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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

Varying Courses

Permanent Courses

Graduate Academy Courses and Partner Courses

Course TitleDateLocationOffered by
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns11 March 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Onboarding info session for postdocs: Structure of our university and support offers for you11 March 2026OnlineFortbildung Uni Leipzig
Logik und Argumentation12 – 13 March 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Academic Careers in Germany – Options, demands, and strategies12 March 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns17 March 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Change Management19 March 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Academic Writing in the Natural and Life Sciences: Towards Organisation and Motivation19 – 20 March 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Prokrastination: Ursachen verstehen, Verhaltensmuster erkennen und Strategien entwickeln20 March 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Training Berufungsverfahren23 – 24 March 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns25 March 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Wissenschaftslandschaft und Hochschulen in Deutschland: Prinzipien, Akteure und Governancestrukturen25 March 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Lunch Lecture “Wissenschaftskommunikation für Forschende“26 March 2026Online
Fortbildung Uni Leipzig
Projektmanagement25 – 26 March 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints27 March 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Exzellente Postdocs gewinnen: Möglichkeiten und Anforderungen für Supervisors in nationalen
und internationalen Förderprogrammen		30 March 2026OnlineFortbildung Uni Leipzig
Vorlesung Wirtschaftskompetenz7 April 2026TBAGraduate Academy Jena
Werkzeug für ein starkes Fundament – Betreuungsvereinbarungen gestalten8 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns9 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Schreibwoche13 – 17 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Gender und Diversity in meiner Forschung – ein ko-kreativer Workshop15 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Kommunikation und Rhetorik: Arbeit an Körpersprache, Stimme und Sprechen16 – 17 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Vom Glück der Routine: Kontinuität und Rhythmus im wissenschaftlichen Schreiben20 April 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Scientific Presentations20 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Ethical and effective use of GenAI chatbots in Academic Writing20 – 21 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Research Supervision: How to become a good doctoral supervisor21 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Selbstfürsorge in der Promotion: Grenzen setzen21 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Sprech- und Präsentationstraining22 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns22 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Die EU – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung22 April 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Good Scientific Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity23 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Bewerbungstraining für Wissenschaftler:innen23 – 24 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Forschungskooperationen finanzieren! Förderformate für Austausch, Workshops & Netzwerke24 April 2026OnlineFortbildung Uni Leipzig
Science Communication: Bridging the Gap between Researchers and Society27 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Stipendienbewerbungstraining – In den Startlöchern zur Promotion28 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns30 April 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Leading without a supervisory role – lateral leadership4 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Finish It! How to Complete Your Dissertation4 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Stiftungen – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung4 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Verstehen und verstanden werden: Wertschätzend kommunizieren und sicher Feedback geben5 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Third Party Funding for Beginners6 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
BWL kompakt für Promovierende und Postdocs7 – 8 May 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Achtsamkeit im Uni-Alltag9 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
How to Find Your Job on the Non-Academic Labour Market11 May 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Scientific Writing and Publishing for Natural Scientists – the Basics11 – 12 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Intersectional Data Science13 May 2026Jena Graduate Academy Jena
Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis und der Umgang mit Konflikten im Forschungsalltag18 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Sprech- und Präsentationstraining20 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Open Access, Forschungsdatenmanagement & Co. – Wissenschaftliches Publizieren im digitalen Zeitalter20 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Designing Effective Academic Posters20 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Data Science with R: Introduction21 May – 5 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Was kann ich und wie verkaufe ich es? Transfer von akademischen Soft Skills für außerakademische Karrierewege22 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints22 May 2026OnlineGraduate academy Leipzig
Wiedereinstieg Promotion: Wie kann ich wieder ins wissenschaftliche Arbeiten kommen?26 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Zeit- und Selbstmanagement für Promovierende: Die eigene Struktur finden und umsetzen27 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Academic English for Presentations28 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Kommunikation in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft – Zwei verschiedene Welten?29 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Ich weiß, was ich kann! Kompetenzen und Potenziale entdecken und kommunizieren29 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Führungskompetenzen in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft1 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Selbstfürsorge in der Promotion: Prokrastination und mein Arbeitsrhythmus2 June 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Finding a Job in Germany – Applying outside Academia2 – 30 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Leadership Skills in Academia and Industry3 – 4 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Karriere UND Familie – nur wie? Realistische Zukunfts- und Karriereplanung und der bewusste Umgang mit der Zeit5 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Data Science with R: Intermediate11 – 19 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Der letzte Schliff. Von der Rohfassung zum abgabefertigen Manuskript8 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
How to Write a Competitive DFG-Proposal10 June 2026Face to faceFortbildung Uni Leipzig
Führungskompetenzen in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft10 – 11 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Thesis Defense Training11 June 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Academic Writing in English: Style and Expression11 – 18 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Introducing R as a flexible tool for data analysis12 – 19 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Wissenschaftskarriere in Deutschland: Auf dem Weg zur Professur12 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Future Skills: How to reshape your scientific research as a value for future employers15 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Research Data Management – Make your data count!15 – 17 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Mastering Small Talk in Academic Contexts18 June 2026Jena Graduate Academy Jena
Navigate Your Career Path: How to Find a Job Outside Academia22 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Time Management for Young Researchers – Job, Life, Family23 – 24 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
How to write a competitive ERC proposal24 June 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Critical Reasoning and Argumentation25 – 26 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints26 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Thesis Defense Training29 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Good Research Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity30 June – 1 July 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Ethical and effective use of GenAI chatbots in Academic Writing30 June 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig

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