Postdoc Academy – Your Career Space

Facing legal Challenges – World Café as part of the Postdoc Appreciation Week

19.09.23, 10:30-13:00

Berlin, Humboldt-Graduate School, Luisenstr. 56

BUA Postdoc Academy Kick-Off
Image Credit: Simon Brunel – Limo for Research

Legal challenges (WissZeitVG, BerlHG) bother postdocs nationwide. As part of this year's Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW), we invite you to get in contact with experts from science and politics. After the experts have each given their input, you will have the opportunity to talk intensively with a speaker in three rounds, ask questions or exchange perspectives.

Your hosts will be:

Prof. Dr. Christoph Schneider, Member of the BUA Executive Board and Vicepresident of HU Berlin
Dr. Thorsten Wilhelmy, Managing Director Einstein Foundation Berlin
Dr. Jana Lüdtke, Member of the BUA Postdoc Academy Council and Member of the Academic Senate of FU Berlin as a representative for early- and mid-career researcher
Dr. Michael Wetzels, associated Postdoc at TU Berlin and co-department chair of the SPD-Wilhelmstadt
A representative from the Berlin Senate will also be present!

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Workshops

Welcome to the Postdoc Academy

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BUA Postdoc Academy Job Shadowing Program: First Round starts now!

Would you like to have a unique opportunity to gain professional experience outside of your own work context? The Job Shadowing Program gives you that opportunity to get to know, in a realistic way, attractive job profiles and career paths in science, science management, and science-related environments.

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Up to 10,000 Euros to boost your career idea!

The BUA Postdoc Academy supports the best from postdocs self-initiated networking career ideas. Get together with your peers and organize your own Postdoc-career event(s). Get involved and hit the jackpot!

Open call “Hit the Jackpot”. Apply now!

Postdoc Academy Portfolio

Information Portal

The Alliance partners provide postdocs with a wide variety of career support and network offerings. In the context of the upcoming Postdoc Academy, we will launch an information portal with an overview of all career-relevant opportunities for you.

Postdoc School

Benefit from a course program specifically tailored to the needs of postdocs. The Postdoc School will offer courses in the areas of research management, career counselling, self-management, science communication, etc. Take advantage and let us know what your needs are.

Career Workshops

Benefit from your peers and build up a network of likeminded people! Just get involved and tell us what your needs are, we are looking forward to support your innovative ideas. The first postdoc networking event will be held in summer 2023.

Competence Tool

Get a quick and self-paced assessment of your individual competences. Based on the results, you will be able to make informed decisions about the next steps in your career development. The tool is expected to be available for use starting in the end of 2023.