With three Clusters of Excellence, more than 40 Collaborative Research Centres and Transregios, over 30 Junior Research Groups, and about 40 Research Training Groups and PhD programs, the universities of Bochum, Dortmund, and Duisburg-Essen offer excellent working conditions for early career researchers.
The diverse doctoral programs enable a successful start to a research career through excellent supervision, professional and interdisciplinary qualification as well as close contact to other doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr).
The three UA Ruhr universities provide an environment for top-level research and support in developing a personal profile at all career stages. Numerous Junior Research Groups and research awards reflect the excellent achievements of our postdoctoral researchers.
Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university
Co-proposer
Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university: Faculties/Cooperation
Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university: externally funded
Participation
Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university
Participation
NRW Junior Research Groups/NRW Postdoc Return Program
BMBF Junior Research Groups
BMBF Junior Research programs
2023
2018
2015
Coordinated at a UA Ruhr university
Co-proposer
The Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ) is a co-operation project of the three UA Ruhr economics faculties with the participation of the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (RWI) and part of the Research Academy. It offers a structured doctoral programme in the field of economics, including research-oriented courses, workshops and conferences.
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