Monday, 2. December 2024

Are you doing your doctorate and would like to know what a career in research means? Do you want to figure out if a research career is the right choice for you? The Research Career Day provides strategic knowledge and personal orientation about career perspectives, career paths and requirements for a career in research.

Target group: Doctoral researchers of the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr)

Thursday, 5. December 2024

This workshop aims to provide insights and strategies how to effectively manage and develop your research team.

Master the art of research group management. Identify roles and responsibilities within your team, develop effective time, self, and project management skills, and learn to set clear goals for yourself and your team members. 

Explore lab policies and understand how the university can support your research endeavors.

Target group: Junior Faculty of the UA Ruhr universities (Habilitation Candidates, Junior Research Group Leaders, Junior Professors)

Monday, 20. January 2025 — Tuesday, 21. January 2025

In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore practical leadership skills essential for guiding student assistants, small groups, and doctoral dissertations. The two half-day sessions will cover aspects of communication strategies, providing constructive feedback, motivation and conflict management. Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to discuss specific supervisory challenges they face in their roles, fostering peer-to-peer learning and collaborative problem-solving. This workshop aims to empower postdocs with the skills and confidence needed to create a positive and productive academic environment for both themselves and their students.

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Tuesday, 4. February 2025

The written application for Junior-, tenure-track and lifetime professorships is a challenge. One particular problem is that applicants underestimate how poorly appointment committees sometimes understand their application. As a result, relevant information may not be provided.

In this brief workshop you will get input on the following topics:
•    How to prepare an application well.
•    Which documents belong in the application.
•    How you can adapt your application to the call for applications.

Target group: Junior Faculty of the UA Ruhr universities (Habilitation Candidates, Junior Research Group Leaders, Junior Professors)

Thursday, 6. February 2025

Eine Möglichkeit, um die eigene Auffindbarkeit und Sichtbarkeit als Wissenschaftler*in zu fördern, ist Profile bei ORCID, Google Scholar, ResearchGate und LinkedIn zu nutzen und professionell zu gestalten. Interessant sind diese Profile, wenn Sie online „gefunden werden” und ihren akademischen Werdegang mit wichtigen Publikationen präsentieren möchten.

Im Workshop analysieren Sie ihre aktuelle Sichtbarkeit und lernen Möglichkeiten kennen, ihr wissenschaftliches Selbstmarketing in der Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft durch diese Profile zu erhöhen. Sie erstellen einen Plan, wie ihre Online-Sichtbarkeit aussehen soll und können im Workshop an der Optimierung ihrer Wissenschaftsprofile arbeiten. Die Gestaltung der Profile ist leicht umsetzbar und die Arbeit, die Sie in diese Profile investieren, ist überschaubar.

Target group: Postdocs aller Fachbereiche der UA Ruhr-Universitäten

Tuesday, 11. February 2025 — Wednesday, 12. February 2025

The program supports doctoral supervisors in developing and reflecting the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to guide a diverse range of candidates to successful and timely completion. It explores the changing roles and responsibilities over the doctoral life cycle and provides hands-on tools and recommendations to establish and maintain a positive working relationship – not only with doctoral candidates but also masters’ students and postdocs.

Target group: Junior Faculty of the UA Ruhr universities (Habilitation Candidates, Junior Research Group Leaders, Junior Professors)

Thursday, 13. February 2025

Wissenschaftler*innen haben über soziale Medien die Möglichkeit, auch die breite Öffentlichkeit an ihrer Forschung teilhaben zu lassen. Karriereschritte und Fördergelder werden immer mehr an sichtbare Erfolge in der Wissenschaftskommunikation geknüpft.

Dabei stellen sich eine Reihe von Fragen, die Sie im Workshop bearbeiten können: Wo und wie fange ich damit an? Welcher Social Media-Kanal eignet sich für welches Ziel am besten? Wie formuliere ich meine Forschung verständlich an unterschiedliche Zielgruppen?

Target group: Postdocs aller Fachbereiche der UA Ruhr-Universitäten

Monday, 17. February 2025

AI-based tools enable researchers to work more efficiently and effectively. However, it is important for researchers to use these tools judiciously and with an understanding of their limitations and considering the policies of the funding agencies. The workshop will integrate questions / material / text / ideas from participants. Content / suggestions and questions from the participants will be implemented live online as input into the AI tools. These case studies and live exercises will help participants to apply the concepts and tools to their own scientific research and proposal writing.

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Tuesday, 18. February 2025

The workshop helps early career researchers to learn how to communicate their own research by identifiying the key message an to adapt to their audiences. It also offers tools to turn research into a fascinating story. 

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Wednesday, 19. February 2025

The workshop helps early career researchers to craft a professional and effective executive summary, enhancing the important first impression of their grant applications. Besides, it will look into the structure of the most common funding programs as well as into the visualization of data and numbers. 

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Thursday, 20. February 2025

The workshop will focus on essential project management tools. Besides, participants will discuss how to construct budgets and gain insights into leveraging a professional network and collaborations to enhance research proposals.

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Friday, 21. February 2025

This workshop offers international postdocs detailed insight into the German academic system. The German system is coined, on the one hand, by an unparalleled level of freedom at professorial level, safeguarded by the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. On the other hand, we have very few permanent positions for postdocs and a special act on fixed-term employment only for academia.
Module 1 will focus on the German academic system, its structure, the politics behind it and how they impact every single postdoc position.

Target group: International Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Friday, 28. February 2025

In this workshop, international postdocs will learn about career paths in the German academic system. 

Module 2 introduces participants to the different career paths for postdocs in academia in detail. We will learn about the different options and access routes e.g. to a Junior Research Group or a W1 professorship, discuss the importance of careful planning and networks and also look at alternatives within and outside of academia.

Target group: International Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Thursday, 6. March 2025

Design your life can support you in your vocational wayfinding. The workshop offers processes and techniques that help you to find out which career you want and how you can plan your career coherent with your life plans. 

The workshop uses the design thinking process to help you to develop a constructive and effective approach to designing your career by bringing together workview and lifeview and to align your career planning with your values and personal aims.

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Monday, 10. March 2025

The workshop provides basic knowledge about appointment procedures and the requirements for applying for Junior-, Tenure Track- or lifetime professorships.

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Wednesday, 12. March 2025

The most difficult long texts for a written application for a professorship are probably the cover letter and the research statement. 

In this workshop, you will get strategic input on how to develop both texts, what structure they can have and what should be included. 

Additionally, we will disucss which strategies you can pursue if only a part of the profile required in the advertisement fits to you.

Target group: Junior Faculty of the UA Ruhr universities (Habilitation Candidates, Junior Research Group Leaders, Junior Professors)

Tuesday, 18. March 2025 — Thursday, 20. March 2025

If you are interested in pursuing a doctorate after graduation or have recently started your doctoral project, the three-day Frühjahrsakademie will provide you with valuable support: experts from the graduate institutions of the UA Ruhr universities and experienced trainers will help you find your bearings and make informed decisions.

Target group: Advanced Master's students interested in a doctorate at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University and/or the University of Duisburg-Essen as well as early doctoral researchers of all subject fields of the UA Ruhr universities.

Thursday, 20. March 2025

The workshop provides basic knowledge about the different parts of a written application for a Junior-, Tenure Track- or lifetime professorship.

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Wednesday, 26. March 2025

The Karriereforum demonstrates individual career planning options after the doctorate in a very concentrated and efficient way. Small discussion groups offer you the opportunity to exchange intensively with renowned experts about career relevant and higher education policy topics.

In individual or group consultations, you can get advice on your very individual career questions and strategies.

Target group: Postdoctoral researchers and advanced doctoral researchers of the UA Ruhr universities.

Wednesday, 26. March 2025

In the oral part of the appointment procedure, the interview with the appointment committee is the biggest challenge for most applicants. 

In the workshop you will get input on the following topics:
•    What does the appointment committee expect?
•    Which questions are typically asked?
•    How to prepare for the interview? 
•    What other challenges should be expected and how to deal with them?

Target group: Junior Faculty of the UA Ruhr universities (Habilitation Candidates, Junior Research Group Leaders, Junior Professors)

Thursday, 27. March 2025

The workshop provides basic knowledge about the two presentations in the context of oral appointment procedures.

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Friday, 28. March 2025

The workshop provides basic knowledge for discussions with an appointment committee and appointment negotiations.

Target group: Postdocs of all research fields of the UA Ruhr universities

Tuesday, 30. September 2025 — Thursday, 2. October 2025

Mit Erfolg zum Doktortitel: Kurzworkshops, Karrieretipps und Netzwerken für Promovierende der Universitätsallianz Ruhr. Bereiten Sie sich in der diesjährigen Herbstakademie vom 30.09. bis 02.10. auf die Abschlussphase Ihrer Promotion und auf die Zeit danach vor!

Target group: Promovierende aller Fächergruppen in der Abschlussphase (UA Ruhr-Universitäten)