March 2024
Jollification
This event takes place in German.
April 2024
Career & Parenthood - Group Coaching II
Target Group: Doctoral researchers, Postdocs, Junior Professors and Leaders of Junior Research Groups / Language: English / Trainer: Desiree Dickerson / Max. Participants: 8
How do we thrive at work whilst navigating the worry and guilt of managing a family at home? An online seminar with Dr. Desiree Dickerson for PhDs and PDs with family commitments.
This course can be credited to "Learn to...
May 2024
Doctoral Thesis Defense of Muhammad Mobeen
We are proud to announce the disputation of the SICSS member Muhammad Mobeen.
Dissertation title: “Flood Risk, Climate Adaptation and Rural Livelihood in Pakistan's Irrigated Agriculture: Statistical Analysis of Farmer Survey Data”
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...
Changing Course: Insights on Transitioning Away from Academia
Target Group: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers / Language: English / Trainer: Vicent Botella-Soler / Max. Participants: 100
In this talk, we will introduce some helpful strategies in transitioning away from academia and dispel some common misconceptions and biases. Among other things: The primacy of soft over hard skills.
This course can be credited to "Learn to Lead - Mindset Leadership"(...
HRA City Walk – St. Georg
Once a month, the HRA provides an opportunity to see Hamburg from a different perspective and to exchange and network with Hamburg researchers. We 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 look forward to meeting you!
Further...
Bewerben auf Postdoc-Stellen
Target Group: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers / Language: German / Trainer: Dr. Dieta Kuchenbrandt / Max. Participants: 12
Eine Bewerbung in der Wissenschaft unterscheidet sich in zahlreichen Punkten von anderen Branchen: Wie sieht eine wissenschaftliche Bewerbungsmappe aus?
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...
Die Sprache der Wirtschaft - Wissenschaftskompetenzen in Bewerbungen darstellen
Target Group: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers / Language: German / Trainer: Meike Schoon / Max. Participants: 14
In diesem Workshop lernen Sie, was das eigene Profil für Arbeitgebende außerhalb der Hochschule attraktiv macht und wie Fähigkeiten überzeugend dargestellt werden.
Dieser Kurs ist anrechenbar für „Learn to Lead – Führen mit Haltung“ (Learn to Lead : Universität : Universität...
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
Career Choices - Design Your Career According to Your Strengths and Values
Target Group: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers / Language: English / Trainer: Kerstin Mauth / Max. Participants: 14
This workshop offers guidance and space for reflection to help you decide on the next step in your career. Designing a career that suits one’s personal strengths and values is an art that can be learned.
This course can be credited to "Learn to Lead - Mindset Leadership"(...
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...
Design Thinking in Universities: Work and Think Agile in Complex Structures
Target Group: Research and Higher Education Manager (UHH) / Language: English / Trainer: Paul Endrejat / Max. Participants: 12
Design Thinking is a systematic approach to complex problems that is based on user orientation. Ideas are developed at the interface between people, the environment and technology, consistently focusing on people with their needs, motivations, and problems.
This course...
The Competency Profile as the Basis for Successful Applications
Target Group: All employees at UHH / Language: English / Trainer: Meike Schoon / Max. Participants: 100
The talk shows how important it is for successful (internal or external) applications to know your own core competencies and interests and to be able to specify them precisely.
This course can be credited to "Learn to Lead - Mindset Leadership"(Learn to Lead : Universität : Universität...
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 City Walk – Blankenese
Once a month, the HRA provides an opportunity to see Hamburg from a different perspective and to exchange and network with Hamburg researchers. We 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 look forward to meeting you!
Further...
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.
Active Job Search: Researching – Networking – Visibility
Target Group: All employees at UHH / Language: English / Trainer: Meike Schoon / Max. Participants: 100
This talk shows how bold networking and increasing your visibility can help you tap into the enormous potential of the so-called hidden job market.
This course can be credited to "Learn to Lead - Mindset Leadership"(Learn to Lead : University : Universität Hamburg (uni-hamburg.de)) in the...
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.
How to write Successful Applications
Target Group: All employees at UHH / Language: English / Trainer: Meike Schoon / Max. Participants: 100
The food for thought shows how important it is for successful (internal or external) applications to know one's own core competencies and interests and to be able to name them succinctly.
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...
Common Job Interview Questions Outside Academia
Target Group: All employees at UHH / Language: English / Trainer: Meike Schoon / Max. Participants: 100
This talk is all about typical job interview questions (and possible answers). From interviewing techniques to preparation and your personal mindset.
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
HRA City Walk – Emigration Museum BallinStadt Hamburg
Once a month, the HRA provides an opportunity to see Hamburg from a different perspective and to exchange and network with Hamburg researchers. We 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 look forward to meeting you!
Further...
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
First Audition? How to Apply for Full Professorship
Target Group: Postdoctoral Researchers / Language: German / Trainer: Dr. Dieta Kuchenbrandt / Max. Participants: 12
The aim of the webcast is to provide participants with detailed information about all phases of the appointment procedure for professorships (focus Germany), and to give them concrete advice and tips for their applications (formal aspects, application documents, hearing and job...
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.
Mental Clarity & Decision Making
Target Group: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers / Language: English / Trainer: Vicent Botella-Soler / 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.
This course can be credited to "Learn to Lead - Mindset Leadership"(...
HRA City Walk – Graffiti and StreetArt
Once a month, the HRA provides an opportunity to see Hamburg from a different perspective and to exchange and network with Hamburg researchers. We 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 look forward to meeting you!
Further...
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...