Welcher Englischkurs ist der richtige für mich? Unter diesem Motto lädt das Sprachenzetrum der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg zu Beginn des neuen Semesters alle Studierenden ein, ihren Wissensstand zu prüfen und herauszufinden, welches Sprachniveau der ideale Einstieg ist.
[ Read On … ]7. Oct 2025
DFG Funding Opportunities: Walter Benjamin Programm (October 14, 2024 | online)
This online talk focuses on the Walter Benjamin Programm of the DFG. Further details and the dial in link can be found at Info Talks on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers.
- Date: October 14, 2024
- Time: 01:30 – 3:00 p.m. CET
- Language: German
Please note: You can access the event via the link above without any password. The number of participants is limited to max. 1,000.
About Prospects: Online Talk Series on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers
[ Read On … ]30. Sep 2025
PhD Network Round Table (October 2, 2025)
The next PhD Round Table will take place on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 7.30 pm at Irish Fiddler. As always, PhD students, postdocs, and their partners are very welcome. It is the perfect place to meet new people and chat about life and work in Halle.
- When: October 2, 2025, meeting from 7.30 pm
- Where: Irish Fiddler (Große Ulrichstraße 22, 06108 Halle (Saale))
Spontaneous visitors are welcome, but in order to better plan seating, please send a short email to if you are interested in attending.
Please check the PhD network website for further information.
29. Sep 2025
Mental Health Awareness Days 2025 – Improving your resilience during the early career phases (December 2-4, 2025 | online)
Mental Health Awareness Days 2025 for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers – Improving your resilience during the early career phases
are a joint initiative of Leipzig University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, yDiv/iDiv and HIGRADE/UFZ. Organized by its graduate academies and occupational health management units, we want to support you as researchers at our universities and research institutions.
Aims
Our main aim is to inform and sensibilize you on how to cope with demanding or stressful situations during your research. Ideally, the presented topics will help you to smoothen stressful situations and even prevent too heavy mental load. During these three days, you will find various online offers (most of them in English), such as stress reduction in private and professional life, leadership positions and well-being in the academic environment, playfulness in the work context, and time and self-management skills.
[ Read On … ]15. Sep 2025
[IMPRS/TRR227] Wiley publishing workshop (October 28, 2025)
You are invited to a short publishing workshop on October 28, at 16.30, with Stefan Hildebrandt, Editor in Chief of Annalen der Physik and physica status solidi a/b and Senior Manager in the Physics and Materials Science Group. This event is jointly organized by the IMPRS-STNS, the TRR227 and Wiley.
Workshop content:
- Publishing Blackbox: Gain insights into the life of an editor and the publishing process.
- AI tools in Research & Publishing: The dos and don’ts of using AI.
Location & registration:
- Date and time: October 28, 2025 from 16:30-18:30
- Location: MLU, lecture hall 1.26 at von-Seckendorff-Platz 1
- For more information and to register, please visit here.
- While registration is encouraged, you are welcome to attend also without registering.
10. Sep 2025
[UL] Publishing Journal Articles: Strategies for Success (October 1, 2025 | online)
Journal articles should be published in order to make the greatest possible impact in the scientific field – not simply to increase the list of publications.
In this workshop, we will discuss how to navigate the different steps of publishing and how to deal with the peer review process, increasing the chances of acceptance.
Included topics
- Introduction to scholarly publishing
- How to select a target journal
- H-index, impact factor and other journal and article metrics
- The peer review process: submit, revise and communicate with editors and reviewers
- Copyright and licenses
- Ethical issues in publishing (e.g. predatory publishing, authorship disputes, plagiarism)
- Open Access and Open Science
- Artificial Intelligence and scholarly publishing
Learning outcomes
[ Read On … ]9. Sep 2025
[DFG] New website on funding acknowledgements
The DFG frequently receives question from researchers regarding the specific wording and placement of their funding references – an important indicator of the existing need for information that goes beyond the requirements set out in the DFG’s guidelines for the use of funds.
In fact, daily practice also shows that there is still a need for clarification when it comes to correct referencing: A study on the “Publications from DFG-Funded Projects – Practice and Usability of Funding Acknowledgements” conducted by the German Center for Higher Education and Science Research (DZHW) and the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) on behalf of the DFG shows that although the DFG is correctly mentioned in 90% of publications resulting from DFG projects, in a good 40% of cases the project numbers are missing or incorrect.
Based on these analyses and inquiries, a website on funding acknowledgements was developed that systematically answers what an Funding Acknowledgements (FA) is, why it is necessary, and how it is correctly formulated.
[ Read On … ]8. Sep 2025
DFG Funding Opportunities: for Postdocs (September 15, 2025 | online)
This online talk focuses on the DFG Funding Opportunities for Postdocs of the DFG. Further details and the dial in link can be found at Info Talks on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers.
- Date: September 15, 2025
- Time: 2:00 – 03:30 p.m. CET
- Language: English
Please note: You can access the event via the link above without any password. The number of participants is limited to max. 1,000.
About Prospects: Online Talk Series on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers
[ Read On … ]2. Sep 2025
[TGS] Open call for FuckUp Night Halle (November 20, 2025)
Stories of failure and getting back up
On November 20, 2025, the Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office (TGS) at MLU and the Designhaus at BURG invite you to a new edition of FuckUp Night Halle.
TGS is looking for courageous people with exciting life stories about starting out, failing, and getting back up again. Whether you are an entrepreneur, scientist, or civic activist, tell us what you tried that didn’t work out – and what came of it.
[ Read On … ]1. Sep 2025
[WCGE] Writing Retreat (November 9 – 13, 2025)
The next Writing Retreat takes place November 9th -13th in Wittenberg, Germany, as part of the Doctoral Academy, an initiative hosted by the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics (WCGE) and the Friede Springer Chair of Business Ethics and Management Accounting (MLU). This distinguished program, generously funded by the KSG Foundation, offers doctoral candidates a platform to advance their research, engage with renowned scholars, and foster meaningful connections between theoretical inquiry and practical application within the fields of business, and leadership ethics. For a deeper look into the Doctoral Academy, make sure to check out our brochure.
APPLY NOW FOR OUR WRITING RETREAT – November 9th – 13th, 2025
The Writing Retreat, provides an exceptional opportunity for you to make substantial progress on your work. Set in the historic town of Wittenberg (45 minutes from Berlin), this four-day retreat is designed to offer a structured, yet inspiring environment where you can dedicate time to your writing, overcome challenges and engage with fellow researchers.
Participants will benefit from:
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