Starting a PhD is overwhelming. How do you break the immense work load into manageable tasks and milestones? How do you manage the available time and resources so you finish on time and stay healthy? What to do when things go wrong? In this workshop, you learn key skills to tackle these challenges and lead […]
Lydia Hohlstein
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9. Apr 2026
Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse mit KI-Unterstützung (Juni 10-11, 2026 | Präsenzveranstaltung)
Ein zweitägiges Praxislabor. Large Language Models und KI-Funktionen halten zunehmend Einzug in die qualitative Forschungspraxis. Doch eine zentrale Frage bleibt für viele Forschende unbeantwortet: Wie lassen sich diese Werkzeuge praktisch und verantwortungsvoll in den eigenen methodischen Workflow integrieren – ohne die Kontrolle über den Interpretationsprozess zu verlieren? Diese zweitägige Forschungswerkstatt geht über eine bloße Vorstellung […]
7. Apr 2026
Communication & presentation in the academic context: How to be confident and persuasive (May 18 – 19, 2026 | onsite)
Whether small talk or academic subject presentation – the ability to present oneself adequately and to communicate one’s concerns effectively is a deciding factor of career related success in academia. With a few fundamental strategies for communication and presentation techniques it is possible to illustrate complex data in a context relevant way, to convince others, […]
26. Mar 2026
English Academic Writing: The Ground Rules of Writing Well (May 07, 08 and 11, 2026 | hybrid)
This workshop addresses junior scholars from the social sciences, economics, and the humanities who have good command of the English language, seek to improve their English writing skills, and strive to make their academic papers more idiomatic. The workshop seeks to create an awareness of the typical patterns of non-idiomatic writing to which non-native authors […]
19. Mar 2026
[Career Center] Workshop on the Professional Field of Development Cooperation
The Career Center invites you to gain insights from the field: launching a career in development cooperation. Andreas Stamm, project lead and senior researcher of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), will introduce IDOS prestigious Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation. It is designed to prepare young professionals for careers in development policy, global […]
9. Mar 2026
[Uni Bielefeld] Umfrage zu gesundheitlicher Belastung von Promovierenden
Im Rahmen ihrer Masterarbeit in Soziologie und Gender Studies an der Universität Bielefeld erforsche Frau Rüther, wie sich Stress und Belastungen während der Promotion auf die Gesundheit von Promovierenden auswirken – insbesondere unter Berücksichtigung geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschiede und struktureller Rahmenbedingungen im Wissenschaftssystem. Die Umfrage richtet sich an Promovierende und wird circa 10 Minuten in Anspruch nehmen. […]
9. Mar 2026
[KonsortSWD] Vergabe von FlexFunds
KonsortSWD – NFDI4Society vergibt FlexFunds für die Weiterentwicklung und Integration von leistungsfähigen Tools für das Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM) insbesondere sensibler Daten. Gefördert werden Projekte, die zur Verbesserung, Erweiterung oder nachhaltigen Nutzung von FDM-Tools insbesondere für sensible Daten beitragen. Willkommen sind auch Anträge mit innovativen Ansätzen zur Unterstützung des FDM (Tools, Workflows, …), z.B. KI-basierte Ansätze. Anträge […]
9. Mar 2026
[iDiv] Summer School 24.-28.08.2026
The iDiv Summer School 2026 “Passion for Collecting – Collection-Based Research in Plant Ecology”, will take place in Leipzig this year and helps participants to learn how to use herbaria for ecological research, and to measure functional traits on living plants in the botanical garden and how to characterize different phenological stages.
9. Mar 2026
Clear at glance – Designing Effective Academic Posters (April 21, 2026 | onsite)
Poster sessions are an integral part of almost every scientific conference. Their purpose is to highlight research results, visualize them, and stimulate discussion. To draw your audience in, you need a crystal-clear message, a text format optimized for best legibility and well-chosen graphics. And above all, you need to think well through how to organize, arrange […]
9. Feb 2026
Introduction to Statistics and R (March 26, 27, 30 and 31, 2026 | onsite)
Content R has become a leading statistical programming language in data science and statistics. The R software is free, highly extensible, and allows to easily produce publication-quality plots. The aim of this course is to equip participants with the basic skills to effectively use the software R, embedded in the user interface RStudio. These skills […]