April 2024
Mental Health for Postdocs and Supervisors: Taking Care of Yourself and Others
In this two-part workshop, we will approach mental health in academia with the tools and mindset of Nonviolent Communication. The aim of this workshop is to offer participants a practical guide to manage their own emotions in the workplace, to increase their ability and skill to relate to their students or colleagues in a compassionate and honest way, and to improve their communication skills when...
Approaches to Good Supervision. Session 1: Getting Started as a Supervisor
About the Series
Starting as a postdoc, junior group leader or junior professor, it is usually expected to supervise doctoral candidates. Supervision however is one of the tasks that are so "normal" in academia that we quite often neglect to further explain and prepare: "Everybody knows what supervision is so we don’t need to talk about it." – As a result of this mindset, researchers who start...
Getting Started. Der erfolgreiche Weg zur Promotion
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
HRA Spotlight – Communicating Science Through Comics
Scientists are adept at crafting stories that delve into scientific concepts. However, the traditional method of presenting fact-laden scientific narratives often proves inadequate in an age where scientists are encouraged to communicate their research to varied audiences.
The medium of comics, with its predominantly visual nature, emerges as a tool for disseminating information to a wide range...
May 2024
Onboarding in German Academia
Information and support for doctoral researchers new to the German academic system
Researching, teaching, supervising, and working in the German academic system brings with it challenges in terms of communication and collaboration. An understanding of how research organisations work, what structures they follow, what career opportunities there are and what expectations are associated with them...
YOUMARES Conference 2024
The YOUMARES 14 conference will take place again this year in Hamburg on the Cap San Diego in the port of Hamburg. The event is organized by the German Society for Marine Research for young researchers from all over the world. The conference itself is organized by young German scientists from universities and research institutions. Abstracts on marine topics from all areas can be submitted until...
Building Your Competence Portfolio for an Academic Career
The profiles of postdocs, group leaders or professors require changing skill sets. Researchers are often focussing on skills directly connected to research itself. However, in order to successfully navigate an academic career track, additional skills particularly in strategy, management, and communication become more crucial along the way.
This workshop will cover the following topics and you get...
Approaches to Good Supervision. Session 1: Getting Started as a Supervisor
About the Series
Starting as a postdoc, junior group leader or junior professor, it is usually expected to supervise doctoral candidates. Supervision however is one of the tasks that are so "normal" in academia that we quite often neglect to further explain and prepare: "Everybody knows what supervision is so we don’t need to talk about it." – As a result of this mindset, researchers who start...
Research Supervision: Developing as a Doctoral Supervisor
This 2 ½ day workshop is designed to exchange approaches, tools and good practices in supervising doctoral researchers. It is aimed at supervisors with initial, first experience(s) and generally seeks to increase awareness of supervision challenges and whilst providing insights on how to deal with them.
Specific aspects that the workshop focuses on include:
- developments in doctoral supervision...
Betreuung: Gelingende Kommunikation für Promovierende
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Interview-Training für Podcast & Co.
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
June 2024
Disputationstraining
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Approaches to Good Supervision. Session 3: Train
About the Series
Starting as a postdoc, junior group leader or junior professor, it is usually expected to supervise doctoral candidates. Supervision however is one of the tasks that are so "normal" in academia that we quite often neglect to further explain and prepare: "Everybody knows what supervision is so we don’t need to talk about it." – As a result of this mindset, researchers who start...
Getting It Done. How to Complete Your Dissertation – Methods and Motivation
Most of the content of your dissertation is now clearly defined. Outline and structure are beginning to take shape and the submission deadline is drawing closer. Your main question is: "How can I use the remaining time most efficiently?"
The "Getting It Done"-workshop provides you with useful tools to tackle the final stage of your dissertation with as little hassle as possible. Get to know tried...
Academic Writing in the Natural and Life Sciences
Writing is an essential part of the successful researcher’s skillset. However, writing at the standard necessary to publish in peer-reviewed journals can be challenging. This two-day writing workshop is for doctoral researchers in the life and natural sciences who wish to improve their academic writing skills in English.
This hands-on workshop will delve into the structure of English papers and...
HRA Spotlight – EU-Forschungsförderung für Postdocs
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
HRA Spotlight – Nationale Forschungsförderung für Postdocs
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Approaches to Good Supervision. Session 4: Facilitate
About the Series
Starting as a postdoc, junior group leader or junior professor, it is usually expected to supervise doctoral candidates. Supervision however is one of the tasks that are so "normal" in academia that we quite often neglect to further explain and prepare: "Everybody knows what supervision is so we don’t need to talk about it." – As a result of this mindset, researchers who start...
Wissenschaft auf der Bühne. 3MT und Science Slam
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
July 2024
How to Advance Your Research Career and Get Funding
Becoming a postdoc is a pivotal, yet highly selective career step towards research independence and tenure. Preparing for future research leadership, the workshop helps early career researchers to assess their current position, align career aspirations with longer-term research goals and develop a road map for achieving them in the individual setting. Practice scenarios provide guidance on how to...
Approaches to Good Supervision. Session 5: Laws, Rules and Regulations
About the Series
Starting as a postdoc, junior group leader or junior professor, it is usually expected to supervise doctoral candidates. Supervision however is one of the tasks that are so "normal" in academia that we quite often neglect to further explain and prepare: "Everybody knows what supervision is so we don’t need to talk about it." – As a result of this mindset, researchers who start...
HRA Spotlight – Mehr als Plagiatsvermeidung. Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis in der Promotion
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
HRA Spotlight – Promovieren? Wissenswertes für die Entscheidung
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
Exposé-Werkstatt. Von der Idee zum Text
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
August 2024
Conference Presentation: Engaging the Listener in Your Talk
The seminar provides participants the opportunity to perfect their public-speaking skills. This is an activity-based workshop led by theatre professionals whose expertise is in helping the speaker effectively communicate the importance and relevance of the work and the core message in the talk. Repetition is a key aspect of the training so that participants can strengthen the narrative, the...
September 2024
Videos konzipieren und produzieren für die Wissenschaftskommunikation
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
HRA Spotlight – Early Career Researchers in der Wissenschaftskommunikation
This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.
February 2025
CEN Graduation Ceremony 2025
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We are happy to announce that our next CEN Graduation Ceremony will take place on Friday, February 7, 2025.
At the Graduation Ceremony of the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability we would like to honour all 2024 graduates (from February) and until January 2025 in a festive ceremony followed by a reception.
All graduates of the Master programs Meteorology...