Weiterqualifizierung

Die „Career Talk at Noon Series“ bietet die perfekte Gelegenheit, sich einfach über berufsbezogene Themen zu informieren, Professor*innen und andere relevante Ansprechpersonen an der Universität kennenzulernen und Fragen zu stellen. Die Vorträge finden auf Englisch statt und werden an ausgewählten Montagen und Donnerstagen im Herbst/Wintersemester 2025 jeweils von 12:00 bis 13:00 Uhr via Zoom angeboten. Schalten Sie sich einfach dazu!

Hier ist der Zoom-Link: https://uni-mannheim.zoom-x.de/j/65837642382.

Sie möchten sicher und verständlich mit Journalist*innen kommunizieren – auch wenn die erste Presseanfrage noch bevorsteht? Wir freuen uns, Ihnen ein zweitägiges Medientraining anzubieten, das speziell auf den Umgang mit Medien und medien­gerechtes Schreiben zugeschnitten ist.

Ziel des Workshops

Sie lernen, wie Journalist*innen Themen auswählen und was das für die Darstellung Ihrer eigenen Forschung bedeutet:

• Wie formuliere ich meine Botschaft klar und verständlich?
• Wie reagiere ich professionell auf Presseanfragen?
• Welche Einstiegs­möglichkeiten in die Wissenschafts­kommunikation gibt es – auch ohne große Medienpräsenz im Vorfeld?

Im Fokus stehen praxisnahe Übungen wie Interviewsituationen vor der Kamera.

Datum und Uhrzeit

25. und 26. September 2025

9.00 – 16.00 Uhr (Tag 1), 8:30 – 15:30 Uhr (Tag 2) CET

Anmeldeschluss

5. September 2025

Format

Präsenz­veranstaltung, Universität Mannheim

Ziel­gruppe

Doktorand*innen, Postdocs und Junior­professor*innen aller Fach­bereiche der Universität Mannheim

Sprache

Deutsch

Referent*innen

Sina Löschke und Tim Schröder (Wissenschafts­journalist*innen vom Redaktions­büro Schneehohl)

Maximale Teilnehmerzahl

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Anmeldung

Bitte melden Sie sich bis zum 5. September 2025 per E-Mail mit Ihrer Universitäts-E-Mail-Adresse an: postdocsmail-uni-mannheim.de. 
Bei Rückfragen wenden Sie sich gerne an: Yvonne Kaul (kaulmail-uni-mannheim.de) oder Dr. Jayana Jain (jayana.jainmail-uni-mannheim.de). Dieser Workshop findet in Zusammenarbeit mit der Abteilung Kommunikation und der Postdoc Career Academy der Universität Mannheim statt.

You have a solid academic profile, an inspiring idea and even the drive to make it happen? Yet, some promising opportunities seem out of reach.

Because often, it is not your work that is lacking. It is your network! As in most areas of life, personal connections in academia can lead to the most significant breakthroughs. This workshop gives you practical tools to build real connections that lead to collaborations, insights, and jobs without the need to “sell” yourself. It is about forming and drawing support from a friendly network.

This workshop will provide you with easy networking techniques and will teach you open, honest and unobtrusive methods to help you make the best use of opportunities like conferences, chance meetings and careers fairs.

This workshop will teach you how to:

• Approach people and start conversations in unobtrusive, non-pushy ways.
• Make a good impression on potential collaboration partners or employers without the hard sell.
• Reliably find an institute/group that is right for you to collaborate with or work in.
• Access the hidden job market of unadvertised positions when job hunting, become the “preferred candidate” or even have positions created specifically for you.
• Gather the information needed to aid your search and any negotiations (including conditions, author­ship and salary).
• Give yourself the edge over others who use the more usual methods of contacting people.
• The confidence to make progress. Knowing how to network is not enough. You also need to develop confidence to practice it. To address this, the workshop includes a module on how to trans­form your self-confidence. It includes eye-opening insights on not just managing low confidence but actually changing how you feel about yourself in real networking situations. 

Outcome
By establishing a useful and productive network you will be able to remain updated about new scientific developments, collaboration opportunities and new jobs as they arise. This will give you the best choice of opportunities, as you will be among the first to know, giving you a strategic edge over others!

The workshop will be very interactive. Expect to be challenged, expect to be asked questions, expect to participate!

Date and Time 

10 and 17 November 2025

9.00–13.00 Uhr CET

Deadline for registration

27 October 2025

Format
Online via Zoom, link will be provided 

Please connect with a working audio and video device and expect to actively participate in the workshop with your camera on.

Target group
Early career researchers (doctoral and postdoctoral candidates) from the ENGAGE.EU partner universities 

Language of instruction
English

Instructor
Rob Thompson, RTTA.

Maximum number of participants
15

Registration
Please register until 27 October 2025 by writing to postdocsmail-uni-mannheim.de with your university e-mail address. Please note that we can only consider registrations sent from your university e-mail account to ensure affiliation with an ENGAGE.EU partner university. If there are more registrations than available places, the participants will be drawn by lot and informed by 28 October. Please find information on the processing of your personal data in our information on data protection (PDF).

This workshop, in collaboration with ENGAGE.EU and the Postdoc Career Academy at the University of Mannheim, is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg.

Training Goals 

Leaving academia and looking for a job in the industry is an important and sometimes difficult step. This fundamental career training enables you to search for job offers efficiently and prepare convincing application documents.

Day 1 Content (Focus: Jobs in EU-wide Industry)

• Ideas for possible positions
• Identification of personal competences and interests
• Identifying key requirements in job ads
• Estimation of chances of success
• Presentation of AI use cases for applicants

On the first day of the workshop, you will deepen the awareness of competences you might have gained at the university and discuss positions in the industry which might be interesting for you and how you can target your search for future employment. In an additional live workshop, you learn the meaning of typical phrases in job advertisements and how much your chances of success are influenced by requirements you cannot fulfil. Finally, you will get to know various AI use cases with practical examples for applicants. You will get tips on how to optimise your prompting so that you get the right result quickly. 

Day 2 Content (Focus: Jobs in German Industry)

• Overview of most successful search methods
• Active job search activities with specific recommendations
• Passive job search activities
• Content and design of a CV
• Structure and example of a convincing cover letter

On the second day of the workshop, you will understand how to target your search for future employment, and where you can look for vacancies. You get to know various options of job databases and further activities to come into contact with employers, e. g. via social platforms and CV databases. Furthermore, you will understand how to write your cover letter and CV, and how best to adapt your application to the job offer. You will see examples for a professional application design and photos. Moreover, you will reflect on modern and traditional application aspects of job application in industry, and you will get hints for your application phase in general.

Date and Time 

24 and 25 November 2025

9.00 – 14.30 (Day 1), 9:00 – 12:00 (Day 2) CET.

Deadline for registration

31 October 2025

Format
Online via Zoom, link will be provided 

Please connect with a working audio and video device and expect to actively participate in the workshop with your camera on.

Target group
Early career researchers (doctoral and postdoctoral candidates) from the ENGAGE.EU partner universities who have little application knowledge and are looking for a new employment in the next 12 months.

Language of instruction
English

Instructor
Heidi Störr

Maximum number of participants
20

Registration
Please register until 31 October 2025 by writing to postdocsmail-uni-mannheim.de with your university e-mail address. Please note that we can only consider registrations sent from your university e-mail account to ensure affiliation with an ENGAGE.EU partner university. If there are more registrations than available places, the participants will be drawn by lot and informed by 5 November. Please find information on the processing of your personal data in our information on data protection (PDF). When registering for this workshop, you also agree to the following terms and conditions: https://www.push-your-career.com/privacy-policy/. This workshop, in collaboration with ENGAGE.EU and the Postdoc Career Academy at the University of Mannheim, is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg.

„Career Talk at Noon Series“ bietet die perfekte Gelegenheit, sich einfach über berufsbezogene Themen zu informieren, Ansprech­partner an der Universität kennenzulernen und Fragen zu stellen. Die Vorträge finden an ausgewählten Donnerstagen zwischen 12:00 und 13:00 Uhr via Zoom statt. Schalten Sie einfach dazu! Hier ist der Zoom-Link: https://uni-mannheim.zoom-x.de/j/62260000423.

6.3.2025 – 7.3.2025

9:30 – 13:00 Uhr

Dr. Jana Emontz

Online

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This course enhances your understanding of research integrity through comprehensive insights into the principles of good scientific practice and international guidelines.

In this course, we will address common challenges such as misconduct, data management, and copyright issues related to modern tools like ChatGPT. 

Our interactive format includes intensive sessions, case studies, and group discussions, allowing you to share experiences and network with fellow researchers. “Get your PhD, keep your PhD” – this course equips you with essential skills and knowledge to navigate the complexities of academic research successfully and aids you with questions or conflicts in the research context.
 

Topics

• Introduction and definitions
• Principles of good scientific practice incl. (inter-)national recommendations and regulations for safeguarding good research practice and research integrity
• Potential problem and conflict areas in the research process
• Misconduct cases in science Scientific data collection and documentation
• Research data management
• Copyright, ChatGPT and plagiarism
• Publications, collaborations and author­ship Supervision and organizational culture
• If needed:
  • Authorization or permission relevant research
  • Research on animals
  • Research with and on humans
  • Surveys, interviews, data privacy and security issues of personal data in research

Date and time
6 and 7 March from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (incl. breaks)

Format
Online via Zoom, link will be provided

Please connect with a working audio and video device and expect to actively participate in the workshop with your camera on.

Target group
Early career researchers from the ENGAGE.EU

partner universities

Language of instruction
English

Instructor
Dr. Jana Emontz, Heine Center for Academic Further Education

Maximum number of participants
20 

Registration
Please register until 19 February 2025 by writing to postdocsmail-uni-mannheim.de

with your university e-mail address. Please note that we can only consider registrations sent from your university e-mail account to ensure affiliation with an ENGAGE.EU partner university. If there are more registrations than available places, the participants will be drawn by lot and informed by 20 February. Please find information on the processing of your personal data in our information on data protection (PDF).

This workshop in collaboration with ENGAGE.EU and the Postdoc Career Academy at the University of Mannheim is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg.

Self-Study Module: video tutorials or live web-Seminar on 30 April 2025, 09:00–13:00 CEST
Online Training focus on Grants: 16 May 2025, 09:00–13:30 CEST

You will learn a comprehensive design philosophy, process, and set of strategies tailored specifically for scientists to visually communicate your own complex ideas so your messages are effortlessly understood by scientists or non-scientists.

A structured, no fluff, memorable, easy to follow, useful and fun training that will empower and enable you to create effective images, slides, posters, and grants. You will imediatelly apply the new skills to communicate your own science, draw a graphical abstract and discuss it with your peers and receive actionable feedback on your images and slides.

Content

Self-study module—Mandatory Fundamentals, Slides, and Homework (5 h) before the Online Workshop

Particpants can attend a live online web-Seminar on 30 April 9:00–13:00 CEST or use the self-study material provided.

• Fundamental Visual Communication: understand how human visual perception and psychology shape our interpretation of visual information. Discover a science-based design method to visualize your research, making it easily comprehensible. We will cover strategic use of layout, eye-flow, colors, and typography applied to all types of scientific images.
• Slides, Posters, Grants: you will learn how to apply the Seyens Method™ design philosophy and strategies introduced in the Fundamentals to slides, posters, and grants. This will give you a holistic approach that builds from the first principles, makes sense and is easy to remember and apply.  
•  Homework: submit your images and slides to receive personalized feedback. . Images related to your grant proposals will be prioritized.
  
  Live Workshop: Focus on Grants — On Zoom (4.5 h) 16 May 2025, 09:00 – 13:30 CEST
• Recap and Q&A: an effective review of self-study topics and optional 1-on-1 consulting with facilitator to address your individual challenges. Focus on using visuals in grant proposals.
• Feedback on your submitted materials: you will get actionable suggestions on how to improve your own scientific images and slides.
• Graphical abstract drawing exercise: you will draw a sketch of your research to be used in your grant proposal.
• Peer-instruction group discussion: you will give and receive informed and structured feedback to improve yours’ and other participants’ graphical abstracts.

Date and time
16 May from 9:00 to 13:30 CEST

Format
Online via Zoom, link will be provided

Please connect with a working audio and video device and expect to actively participate in the workshop with your camera on.

Trainer
Dr. Jernej Zupanc, Founder of Seyens Ltd.

Target group
Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers from the ENGAGE.EU partner universities

Language of instruction
English

Maximum number of participants
20

Registration
Please register until 10 April 2025 by writing to postdocsmail-uni-mannheim.de

with your university e-mail address. Please note that we can only consider registrations sent from your university e-mail account to ensure affiliation with an ENGAGE.EU partner university. If there are more registrations than available places, the participants will be drawn by lot and informed by 11 April. Please find information on the processing of your personal data in our information on data protection (PDF).

This workshop in collaboration with ENGAGE.EU and the Postdoc Career Academy at the University of Mannheim is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg.

27 and 28 May 2025
9:30 – 12:30 CEST

Academia is an ultramarathon that we try to run as a sprint. This approach tends to leave us with little time or energy for life outside of work and very few resources to cope when we face challenges. But a healthier approach to research is possible and is essential if you want to build a sustainable career in academia.

Despite our increasing diversity, academics tend to harbour a common chorus of voices in our heads. Voices that demand perfection, or that tell us we aren’t good enough and we don’t belong here; voices that have driven us to excel, but that also charge a pretty high tax. A tax on our emotional, mental and physical health.

Yes, the environment is a heavy contributor to the unhealthy, co­unter­productive lifestyle many of us live. However, we as individuals can address the way we approach academia to buffer us against stress and burnout, worry and fear, and the toxic competition we are often surrounded by.

This workshop provides you with tools to increase your resilience to stress, anxiety and burnout, and to enhance your overall well-being.

We explore:

• The self-critical inner voices that sabotage your motivation and enjoyment for your work; 
• How your mindset can help or hinder your day-to-day life and your future career prospects;
• How certain maladaptive coping strategies (e.g. procrastination and avoidance) maintain these self-sabotaging thought and behaviour cycles.
• How to reshape your thinking and behaviour patterns to work for you in pursuit of your goals.

Date and time
27 and 28 May from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Format
Online: 4 LIVE sessions & 3 video learning modules, run over two half-day sessions

Zoom & Vimeo

Please connect with a working audio and video device and expect to actively participate in the workshop with your camera on.

Target group
PhD and postdoctoral researchers from the ENGAGE.EU partner universities

Language of instruction
English

Instructor
Desiree Dickerson, Ph.D.

Maximum number of participants
20 

Registration
Please register until 14 May 2025 by writing to postdocsmail-uni-mannheim.de

with your university e-mail address. Please note that we can only consider registrations sent from your university e-mail account to ensure affiliation with an ENGAGE.EU partner university. If there are more registrations than available places, the participants will be drawn by lot and informed by 20 February. Please find information on the processing of your personal data in our information on data protection (PDF).

This workshop in collaboration with ENGAGE.EU and the Postdoc Career Academy at the University of Mannheim is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg.

DFG Series „Prospects“

Inhaltlich reichen die Termine von einem ersten Über­blick über die zentralen Förderangebote für Postdocs bis zu einzelnen Programmen der Personen­förderung, abwechselnd auf Deutsch und Englisch. Interessierte Promovierende und Postdocs aller Fach­gebiete sind herzlich zur Teilnahme eingeladen.

Die nächsten Termine der Prospects-Reihe sind:

• 18.2.2025, 13:30 – 15:00 Uhr – Heisenberg Programme (in English)
• 26.3.2025, 9:30 – 11:00 Uhr – DFG Funding Opportunities for Postdocs (in English)
• 28.4.2025, 13:15 – 14:45 Uhr – Emmy Noether-Programm 
• 26.5.2025, 15:30 – 17:00 Uhr – Walter Benjamin Programme (in English)
• 27.6.2025, 10:30 – 12:00 Uhr – DFG-Förderangebote für eine wissenschaft­liche Karriere

Aktuelle Informationen zu den Vorträgen finden Sie einige Wochen vor den jeweiligen Terminen auf dieser Seite.

Termine

• Donnerstag, 26. Juni 2025: Workshop für Postdocs und Habilitand*innen
• Freitag, 27. Juni 2025:  Workshop für Professor*innen

Für Junior­professor*innen ist der Termin nach Absprache frei wählbar.

Alle Termine finden jeweils von 9 – 17 Uhr (inkl. Pausen) in Präsenz statt.

Referentin: Dr. Annette Spiekermann

Unser ZLL-Angebot für Sie

• Kick-off Workshop in Präsenz (s.o.); 8 – 10 Teilnehmende
• 2 individuelle Beratungen/Coachings (Dauer 60 – 90min)
• optional: LINC Personality Profile Test Durchführung + Ergebnis + Auswertungs­gespräch (60 – 90 Min)

Trans­formations­kompetenz wird als Voraussetzung für die Realisierung der UN-Ziele für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (UN Sustainable Development Goals SDG) formuliert. Trans­formations­kompetenz umfasst ein klar definiertes und wissenschaft­lich fundiertes Spektrum von Fähigkeiten, Handlungs­strategien, Wissen und umfassenden Einsichten, um in einer komplexen und ständig veränderten Umwelt zu bestehen und ein gutes Jetzt für eine lebens­werte Zukunft zu gestalten.

Hochschul­lehr­ende sind hier besonders gefordert: Zum einen leisten sie in der Lehre, in der Betreuung von Qualifizierungs­arbeiten und in der Führung von Mitarbeitenden einen essenziellen Beitrag für die Persönlichkeits­entwicklung der jungen Generation; zum anderen fördern sie mit ihrer Forschung eine Gesellschaft mit zukunfts­fähiger Technologie, nachhaltigen (Handels-) Beziehungen und sozialer Stabilität.

Das Programm KPI: Trans­formation! für Professor*innen fokussiert die Inner Development Goals (vgl. IDG) als Basis und Rahmen für ein Ausloten und -gestalten der persönlichen Entwicklung als Hochschul­lehr­erin, als Hochschul­lehrer.

Wir erarbeiten individuell und im wertschätzenden kollegialen Austausch eine fundierte Bestandsaufnahme Ihrer aktuellen Situation im System Universität und bieten Freiraum für die Gestaltung Ihres Zukunftsbildes:

• Wo darf es hingehen?
• Wo wollen Sie wirksamer werden?

Ablauf

Der gemeinsame Kick-Off-Workshop zu Beginn schafft einen Über­blick über die 5 Dimensionen von Trans­formations­kompetenz für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Hier geht es vor allem um die gemeinsame und individuelle Reflexion Ihrer aktuellen Situation an der Universität. Sie schärfen den Blick für die Komplexität Ihrer Rollen und deren Beziehungen im Uni-Alltag. Dies bildet zusammen mit Ihrem Persönlichkeits­profil die Basis, den eigenen Lehr- und Forschungs­alltag auf Chancen und Gelegenheiten zu überprüfen, um das eigene Handeln auf Integrität, Authentizität und Wirksamkeit auszurichten und individuelle Entwicklungs­felder zu identifizieren.

Sprache

Der Workshop kann auf Deutsch oder Englisch stattfinden.

Anmeldung

Die Plätze sind begrenzt. Um sich anzumelden, schreiben Sie bitte bis zum 27. Mai 2025 eine Mail an Anne Scheuing (anne.scheuingmail-uni-mannheim.de). Die Platz­vergabe erfolgt nach Eingangsdatum.
Junior­professor*innen geben bitte an, an welchem Termin sie teilnehmen wollen.
Alle Interessenten müssen bei der Anmeldung angeben, ob sie den Workshop in deutscher oder englischer Sprache wünschen oder ob beide Sprachen für sie geeignet sind.