to strategically plan your next steps on the way to a professorship. Both are mathematicians, but have participated on many juries in other disciplines of science. Their firsthand knowledge and advice will thus be useful for all PhD students or postdocs who want to stay in science.
Register by 21 February: www.metis.hu-berlin.de/2022/01/10/understanding-selection-committees-for-professorships/

Tuesday, 22 February 2022
10th Career Day 2022
Online career day for doctoral candidates of the Berlin University Alliance.
Entitled "New Horizons", the 10th Career Day for doctoral candidates will take place on February 22. The event is organized by doctoral candidates of the Berlin University Alliance. The goal of the Career Day is to bring doctoral candidates into contact with people who have been in professional life for years. In a total of six World Cafés on the topics of "Research and Development," "Self-employment," "Communication," "Sustainability & Environmental Engagement," "Information & Computer Science," as well as a thematically open World Cafe, speakers from various industries and walks of life will provide insights into their careers and professional fields and report on starting, changing, hurdles, opportunities, and challenges in everyday work. The doctoral candidates can ask questions in small groups and in this way sharpen their own career goals and plan concrete steps. In addition, there will be two round table discussions with experts on the topics "Academic career or why not?" and "Transition to the non-academic labor market". The event language is English.
Information: https://www.humboldt-graduate-school.de/careerday
Registration: careerday@hu-berlin.de
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fro--VehRZ4

Thursday, 27 January 2022 (Zoom), 17.00-18.30
Scholar Minds - Growing up in Science - Berlin
Dr. Bettina Bewernick, researcher at Universitätsklinikum Bonn, working on deep brain stimulation in treatment-resistant depression and dementia. She will talk about how she grew up doing research in the adjacent fields of psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience, how she simultaneously became a clinician/psychotherapist, and how she juggles research and her family.
We in Scholar Minds – Berlin are happy to announce our new monthly talk series Growing up in Science - Berlin. In every talk, we feature a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, and failures throughout all stages of his/her career. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. To know more about the rationale behind Growing up in Science talks, please have a look at this article. We are looking forward to destigmatizing talking about struggling in academia and we are excited to see you involved in this discussion to create a healthier research environment.

13 December 2021, 15.00 – 16.00
Organized by WINS Adlershof
“Lessons learned in academia: Gender bias and diversity” (Zoom)
Dr. Arezoo Pooresmaeili (Göttingen)
Please register by Friday, 10 December: petra.metz@hu-berlin.de (Zoom link shared after registration)
Dr. Arezoo Pooresmaeili is Head of the Perception and Cognition group at the European Neuroscience Institute in Göttingen and a M&B postodctoral alumna. Organized by WINS = Women in Natural Sciences at Campus Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität

25 November 2021 (Zoom), 17.00-18.30
Scholar Minds - Growing up in Science - Berlin
Dr. Inga Grossmann, chief science officer at a digital venture built by the Boston Consulting Group DV. Formerly being a professor of psychology, she went back to the digital mental health business to have a greater impact on peoples' lives and wellbeing. She will talk about how effective altruism brought her as a scientist from university back to industry.
We in Scholar Minds – Berlin are happy to announce our new monthly talk series Growing up in Science - Berlin. In every talk, we feature a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, and failures throughout all stages of his/her career. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. To know more about the rationale behind Growing up in Science talks, please have a look at this article. We are looking forward to destigmatizing talking about struggling in academia and we are excited to see you involved in this discussion to create a healthier research environment.

6 November 2021, 14.00–16.00 (on Zoom)
“Computer Says No: How Discrimination Can Creep Into AI”
Prof. Dr. Katharina Zweig (Algorithm Accountability Lab at TU Kaiserslautern)
This year’s METIS lecture “Computer Says No: How Discrimination Can Creep Into AI” will be delivered by Prof. Dr. Katharina Zweig. Professor Zweig heads the Algorithm Accountability Lab at TU Kaiserslautern, coordinates the new field of study "Socioinformatics" and has received several awards for her teaching and science communication. With her talk, Professor Zweig will lay a foundation for computer scientists, equal opportunities professionals, and anyone with an interest in gender equality to work together to fight discrimination.
The annual METIS Lecture showcases research and researchers who are significantly advancing the issue of equal opportunities in academia. M&B is a member of the METIS network: www.metis.hu-berlin.de, www.facebook.com/metis.berlin

28 October 2021 (Zoom), 17.00-18.30
Scholar Minds - Growing up in Science - Berlin
Prof. Dr. Isabel Dziobek, professor at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her research focuses on the psychological and biological basis of social cognition. We are looking forward to learning about her career path from New York to Berlin, where she worked in many institutions, including Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
We in Scholar Minds – Berlin are happy to announce our new monthly talk series Growing up in Science - Berlin. In every talk, we feature a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, and failures throughout all stages of his/her career. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. To know more about the rationale behind Growing up in Science talks, please have a look at this article. We are looking forward to destigmatizing talking about struggling in academia and we are excited to see you involved in this discussion to create a healthier research environment.

24 June 2021 (Zoom), 17.00-18.30
Scholar Minds - Growing up in Science - Berlin
Tegan Armarego-Marriott, associate editor in Nature Climate Change. Tegan completed her PhD and postdoctoral work at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, focusing on the biogenesis and activity of plant chloroplasts, particularly plastid development and plastid gene expression and regulation in plants. She is also passionate about science communication and co-hosts the blog/podcast Plants and Pipettes, where you can learn amazing facts about plants and other research-related topics! We are looking forward to hearing about her career path through Australia, Germany and UK, and from the lab to editorial work and science communication.
We in Scholar Minds – Berlin are happy to announce our new monthly talk series Growing up in Science - Berlin. In every talk, we feature a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, and failures throughout all stages of his/her career. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. To know more about the rationale behind Growing up in Science talks, please have a look at this article. We are looking forward to destigmatizing talking about struggling in academia and we are excited to see you involved in this discussion to create a healthier research environment.

27 May 2021 (Zoom), 17.00-18.30
Scholar Minds - Growing up in Science - Berlin
Prof. Dr. Salvador Soto Faraco, head of the Multisensory Research Group at the Center of Brain and Cognition at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. His research focuses on multisensory integration, but also covers a wide range of topics from decision making to memory. We are looking forward to hearing about his career path across Spain, UK, and Canada.
We in Scholar Minds – Berlin are happy to announce our new monthly talk series Growing up in Science - Berlin. In every talk, we feature a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, and failures throughout all stages of his/her career. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. To know more about the rationale behind Growing up in Science talks, please have a look at this article. We are looking forward to destigmatizing talking about struggling in academia and we are excited to see you involved in this discussion to create a healthier research environment.

26 May 2021, 14.00
Online Talk: DFG Funding Opportunities for Postdocs
Germany’s largest independent research funding organisation offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. Join our online talk and get to know the DFG and its funding portfolio for postdocs in Germany. We will give you a quick overview about the Walter Benjamin, the Emmy Noether and the Heisenberg Programme, as well as the Individual Research Grant with a temporary position for principal investigators. We will also provide advice on how to prepare your proposal and what happens once you submit it to the DFG.
Webex Event! DFG will provide the link for registering and entering the event some days prior to the event here:
https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/wissenschaftliche_karriere/veranstaltungen/

10 May 2021
Career Maker Course
Dr. Simone Cardoso
Blended learning course
6 weeks for building and pursuing your personal career career vision
With two half-day kickoff sessions, 1 month online course and individual coaching session.
Organized by Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Cost to M&B/RTG: 525 € per person

29 April 2021 (Zoom), 17.00-18.30
Scholar Minds - Growing up in Science - Berlin
Dr. Nicolas Schuck. Berlin-grown, he returned as a group leader of the NeuroCode Research Group at the Max-Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. We are looking forward to hearing about how he got into big magnets that help him understand the brain.
We in Scholar Minds – Berlin are happy to announce our new monthly talk series Growing up in Science - Berlin. In every talk, we feature a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, and failures throughout all stages of his/her career. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. To know more about the rationale behind Growing up in Science talks, please have a look at this article. We are looking forward to destigmatizing talking about struggling in academia and we are excited to see you involved in this discussion to create a healthier research environment.

22/23 April 2021
Career Booster Course
Dr. Simone Cardoso
Online course for personal career development
Target Group: Academics who would like to learn tools for tackling career challenges and address specific individual questions.
With 2 half days in a group and individual booster session.
Organized by Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Cost to M&B/RTG: 350 € per person

20 April 2021
Career Prospects: Becoming a Professor
Online via Zoom
Organizers: Beuth Hochschule & Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Language: German; questions in English are welcome

16 April 2021
Women Power: Career Convention for Women
Hybrid event: Online and at Hannover Fair Grounds
Organiser: Deutsche Messe
Language: Please contact organisers for further information about the event language
Thanks to its hybrid format, WomenPower enables close exchange between business, industry, research, and politics while covering current topics such as the challenges of increasingly digital collaboration, organizational development, personal career development, and equal opportunity. The agenda focuses on preparation for the working world of the future. Never before have development and solidarity been more important, which is why WomenPower joins the best of analog and digital worlds for the benefit of all participants.
One highlight at WomenPower is the presentation of the Engineer Powerwoman Award, which recognizes an expert who has helped her company make significant progress in a technical area. The call for applications is open to companies and institutions in and outside of Germany, but limited to one nomination per company.

25 March 2021 (Zoom), 17.00-18.30
Scholar Minds - Growing up in Science - Berlin
Prof. Dr. Yee Lee Shing, Institute of Psychology at Goethe University Frankfurt. Prof. Shing is directing the Lifespan Cognitive and Brain Development (LISCO) lab and a member of the IDeA research center of the DIPF (Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education). We are very much looking forward to also hear her unofficial story about growing up in Malaysia, studying in the US, and becoming a professor in Germany.
We in Scholar Minds – Berlin are happy to announce our new monthly talk series Growing up in Science - Berlin. In every talk, we feature a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, and failures throughout all stages of his/her career. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. To know more about the rationale behind Growing up in Science talks, please have a look at this article. We are looking forward to destigmatizing talking about struggling in academia and we are excited to see you involved in this discussion to create a healthier research environment.

18 March 2021, 17.00-18.30
Becoming Aware Through Mindfulness
Scholar Minds is a PhD initiative based in Berlin which focuses on mental health during the doctorate. Their mission is to help other PhD students to achieve a better mental health and work-life balance. Pursuing a doctorate is an exceptional time with great opportunities like investigating a phenomenon no one ever did before or discussing your research with new people from all over the world. But are you aware that this exceptional time also harbors exceptional dangers to your mental health? Are you aware that you as a PhD student are six times more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression? During the event, the team will raise participants' awareness on mental health struggles related to their doctorate and introduce a tool to become more resilient: mindfulness. Mindfulness is a simple meditation tool that can help you to increase mental well-being. With the team at this event is mindfulness expert Dr. Simon Guendelman (Berlin Scool of Mind and Brain) who will present the concept and latest findings from (neuroscientific) research.
www.brainawareness.org/event/becoming-aware-through-mindfulness/

23 February 2020
Career day 2021: “Discover new paths”
The event is organized by doctoral candidates from Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin as members of the Berlin University Alliance.
The aim of the Career Day is to bring doctoral candidates into contact with people who have been in professional life for years. In a total of nine World Cafés on the topics of "Innovation," "Public Sector," "Communication," "Research & Higher Education," "Non Profit," "Business & Industry," "Data Science," "Self Employment," and "Cultural Sector," speakers from various industries and walks of life will provide insights into their careers and professional fields and report on entry points, transitions, hurdles, opportunities, and challenges in everyday working life. The doctoral candidates can ask questions in small groups and in this way sharpen their own career goals and plan concrete steps. In addition, Amanda Wichert will speak on the topic of "The German job market for academics" and Dr. Sibel Vurgun on the topic of "Competence matrix". The event language is English.
Information and registration: https://www.humboldt-graduate-school.de/careerday

28 Januar 2021 (Zoom), 17.00-18.30
Scholar Minds - Growing up in Science - Berlin
Prof. Dr. Christoph Harms, Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
We in Scholar Minds – Berlin are happy to announce our new monthly talk series Growing up in Science - Berlin. In every talk, we feature a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, and failures throughout all stages of his/her career. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. To know more about the rationale behind Growing up in Science talks, please have a look at this article. We are looking forward to destigmatizing talking about struggling in academia and we are excited to see you involved in this discussion to create a healthier research environment.

8 December 2020, 18.00-20.00
1st METIS Annual Lecture: Virginia Valian (Hunter, CUNY)
“Gender Equity: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” (ZOOM)

Virginia Valian is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Hunter College - CUNY and is a member of the doctoral faculties of Psychology, Linguistics, and Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City and co-founder and director of Hunter's Gender Equity Project.
Abstract and further information: https://www.metis.hu-berlin.de/2020/01/01/metis-lecture-gender-equity-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow/
Read more: www.metis.hu-berlin.de

9–12 November 2020
Career Week for International Junior Researchers
TU Berlin’s digital Career Week
Register by 5 November!
This event, which is organized by the Alumni Program in cooperation with TU-DOC, aims at giving international PhD students and postdocs an insight into the diversity of academic and non-academic career prospects on the German labour market as well as information about requirements for non-EU nationals to work in Germany. The Career Week brings together international junior researchers and TU Berlin Alumni who have successfully established their career on the German job market.
Please refer to https://www.alumni.tu-berlin.de/career-day/ for detailed information about the program.
The event will be held in English.

18 Februar 2020, 9.00-18.00
Berlin University Alliance Career Day 2020
Program download pdf
The next Career Day for doctoral students will take place on 18 February 2020, for the first time under the umbrella of the Berlin University Alliance. The aim of the Career Day is to bring doctoral students into contact with people who have been in professional life for years. Doctoral students can ask the approximately 40 professionally experienced guests about their career paths and current activities. In this way, their own career goals can be sharpened and concrete steps for career planning can be initiated. This year there will be two lectures. After the welcoming address by the Vice President Research, Prof. Dr. Frensch, Dr. Matthias Schwarzkopf will introduce the day with a talk on the topic of "Career Planning". After the lunch break, Dr. Eva Reichmann will talk about the topic "Application 4.0". There are 4 "World Cafes" in the morning and in the afternoon on the topics: Public Sector, International Career, Self Employment, Research & Higher Education, Sustainability, Communication, Business & Industry and Culture. A characteristic feature of the "World Cafe" method is that discussions take place in small groups.
Please register! The event language is English.
Venue: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin

CANCELLED  1–2 October 2019
Promotion – und dann?
Profilentwicklung für den Arbeitsmarkt

Two-day workshop in German, 6 participants
Trainer: Dr. Anne Löchte
(for M&B doctoral candidates in their final year or
after completion of their doctorates)
Venue: Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin

5 June 2019 (Wednesday), 10.00–12.00 (note new date!)
Promotion - und dann?
Talk plus discussion in German, 10 places
Trainer: Dr. Anne Löchte
(5 places for first-year doctoral candidates of RTG 2386; 5 places for M&B doctoral candidates in their 1st or 2nd years)
Venue: Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin

2.-11. April 2019
Lost in Dissertation: von der Literaturverwaltung bis zur Publikation – eine Veranstaltungsreihe für Promovierende
Die sechs Einzeltermine finden Sie unter:
http://sbb.berlin/promovierende
Die Veranstaltungen sind kostenfrei.
Um Anmeldung (siehe Termine) wird gebeten.
Venue: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz –
Haus Potsdamer Straße 33 (Simón-Bolívar-Saal)
10785 Berlin

8 February 2019 (Thursday), 9.00–16.00
Karriereplanung: Wirtschaft oder Wissenschaft?
Kurs WK001 der Beruflichen Weiterbildung der HU Berlin
Für Doktoranden der HU Berlin
Registrierung: https://bwb.hu-berlin.de/

19 February 2019 (Tuesday), 10.00–18.00
Career Day / Karrieretag 2019:
Sailing ahead – What your PhD can do for you
Dahlem Research School, Humboldt Graduate School, TU-Doc
Venue: Freie Universität Berlin, Henry-Ford-Bau
Garystraße 35, 14195 Berlin
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31 January 2019
PhD Day at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Venue: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, main building
Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin
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