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.
LEAD
Training in leadership and supervision skills, project management
COMMUNICATE
Training in communication skills
TEACH
Training in basic and advanced teaching skills and didactic methods
WRITE
Training in advanced grant writing, publications
KNOW
Training in professional expertise
Varying Courses
Permanent Courses
Graduate Academy Courses and Partner Courses
| Course Title | Date | Location | Offered by |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Café: Elevate Your English Fluency as an Academic Professional! | every 3 weeks starting April 3, 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
| Writing Sprints | multiple dates | Wächterstraße 30 04107 Leipzig | Graduate Academy Leipzig |
| How to write a competitive ERC proposal | 6 June 2025 | Goethestraße 6 04109 Leipzig | Graduate Academy Leipzig |
| Research Data Management – Make your data count! | 3-6 June 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| How to write a competitive ERC proposal | 4 June 2025, 10am-2pm | Villa Tillmanns | Graduate Academy Leipzig |
| Sprech- und Präsentationstraining | 6 June 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| AI Week | 10-13 June 2025 | Several | Graduate Academy Leipzig |
| Lunch’n’Talk for Postdocs, Junior Group Leaders and Junior Professors in June | 11 June 2025 | Kurt-Masur-Platz 1, 04109 Leipzig | Graduate Academy Leipzig |
| Verstehen und verstanden werden: Wertschätzend kommunizieren und sicher Feedback geben | 10-17 June 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| So finden Sie den passenden Job: Stellensuche auf dem außerakademischen Arbeitsmarkt | 19 June 2025 | Halle | InGrA Halle |
| Third-party Funding for Beginners Springe zur Kursbeschreibung | 28 June 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis und der Umgang mit Konflikten im Forschungsalltag | 3-4 July 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Gremienarbeit: Hochschulstrukturen verstehen und Interessen professionell vertreten | 8 July 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Lunch Lecture “Wissenschaftsmanagement als Karriereoption” | 23 July 2025 | tba | Graduate Adademy Leipzig |
| How to apply for a scholarship for PhD Funding in Germany | 29 July 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Zeit- und Selbstmanagement für Promovierende: Die eigene Struktur finden und umsetzen | 5 August 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Individual Career Planning | 8 August 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Konflikten im wissenschaftlichen und beruflichen Umfeld proaktiv begegnen | 14-15 August 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Training für interdisziplinäre Kommunikation und Zusammenarbeit | 20-21 August 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Führung in der Wissenschaft | 25-26 August 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis und der Umgang mit Konflikten im Forschungsalltag (ONLINE) | 28 August 2025 | online | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Leadership Skills in Academia and Industry | 1-2 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Was kann ich und wie verkaufe ich es? Transfer von akademischen Soft Skills für außerakademische Karrierewege (ONLINE) | 3 September 2025 | online | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Don’t Let It Drive You Nuts! Resilience and Self-Management for Researchers | 4 September 2025 | online | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Stimm-Coaching | 10 September 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
| Project Management | 15-16 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Disputationstraining | 17-19 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft – Die eigene Forschung reflektieren und kommunizieren | 19 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Scientific Presentations | 23 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Research Supervision: How to become a good doctoral supervisor | 24-25 September 2025 | Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Reference Management with EndNote | 26 September 2025 | Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3 – SR 1100, MMZ, Jena | Graduate Academy Jena |
| Grundlagen des Projektmanagements in der Wissenschaft | 29-30 September 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
| Professional English at Work | 13/14/15 October 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
| Zeitmanagement für Wissenschaftler*innen | 4-5 November 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
| Patents, trademarks, and inventions – a glimpse into intellectual property rights | 7 November 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
| Mental Health Awareness Days 2025 | 2-4 December 2025 | Halle | INGRA Halle |
Partner Institutions