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This is a guest post by Marta Ferreira Gomes who participated in an online workshop hosted by our network. On April 29th, the Leibniz PostDoc Network hosted an online workshop on Lateral Leadership. The session,
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Statement from the Leibniz PostDoc Network on the draft bill for the WissZeitVG This is an official statement by the Steering Committee of the Leibniz Postdoc Network. The steering committee is formed by the two
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This post was written by Dr. Jacqueline Kroh, Dr. Judith Boldt, and Dr. Katarzyna Hnida-Gut from the Working Group Work & Health. We are very happy to announce an updated and expanded version of the
Interdisciplinarity interview #4: Exploring new ways to transfer scientific knowledge
In this unique edition of the interdisciplinary interview series (see #1, #2, and #3 for the previous editions), we had the privilege of interviewing a dynamic team of four(!) researchers. They shared their experiences from
Report from the Diverse Careers Workshop 2023
This is a guest post by the organisers of the workshop, Dr. Steve Doo, formerly a postdoc at MfN Berlin (now at University of Hawaii), and Dr. Henry Wu, postdoc at ZMT Bremen. Here you
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