The next PhD Round Table will take place on Wednesday, 7th of May 2025, 7 pm at Blaue Stunde at Martha-Brautzsch-Straße 10. As always, you can meet other PhD students and postdocs as well as PhD Network staff at the monthly get-together and network. When: May 7, 2025, meeting from 7 pm Where: Blaue Stunde (Martha-Brautzsch-Straße […]
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22. Apr 2025
[BEAM] AI portraits of pioneering women in science
Pioneering Women – female scientists whose skills and contributions to science were not recognized during their lifetime – With the help of Gesine Born from the Bilderinstitut and an artificial intelligence, the Research Training Group BEAM is able to portray them as they deserved and as their male colleagues were lucky enough to experience.
22. Apr 2025
[Falling Walls Foundation] From PhD to Impact Innovator (June 12-13, 2025)
Ignite your entrepreneurial spirit! In the two-day innovation workshop, tailored to researchers of all disciplines, you will discover your entrepreneurial skills. Guided by professional innovation coaches, you will develop ideas for a potential business case in small groups. The workshop takes place on-site in Potsdam on June 12-13, 2025 between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm. […]
17. Apr 2025
DFG Funding Opportunities: Emmy Noether-Programme (April 28, 2025 | online)
This online talk focuses on the Emmy Noether-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: April 28, 2025 Time: 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. CET Language: English Please note: You can access the event via the link above without […]
1. Apr 2025
New Research Training Group “Politik der Aufklärung” has started
What do politicians mean when they refer to the ideals of the Enlightenment? Angela Merkel declared in the Bundestag in 2021 that she believes in the “power of the Enlightenment”. French President Emmanuel Macron repeatedly invokes the need to defend the “spirit of the Enlightenment”. “Critical research must of course question what interpretation of the […]
1. Apr 2025
Ancient PhD degree certificate found at MLU
According to an anonymous source archaeologists found by chance an ancient PhD certificate below the old bunker at the Universitätsplatz in Halle (Saale). During the renovation of the Universitätsplatz in 2002 several reconstruction were made. With regard to current instabilities of bridges in Germany, tests of the stability of the structure below the Universitätsplatz have […]
31. Mar 2025
PhD Network Round Table (April 2, 2025)
The next PhD Round Table will take place on Wednesday, 2nd of April 2025, 7 pm at Café Nöö at Große Klausstraße 11. As always, you can meet other PhD students and postdocs as well as PhD Network staff at the monthly get-together and network. When: April 2, 2025, meeting from 7 pm Where: Café Nöö […]
19. Mar 2025
Kick-off event: Networking for mothers* in science – How do you do it? (March 25, 2025)
What do you think when you hear the word “compatibility”? How do you feel as a mother in science? What hurdles do you face, what successes have you been able to celebrate? And how do you manage the daily balancing act between the different roles? We would like to discuss these and other questions, network […]
18. Mar 2025
DFG Funding Opportunities: for Postdocs (March 26, 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: March 26, 2025 Time: 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. CET Language: English Please note: You can access the event via the […]
14. Mar 2025
Fulbright Germany: Ausschreibung Doktorand:innenförderung in den USA 2026
Bis zum 1. Mai 2025 können sich deutsche Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen bei Fulbright Germany für ein Doktorand:innenstipendium bewerben. Es werden vier- bis sechsmonatige Forschungsprojekte an einer US-Hochschule oder Forschungsinstitution gefördert, die zwischen dem 1. Januar 2026 und dem 31. Mai 2026 begonnen werden. Das Stipendium finanziert Unterhaltskosten von 2.400 Euro/Monat, die transatlantische Reise und eine Kranken-/Unfallversicherung. Das Fulbright […]