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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

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!

Register now!

Workshops

Welcome to the Postdoc Academy

Our goal is to improve your career and enable you to make individually good choices about your next steps. Stay informed, sign up to the mailing list.

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.

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!

Postdoc Academy Portfolio

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.

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.

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.

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.

Explore by following academic leaders or leaders in science management. Job shadowing opportunities will be announced soon.

Explore your career opportunities inside and outside academia. Learn what skills are needed for different career paths. First event expected to take place in winter 2023.

Listen to interesting career insights, benefit from others’ experiences or tell your own story – this planned podcast series is all about you and your peers. Let's talk about it!

Contact Postdoc Academy

Elisabeth Nickler

Elisabeth Nickler
Image Credit: Berlin University Alliance

Elisabeth Nickler, project lead
Berlin University Alliance
Tel.: +49 30 838-502 92
postdocs@berlin-university-alliance.de

Tatiana Kharkova

Tatiana Kharkova
Image Credit: privat

Tatiana Kharkova, project coordinator
Berlin University Alliance
Tel.: +49 30 838-68391
postdocs@berlin-university-alliance.de

Nadia Zysman

Nadia Zysman
Image Credit: privat

Dr. Nadia Zysman, program manager
Freie Universität Berlin
+49 30 838-55626
postdocs@berlin-university-alliance.de

Regina von Schmeling

Regina von Schmeling
Image Credit: privat

Dr. Regina von Schmeling, program manager
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
+49 30 2093-89710 
postdocs@berlin-university-alliance.de

Meike Haken

Meike Haken
Image Credit: Bettina Liedtke

Dr. Meike Haken, program manager
Technische Universität Berlin
+49 30 314-70991
postdocs@berlin-university-alliance.de

Nicole Bornheim-Gallmeister

Nicole Bornheim-Gallmeister
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Dr. Nicole Bornheim-Gallmeister, program manager
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
+49 30 450-576494
postdocs@berlin-university-alliance.de