News for graduates and postdocs at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
10. Apr 2026
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 their project to success.
[ Read On … ]9. Apr 2026
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 von KI-Tools hinaus: In einem interaktiven Laborformat simulieren wir gemeinsam einen verkürzten Forschungsprozess der Qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse. Wir experimentieren mit verschiedenen KI-Werkzeugen, wenden sie auf ein praxisnahes Datenset an und reflektieren die Ergebnisse im direkten Austausch. Das Ziel: einen persönlichen, methodisch fundierten Workflow für den Einsatz von KI in der eigenen Forschung zu entwickeln.
[ Read On … ]7. Apr 2026
GSO – Guidance, Skills & Opportunities for Researchers e. V. offers the following webinar.
Researchers consider a professorship in Germany, but the path towards it often remains unclear.
In this webinar, we will talk to Katharina Lemke, an expert on academic careers and appointment processes in Germany. We’ll address key questions such as:
[ Read On … ]7. Apr 2026
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, to win supporters and thus reach the respectively set goals.
[ Read On … ]26. Mar 2026
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 writing in English – and especially German-speaking academics – are prone and equip the participants with strategies to avoid these pitfalls.
The workshop will be held on three days (two days in person; a half day online, during which you will receive individual feedback). It will be conducted in English by two trainers who have a professional background in the social sciences and many years of experience in teaching English academic writing and in translating and editing academic texts by German-speaking scholars.
[ Read On … ]20. Mar 2026
There are free slots in a seminar organised by the graduate school POLY within AgriPoly II at MLU.
In this seminar, you will explore the following mindset:
This workshop is not about starting a business. Rather, it focuses on the entrepreneurial mindset as a way of thinking and acting: creative, proactive, and impact-oriented.
At the same time, the organizers aim to highlight a third path between academia and industry – the space in between, where transfer, collaboration, and societal impact take place. The seminar invites participants to expand their scope for career development and self-direction, to gain a realistic understanding of possible pathways – and perhaps to feel inspired to take a bold step of their own.
Further information and registration at the Poly website.
19. Mar 2026
Collaboration is at the heart of turning ideas into impact – especially in regions undergoing transformation.
The seminar focuses on how to move from ideas to joint action. You will explore how entrepreneurial thinking unfolds not only individually, but in teams, networks, and real-world collaborations.
Using practical examples of both successful and failed initiatives, we will reflect on what enables cooperation – and where tensions arise. You will develop your own mission statement as a way to provide direction and inspire others, while gaining hands-on experience in networking and navigating conflicts.
Through a combination of theory, practical exercises, and reflection you will discover how communication, trust, and shared vision become key drivers for creating sustainable impact.
[ Read On … ]18. Mar 2026
Please check the ULB website for more information.
9. Mar 2026
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 and illustrate your research content for a printed or digital poster format.
Basic rules of graphic design and layout technique will help you to present your work in a visually well-structured and compelling way. The training shows you how to present your research efficiently and provides time to put directly into practice what you have learned.
[ Read On … ]9. Feb 2026
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 will cover data import, processing and data exploration, graphical representations with ggplot2, basic concepts of statistical inference and linear regression. All topics will be demonstrated in working examples and practiced with hands on examples.
In the first two days we are going to teach the basic functionality of R, RStudio, and ggplot2. Day three and four are dedicated to the application of statistical tests, which will be extended to linear mixed-effects models.