Upcoming Courses and Events

Our courses will help you develop your own research and competency profile to achieve your career goals within or outside academia. You are free to choose the courses and events that interest or will benefit you most. iDiv postdoc courses focus on five main categories that are pivotal for your postdoc career in integrative biodiversity research.

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LEAD

Training in leadership and supervision skills, project management

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COMMUNICATE

Training in communication skills

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TEACH

Training in basic and advanced teaching skills and didactic methods

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WRITE

Training in advanced grant writing, publications

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KNOW

Training in professional expertise


Graduate Academy Courses and Partner Courses

The Leipzig University has currently some great offers für postdocs and senior researchers, which I would like to draw your attention on:

  1. Workshop: Good Supervision of Doctoral Candidates- November 3 2026| 9.30 AM – 4.00 PM (Villa Tillmanns
  2. Video on Demand Offers: Applying for a professorship, How to become a professor (Academic Career Planning), Leaving Academia
  3. Event Series: Applying for a professorship in Germany- November 2026- March 2027

This six-month series of events/workshops prepares participants specifically for their (first) application for a professorship in Germany. With six one-hour impulses, in-depth workshops and coaching elements on procedures, documents and personal development, participants receive the necessary know-how to successfully organize their application and actively pursue the path to a professorship. The elements are building on one another. However, you can register for the individual events according to your individual needs. The first presentation in this series will be held in English; the remaining keynote presentations will be delivered in German and translated by AI.

For more information and the registration link, please find the PDF attached.

Course TitleDateLocationOffered by
Kommunikation und Rhetorik: Arbeit an Körpersprache, Stimme und Sprechen22-23 October 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Wirksam führen ohne Weisungsbefugnis27 October 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
How to Find Your Job on the Non-Academic Labour Market29 October 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Klare Haltung, konstruktiver Dialog: Konfliktkompetenz für Promovierende und Postdocs29 – 30 October 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Academic Writing in English: Style and Expression30 October – 20 November 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Data Science with R: Introduction30 October – 20 November 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Python for Beginners2 November 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Finding a Job in Germany – Applying outside Academia3 November – 1 December 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Mental Health Awareness Days 20263-5 November 2026SeveralJoint Offer
Finish it! How to Finalise Your Dissertation4 November 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Academic Writing in the Natural and Life Sciences: Towards Organisation and Motivation5 – 6 November 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Voice matters! Speech and Vocal Training9 – 10 November 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Forschungsdatenmanagement in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (Workshop)10 – 11 November 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Good Scientific Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity13 November 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Gelingende Kommunikation14 November 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Schreiben mit generativer KI – schreibpraktische und rechtliche Perspektiven16 November 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Leadership Skills in Academia and Industry19 – 20 November 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Thesis Defense Training24-25 November 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Keep on Rockin‘! Mental Health for Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs24 – 25 November 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Doctoral Researchers’ Day 2026: multiple courses and workshops26 November 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Scientific Image Editing and Figure Creation26 – 27 November 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
BWL kompakt für Promovierende30 November – 1 December 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Projektmanagement 3 – 4 December 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Wiedereinstieg Promotion: Wie kann ich wieder ins wissenschaftliche Arbeiten kommen?8 December 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Profil und Haltung zeigen! Fundamente für die (erste) Bewerbung10 December 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Karriereperspektive Wissenschaftsmanagement?!10 December 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Designing Effective Academic Posters12 December 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Self-Care in Doctoral Research: Shaping my supervision relationship12 December 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Project Management14 – 15 December 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Gremienarbeit: Hochschulstrukturen verstehen und Interessen professionell vertreten16 December 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints15 January 2027LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Selbstfürsorge in der Promotion: Imposter Gefühle und Selbstvertrauen19 January 2027LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Academic Writing in the Humanities21 – 29 January 2027OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Wie weiter nach der Promotion – Klarheit gewinnen & Optionen entwickeln17 February 2027LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Writing Sprints26 February 2027LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Selbstfürsorge in der Promotion: Grenzen setzen – Überlastung verringern2 March 2027LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Bewerbungstraining für Wissenschaftler:innen16 March 2027LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Finish it! How to Finalise Your Dissertation18 March 2027LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Writing Sprints19 March 2027LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Good Research Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity23 – 24 March 2027LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig

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