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9. Apr 2024

Election of the PhD Representatives 2024

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The time has come! – the doctoral student representatives at MLU Halle-Wittenberg will be elected for the second time. This means that all doctoral students at this university have the opportunity to vote and elect their representatives between May 16 and May 27, 2024. However, they not only have the right to vote, but also can be elected themselves.

So if you feel that you would like to represent the interests of doctoral students in your faculty or the Senate, please contact your representation (for information) or fill in the form directly (between April 3 and April 23, 2024). Further information on the procedure can be found on the website of the election committee.

The active PhD representatives – have set themselves the final task of making this election a success. This means that at least two people from each of MLU’s nine faculties will stand for election so that each faculty is represented in the respective council meetings as well as in the doctoral student council.

More at the website of the PhD representatives.

5. Apr 2024

Interviews mit drei Doktorandinnen der MLU

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Wie sieht also eine Karriere in der Wissenschaft an der MLU aus? Die Promotion ist oft der Anfang einer Wissenschaftskarriere hin zu einer Professur. Und dennoch, die Promotion eröffnet viele weitere berufliche Möglichkeiten, sowohl an der MLU als auch in vielen anderen Institutionen.

Die Interviews sind Teil der Erfahrungsberichte auf der Webseite zur Karriereberatung der MLU

19. Mar 2024

Spring school “Socially Engaged Research in Life Sciences” (April 9-10, 2024)

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The following event is organized by the Horizon EU Projekt BETTER Life.

There is a growing interest in collaborative and interdisciplinary research for addressing many global challenges that societies are facing nowadays. Early Career Researchers can and should play a key role in addressing these challenges and breaking the traditional barriers of academic research by better aligning their research with societal needs and wants.

With the International Spring School you will be given an overview of the potential and challenges of socially engaged research and you can explore individual approaches in greater depth as well as learn about interesting methods for enhancing socially engage research in workshops and sessions.

BETTER Life looks forward to welcoming Master’s students, PhD students and post-docs who want to expand their knowledge of socially engaged research.

Spring School takes place online via Zoom in English and is free of charge.

If you are interested, please register on eventbrite by April 4, 2024.

31. Jan 2024

New statutes on the principles for safeguarding good scientific practice at MLU

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MLU has recently released the new statutes on good scientific practice (in German). Every researcher at MLU has to comply with the rules of good scientific practice.

Satzung über die Grundsätze zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis und über den Umgang mit Vorwürfen wissenschaftlichen Fehlverhaltens an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Amtsblatt 34. Jahrgang, Nr. 1 vom 16. Januar 2024, S. 1

13. Dec 2023

Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year 2024

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Dear doctoral students and postdocs,

we would like to thank you for continuing efforts during your research studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2023.
Your research results contribute to the good scientific reputation of our university in Germany and world-wide. Please find some examples of research of doctoral students in the doctoral student’s profiles.

Many thanks for your contributions and questions in our survey on supervision. With the help of your questions we were able to shape the interview guidelines. We asked four supervisors about their perspective and experiences in the supervision of doctoral students. Please find the interviews and the results of the survey at “What supervisors want”.

We wish you a Merry Christmas, a joyful Holiday Season and all the best for the New Year 2024.

The InGrA team

PS: Please check the upcoming InGrA-workshops in 2024 and our recently released guides4docs@MLU.

8. Dec 2023

What supervisors want / Was Betreuende erwarten

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The relationship between doctoral researchers and their supervisors influences the pathway and success of a doctoral project and is a crucial factor for the start of an academic career (Ives & Rowley 2007). It is thus all the more important that both parties deal with the perspective, expectations and needs of the other side.

With the project “What supervisors want” InGrA sheds some light on the relationship between supervisors and their doctoral students. The project was carried out in 2023.

The project consists of the following parts:

  • Introduction to the project
  • Results of the online survey of doctoral students on supervision
  • Portraits of interview participants
  • Interviews with supervisors (in German)
    • Prof. Dr. Daniel Wefers (Food Chemistry)
    • Prof. Dr. Jenny Haase (Spanish and American Literature and Culture), 
    • Prof. Dr. Ingo Heilmann (Plant Biochemistry) 
    • Prof. Dr. Konstanze Senge (Economic and Organisational Sociology).
  • Interview: main take-aways (in English)

To provide information and guidance for doctoral students we have approached supervisors in four departments at MLU. In semi-structured interviews we asked them about their perspective and experiences in the supervision of doctoral students. This was preceded by an online survey in which doctoral researchers had the opportunity to ask their questions and thus helped to shape the interview guidelines. Enjoy the reading. Hopefully, we can broaden your perspective on doctoral supervision and What supervisors want.

More at the website What supervisors want

30. Nov 2023

Thermal impact of underground car parks heat up groundwater but could serve as a heat source for households

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Here you find the doctoral student’s profile of Maximilian Noethen. He published results of his doctoral studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and shared the research more widely with a press release.

About the author:

M. Noethen in the “lab”.
  • Maximilian Noethen ORCID, ResearchGate
  • Research areas: Subsurface warming, Geothermal energy, Groundwater quality
  • Applied Geology Group, Institute of Geosciences and Geography, MLU

Fields of expertise during doctoral studies:

  • Anthropogenic warming of the subsurface
  • Geothermal applications on shallow groundwater resources
  • Impact of thermal pollution on groundwater quality
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10. Nov 2023

[PlantBioChem] NMR in Depth (Nov/Dec 2023)

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There are free slots for the following Doctoral Training Course (DoCou) organised by Leibniz Research School PlantBioChem at Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) Halle.

  • title: NMR in Depth
  • Session 1: Friday, 17.11.2023, 13:00-15:00
    Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB
  • Session 2: Friday, 24.11.2023, 13:00-15:00
    Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB
  • Session 3: Friday, 8.12.2023, 13:00-15:00
    Kurt-Mothes Lecture Hall at IPB
  • Session 4: Friday, 15.12.2023, 13:30-15:30
    Benno-Parthier Seminar Room at IPB
  • with Dr. Pauline Stark (Dept. NWC, IPB)
  • Information & registration: https://eveeno.com/nmr2023

While the DoCous are primarily tailored to train doctoral researchers, also postdocs, undergraduate students and technical staff are very welcome to attend, capacity permitting. In case of questions, you can contact 

8. Nov 2023

Second funding period of two Research Training Groups approved

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Congratulations! The German Research Foundation (DFG) is once again funding two Research Training Groups (RTGs) at MLU with around four million euros each. This will enable the successful training of doctoral students in the fields of plant research and protein research to be continued and expanded.

The Research Training Group “Communication and Dynamics of Plant Cell Compartments (GRK 2498)” is investigating the question of how plants produce their special ingredients and valuable substances.

The Research Training Group “Intrinsically Disordered Proteins – Molecular Principles, Cellular Functions, and Diseases (GRK 2467)” is investigating a special class of proteins that is also responsible for many serious diseases.

Read more at press release 140/2023 on November 8, 2023 (in German).

6. Nov 2023

Stipends for doctoral students from the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt 2024

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Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) biannually provides funding for scholarships. The funding comes from the Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Start of the funding for this call is in the summer semester in April 2024.

  • Announcement of graduate scholarships for doctoral candidates according to the Graduate Promotion Act of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (in German):

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants are those who

  • have demonstrated a special aptitude for academic work through well above-average study and examination results,
  • have completed a university degree,
  • is preparing for a doctorate at MLU,
  • presents a scientific project that is expected to make an important contribution to research, and
  • is supervised by a (non-retired) university lecturer at MLU.

The scholarship can be applied for every semester. As a rule, it is granted for a period of three years.

Application via faculties

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