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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. 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

Varying Courses

Permanent Courses

Graduate Academy Courses and Partner Courses

Course TitleDateLocationOffered by
English Café: Elevate Your English Fluency as an Academic Professional!every 3 weeks starting April 3, 2025HalleINGRA Halle
Writing Sprintsmultiple datesWächterstraße 30
04107 Leipzig		Graduate Academy Leipzig
Academic Writing for Natural Scientists15 September & 13 October 2025HalleINGRA Halle
Project Management15-16 September 2025

Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, Jena		Graduate Academy Jena
Disputationstraining17-19 September 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft – Die eigene Forschung reflektieren und kommunizieren19 September 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Scientific Presentations23 September 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Research Supervision: How to become a good doctoral supervisor24-25 September 2025Johannisstraße 13 – Auditorium Zur Rosen, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Reference Management with EndNote26 September 2025Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3 – SR 1100, MMZ, JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Grundlagen des Projektmanagements in der Wissenschaft29-30 September 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
Ethical and effective use of GenAI chatbots in Academic Writing29 September 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
BWL Vertiefung29 September 2025Carl-Zeiss-Str 3, SR 308 JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Geisteswissenschaftliche Doktorarbeiten in den Griff bekommen6 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Strategisches Netzwerken8 OctoberOnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Read scientific texts fast and efficiently8 and 9 October 2025HalleINGRA Halle
Kommunikation und Rhetorik: Arbeit an Körpersprache, Stimme und Sprechen9 – 10 October 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
What the heck is tenure-track?10 October 2025HalleINGRA Halle
Sprech- und Präsentationstraining11 October 2025JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Professional English at Work13/14/15 October 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
Clear at Glance – Designing Effective Academic Posters15 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
German for absolute Beginners (A1.1)15 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns15 October 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Scientific Presentations16 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Thesis Defense Training16-17 October 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Ministerien – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung17 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Introducing R as a flexible tool for data analysis
17 – 24 October 2025		JenaGraduate Academy Jena
AI Empowered Research: Exploring Benefits and Limitations of Using AI in the Research Process20 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Scientific Image Editing and Figure Creation20-21 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
Selbstfürsorge in der Promotion: Gemeinsam statt einsam21 October 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Die DFG – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung22 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Writing Sprints24 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
How to apply for a scholarship for PhD Funding in Germany27 October 2025JenaGraduate Academy Jena
Designing Effective Academic Posters28 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Forschungsdatenmanagement für die Natur-, Lebens- und Umweltwissenschaften28-30 October 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Diskriminierung entgegentreten29 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Jena
How to Find Your Job on the Non-Academic Labour Market29 October 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns30 October 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Recognizing and Understanding Conflicts3-4 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Führungskräftetraining: Basics4-5 November 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Zeitmanagement für Wissenschaftler*innen4-5 November 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
Presenting in English in Academic Contexts6 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Patents, trademarks, and inventions – a glimpse into intellectual property rights7 November 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
Geschlecht und Vielfalt im Forschungsfokus7 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Science Communication on Social Media for Beginners7 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Nein! Ja! Vielleicht? Entscheidungen souverän treffen10-11 November 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Forschungsdatenmanagement in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften11 – 13 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Einführung in das Programmieren mit Python11 – 13 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Finding a Job in Germany – Applying outside Academia13 November – 11 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Python for Beginners13-21 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Academic Writing in English: Style and Expression13-21 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Finish it! How to Finalise Your Dissertation14 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Writing Sprints15 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns18 November 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Schreibtage17-19 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Achtsamkeit im Uni-Alltag22 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Scientifc Writing with LaTeX25 November 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Academic Writing in the Natural and Life Sciences: Towards Organisation and Motivation26-27 November 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Don’t Let It Drive You Nuts! Resilience and Self-Management for Researchers2-3 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Stiftungen – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung3 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Abstract writing in academic context4 December 2025 – 15 January 2026Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Mental Health Awareness Days 20252-4 December 2025Halle
INGRA Halle
BWL kompakt für Promovierende und Postdocs4-5 December 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Deskriptiv- und Inferenzstatistik mit SPSS5 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Writing Sprints6 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Good Scientific Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity8-9 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Praktische Einführung in die Nutzung eines HPC-Clusters9 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena
Ethical and effective use of GenAI chatbots in Academic Writing9 December 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Co-Writing-Space at Villa Tillmanns10 December 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
The funding program of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation10 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Die EU – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung11 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig
Karriereoptionen ausloten: Berufsfelder in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft12 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Self-Care in Doctoral Research: Shaping my supervision relationship13 December 2025Villa TillmannsGraduate Academy Leipzig
Business Administration in a Nutshell15 December 2025Online
Graduate Academy Jena
Ich mache das…JETZT! Prokrastination überwinden15 December 2025OnlineGraduate Academy Leipzig

Project Management		22 December 2025Jena
Graduate Academy Jena

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