This is a guest post by the organisers of the workshop, Dr. Steve Doo, currently a postdoc at MfN Berlin, and Dr. Henry Wu, postdoc at ZMT Bremen. “What would you do if you left academia?” This question, asked of me countless times over the last few years, was source of both anxiety and stress.Continue reading “Leibniz Explorations: Diverse Careers Workshop”
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Teaching in Higher Education
This is a guest post by Leibniz PostDoc Network spokeswoman Marta Ferreira-Gomes. Bridging the Teaching Gap: Empowering Leibniz PostDocs with New Skills In the academic world, PostDocs often find themselves teaching without proper training. Recognizing this gap, the Leibniz PostDoc Network organized an online workshop from September 27th to 29th. The aim? To equip usContinue reading “Teaching in Higher Education”
Effective Networking at our Annual Networking Meeting
This is a guest post by Leibniz PostDoc Network spokeswoman Marta Ferreira-Gomes The annual networking meeting 2023 of the Leibniz PostDoc Network was held at the DRFZ Berlin on September 21st and 22nd. This year, with the theme “Effective Networking”, the meeting centered on the workshop “Make an Impact! – Networking and Self-Marketing Skills forContinue reading “Effective Networking at our Annual Networking Meeting”
Join us for the 7th Annual Meeting of the Leibniz PostDoc Network!
This meeting is the opportunity for us to come together to identify “hot” topics, develop strategies, and maybe even form new working groups for the upcoming year. This event is all about collaboration and empowerment, and your presence will contribute significantly to its success! It’s important to stress that everything the Network accomplishes (or hasContinue reading “Join us for the 7th Annual Meeting of the Leibniz PostDoc Network!”
It’s Postdoc Appreciation Week 2023!
In case you missed it the PAW just started today. Check out over 100 events on paw-germany.de. We want to especially draw your attention to the two events with contributions from the Leibniz PostDoc Network: The first event: A Panel discussion entitled Postdoc Surveys – Benefits, Considerations and Opportunities for Improving the Postdoc Experience –Continue reading “It’s Postdoc Appreciation Week 2023!”
Joint Statement of the German Postdoctoral Networks on the Draft Bill for the #WissZeitVG now published
This post was written by Dr. Marta Fereirra-Gomes (DRFZ) and Dr. Mine Altinli (BNITM), the current spokeswomen of the Leibniz PostDoc Network. As we reported previously (see here, here, and here), a reform of the WissZeitVG has been in the making for a while. Around a month ago the Federal Ministry of Education and ResearchContinue reading “Joint Statement of the German Postdoctoral Networks on the Draft Bill for the #WissZeitVG now published”
#AktionswocheWissenschaft: Action Week around the proposed #WissZeitVG reform
After a few weeks of silence we are again drawing your attention to the proposed reform of the #WissZeitVG and the #IchBinHanna discussions in German politics and beyond. If you are new to these terms you can check out two of our earlier posts on the topic from a few weeks ago: Updates on theContinue reading “#AktionswocheWissenschaft: Action Week around the proposed #WissZeitVG reform”
Reflections on the BMBF panel discussion on future postdoc employment rules
For this short blog post we collected some of your reactions to the BMBF panel discussion on the WissZeitVG reform on March 30th 2023 (mainly from Twitter). If you need some background on the topic see our previous post. Not every opinion expressed here necessarily represents the views of the steering committee of the LeibnizContinue reading “Reflections on the BMBF panel discussion on future postdoc employment rules”
Transforming research practices towards environmental sustainability
Kristine Oevel is a doctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin, where she works in a wet biochemical laboratory. She coordinates the joint Working Group (WG) Sustainability of the Leibniz PhD and PostDoc Networks. The WG has been working on a Position Paper on the Transformation of the Leibniz AssociationContinue reading “Transforming research practices towards environmental sustainability”
Updates on the proposed WissZeitVG reform
This blog post is intended to provide resources and information about recent developments regarding the proposed reform of the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVG). As the public and political debates around the topic are happening in German discussion panels and major German news outlets we provide the information here in English primarily for the community of non-German speakingContinue reading “Updates on the proposed WissZeitVG reform”