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. yDiv 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

Course TitleDateLocationOffered by
Tagungsorganisation von A-Z: Wissenschaftliche Veranstaltungen planen und durchführen19 February 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Data Science with R: Intermediate19 – 27 February 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Gremienarbeit: Hochschulstrukturen verstehen und Interessen professionell vertreten20 February 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints20 February 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
How to write a competitive DFG proposal23 February & 10 June 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Schreibwoche23 – 27 February 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Selbstfürsorge in der Promotion: Imposter Gefühle und Selbstvertrauen24 February 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Lunch Lecture “Mental Health im Wissenschaftsalltag”25 February 2026OnlineFortbildung Uni Leipzig
Training für interdisziplinäre Kommunikation und Zusammenarbeit25 – 27 February 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Führung auf Augenhöhe: Praxisworkshop für Postdocs und Gruppenleiter:innen27 February 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Good Scientific Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity2 March 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Promotion in Balance – Produktiv und gelassen durch Zeit- und Selbstmanagement3 March 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Design Basics for Scientists4 – 5 March 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Avoiding Stress at the End: Reproducible Data Analysis Workflows5 March 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Workshop Artificial Intelligence Tools: Responsible Use and Applications in Research and Academia5 March 2026Online
Fortbildung Uni Leipzig
Überzeugen im Vorstellungsgespräch5 – 6 March 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Data Science with R: Introduction5 – 13 March 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Projektmanagement9 – 10 March 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Finish it! How to Finalise Your Dissertation10 March 2026LeipzigGraduate Academy Leipzig
Logik und Argumentation12 – 13 March 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Academic Careers in Germany – Options, demands, and strategies12 March 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
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
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
Vorlesung Wirtschaftskompetenz7 April 2026TBAGraduate Academy Jena
Schreibwoche13 – 17 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Gender und Diversity in meiner Forschung – ein ko-kreativer Workshop15 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Vom Glück der Routine: Kontinuität und Rhythmus im wissenschaftlichen Schreiben20 April 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Scientific Presentations20 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Research Supervision: How to become a good doctoral supervisor21 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Sprech- und Präsentationstraining22 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Good Scientific Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity23 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Science Communication: Bridging the Gap between Researchers and Society27 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Stipendienbewerbungstraining – In den Startlöchern zur Promotion28 April 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Leading without a supervisory role – lateral leadership4 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Finish It! How to Complete Your Dissertation4 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Verstehen und verstanden werden: Wertschätzend kommunizieren und sicher Feedback geben5 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Third Party Funding for Beginners6 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Achtsamkeit im Uni-Alltag9 May 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
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
Was kann ich und wie verkaufe ich es? Transfer von akademischen Soft Skills für außerakademische Karrierewege22 May 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
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
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
Der letzte Schliff. Von der Rohfassung zum abgabefertigen Manuskript8 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Führungskompetenzen in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft10 – 11 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
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
Critical Reasoning and Argumentation25 – 26 June 2026JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Thesis Defense Training29 June 2026OnlineGraduate Academy Jena

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