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This workshop deepens your understanding of how networks may positively influence your career, your research projects and your personal development, and it helps increase the usefulness of your own networks. Special emphasis is placed on aspects related to working in international contexts and to pursuing an international academic career.

Contents
- What is a network? Which effects does it have?
-...

Programming skills are essential for many job opportunities in academia today. In this Summer-Winter School, you will learn the basics and intermediates of the programming language Python, and how to apply it to increase sustainability. The School focuses on the question "How does programming for academic purposes work using the Python computer language for increasing sustainability?" It takes...

Self-defense crash course - only for women!

The field of realistic self-defense encompasses a lot – from de-escalation and tactical avoidance to effective defensive techniques against physical attacks.

Our head plays at least as big a role in self-defense as our body does. Our mental state influences our well-being and our self-confidence which are reflected in our behavior. Especially when we...

Once a month, the HRA provides an opportunity to see Hamburg from a different perspective and to exchange and network with Hamburg researchers. Over the course of the theme year, we will explore the locations and sights near our member universities with a professional guide. There will be the opportunity to continue chatting and networking with fellow researchers over a drink after the tour. We...

Target Group: All employees of Universität Hamburg incl. doctoral and postdoctoral researchers / Language: English / Trainer: Paul Endrejat / Max. Participants: 12

After the seminar you will have understood -from a psychological perspective - how individuals could be motivated to engage in sustainable change.

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This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.      

We are excited to announce that our next CEN Graduation Ceremony will be held on Friday, February 10, 2023 at 4:30 pm in Lecture Hall 1 of the Geomatikum, Bundesstraße 55, Hamburg.

At the Graduation Ceremony and subsequent reception at the Geological-Paleontological Museum, all CEN MSc students and PhD candidates from 2022 up to and including January 31, 2023 will be formally honored.

We look...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.      

Target Group: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers (up to 2 years after doctorate) / Language: English / Trainer: Paul Endrejat / Max. Participants: 20

In this workshop, we look into the factors that impact on how we think and make decisions. Learn to question how your mindset can help or hinder your day-to-day life and your future career prospects.

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This course is creditable...

When doctoral researchers take the next step in their career, they may move into leadership positions and need to manage projects and teams, be it in public research or industry. Polls have shown that while their scientific competence is usually good, most of the times these researchers need to improve their capacity in project and time management to deliver a successful performance. Thus, it is...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.      

Unconscious Bias 101

Everyone is biased to a certain extent because of the ways our brain structures information. This one hand allows us to make quick decisions in every day life situations. But as functional as mental shortcuts are in some situations, in many contexts being biased comes with a cost – for the individual as well as for society as a whole. Therefore, it's worth having a closer...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.

Once a month, the HRA provides an opportunity to see Hamburg from a different perspective and to exchange and network with Hamburg researchers. Over the course of the theme year, we will explore the locations and sights near our member universities with a professional guide. There will be the opportunity to continue chatting and networking with fellow researchers over a drink after the tour. We...

The Active Bystander training program aims to empower doctoral and early career researchers to challenge poor behaviors, and bring about cultural change through the reinforcement of messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behavior.

Contents
- An understanding of what bystander apathy is and the importance of being an active bystander
- Learn skills and techniques to positively challenge...

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...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.