Courses & events
yDiv seeks to qualify its doctoral researchers with an excellent training programme and also creates opportunities for integration and networking. yDiv members get to know other PhDs, postdocs, and many other iDiv colleagues at PhD retreats, summer schools, BBQs, and many more.
iDiv offers on-site childcare. Please contact us in case of need.
yDiv courses
The courses yDiv offers cover themes ranging from biodiversity topics to individual career development. You are largely free to choose the ones that benefit you most (for the yDiv curriculum requirements click here).
All course participants are required to comply with the iDiv code of conduct.
Graduate Academy Courses
You may also take courses at the graduate academies and our partners within the iDiv consortium. These can be accounted for the yDiv curriculum.
Upcoming yDiv courses and events
ON DEMAND: Git Basics - For Beginner-Level Git Users (in person)
Date: To be agreed on if at least 5 people are interested. Write to yDiv@idiv.de if you would like to take this course. Lecturer: Christian Krause Location: iDiv Leipzig | Type of event: On demand workshop Max. participants: 5-8 participants Credit points: 0.5 |
TERRANOVA MOOC "Integrated Landscape Analysis (ILA): Addressing Biodiversity and Climate Crises" (online)
Online course with individual access Provided by: TerraNova - The European Landscape Learning Initiative Location: online | Type of event: Biodiversity course Credit points: 1.0 |
iCode - the coding club of iDiv / Coding series
Date: several (usually once a month) Moderator: Romy Zeiss Location: iDiv Leipzig/hybrid | Credit points: n.a. |
Teaching in Higher Education – Basic Workshop (online)
Date: 21 - 22 September 2023, 9 am - 3:30 pm Lecturer: Matthias Zach Location: online via Zoom | Type of course: Transferable skills Max. participants: 12 participants
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Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in R (in person)
Date: 23-26 October 2023 Lecturer: Benjamin Rosenbaum Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | Type of course: Methods Max. participants: 15 Credit points: 2 CP |
yDiv Welcome Week for new doctoral researchers (in person)
Date: 6-10 November 2023 Lecturer: Several Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | New yDiv doctoral researchers will receive an invitation Max. participants: 12 Credit points: 2 CP |
Structural Equation Model - Basic (in person)
Date: 13-14 November 2023 Lecturer: Swapna Mahanand Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Grand Canyon | Type of course: Methods Max. participants: 8 Credit points: 0.5 CP |
yDiv Career Days (in person)
Date: 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2023 Lecturer: Several Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | Type of event: Workshops, Coachings, Talks Credit points: 0.5-1 |
Mental Well-being in academia: How to support your colleagues (online)
Date: 8 December 2023 Lecturers: Desiree Dickerson Location: online | Type of event: short workshop Max. participants: 50 participants Credit points: n.a. |
Good Scientific Practice (in person)
Date: 14 Dec 2023 Lecturer: Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | Type of event: Workshop Credit points: 0.5 |
Biodiversity Experiments (in person)
Date: May 2024, date tba soon Lecturers: Olga Ferlian, Nico Eisenhauer Location: iDiv Leipzig, Grand Canyon and field work | Type of event: Biodiversity course Max. participants: 10 participants Credit points: 1.5 |
Graduate Academy Courses & Courses offered by our partners
yDiv doctoral researchers have access to the courses of the graduate academies at the universities and our cooperation partners. yDiv reimburses costs for travel and course fees after sucessful course participation (send us a request before you attend a course). Find a list of upcoming courses below.
Note that each HIGRADE statistics course has two seats reserved for yDiv doctoral researchers.
For courses at the Graduate Academy Leipzig you have to be a member. All yDiv doctoral researchers can register as member here.
Design Basics for Scientists
Date: 5 October 2023 Lecturer: Birgit Lukowski Location: Villa Tillmanns, Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 10 Credit Points: 0.5 CP |
Introduction to Programming with Python
Date: 9-11 October 2023 Lecturer: Frank Löffler, Philipp Schäfer Location: Auditorium zur Rosen, Jena | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 10 Credit Points: 1.0 |
Communication & presentation in the academic context: How to be confident and persuasive
Date: 11 October2023 Lecturer: Bartlett Warren-Kretzschmar Location: Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, Halle | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Körper, Stimme und Sprechen – Sicheres, verbindliches und souveränes Auftreten
Date: 12-13 October 2023 Lecturer: Jan Werth Location: Villa Tillmanns, Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 Credit Points: 1.0 CP |
LaTeX: Typesetting of Scientific Papers
Date: 12 October 2023 Lecturer: Frank Löffler, Philipp Schäfer Location: Auditorium zur Rosen, Jena | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 10 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Stiftungen – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung
Date: 16 October 2023 Lecturer: Barbara Weiner Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 50 Credit Points: n.a. |
Scientific Writing and Publishing for Natural Scientists – the Basics
Date: 16-17 October 2023 Lecturer: Andrew Davis Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 15 Credit Points: 1.0 |
Science Communication on Social Media for Beginners
Date: 18-19 October 2023 Lecturer: Maia George Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 Credit Points: 0.5 CP |
Die Dissertation abschließen – Wege zum Umgang mit typischen Herausforderungen
Date: 20 October 2023 Lecturer: Maia George Location: Villa Tillmanns, Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 Credit Points: 0.5 CP |
Die DFG – Möglichkeiten der Drittmittelförderung
Date: 20 October 2023 Lecturer: Sindy Schug Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 50 Credit Points: n.a. |
Recognizing and Understanding Conflicts
Date: 23-24 October 2023 Lecturer: Lothar Kleist Location: Auditorium zur Rosen, Jena | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 14 Credit Points: 1.0 |
My Personal Impact and Presence
Date: 24 October2023 Lecturer: Kassandra Knebel Location: Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, Halle | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 15 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Visuelle Wissenschaftskommunikation: Wie erstelle ich Infografiken für Social Media?
Date: 24 October 2023 Lecturer: Elisabeth Werner Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 10 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Open Access, Forschungsdatenmanagement & Co. – Wissenschaftliches Publizieren im digitalen Zeitalter
Date: 24 October 2023 Lecturer: Thomas Witzgall Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 30 Credit Points: 0.5 |
How to write a competitive DFG proposal
Date: 25 October 2023 Lecturer: Barbara Weiner, Sindy Schug Location: Villa Tillmanns, Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 16 Credit Points: 0.5 CP |
Speed Reading Science – Lesetechniken und -strategien für wissenschaftliche Fachtexte
Date: 25-26 October 2023 Lecturer: Maia George Location: Villa Tillmanns, Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 Credit Points: 1.0 CP |
Ich mache das…JETZT! Prokrastination überwinden
Date: 26 Oct, 10 Nov & 8 Dec 2023 Lecturer: Antje Rach Location: Villa Tillmanns, Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 10 Credit Points: 1.0 CP |
Data Science with R: Introduction
Date: 27-28 October 2023 Lecturer: Thomas Köntges Location: Villa Tillmanns, Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 Credit Points: 1.0 CP |
Literaturverwaltung mit EndNote
Date: 1 November 2023 Lecturer: Isabel Hoffmann Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 20 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Time and self management for the doctorate
Date: 1 November 2023 Lecturer: Maia George Location: Auditorium zur Rosen, Jena | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 14 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Good Scientific Practice and Negotiation
Date: 2-3 November 2023 Lecturer: Daniel Mertens Location: Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, Halle | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 15 Credit Points: 1.0 |
Scientific Presentations
Date: 3 November 2023 Lecturer: Karl-Andrew Woltin Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 9 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Prokrastination: Ursachen verstehen, Verhaltensmuster erkennen und Strategien entwickeln
Date: 6 November 2023 Lecturer: Swantje Tannert Location: Auditorium zur Rosen, Jena | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Research Data Management – Make your data count!
Date: 6-9 November 2023 Lecturer: Cora Assmann, Roman Gerlach Location: Auditorium zur Rosen, Jena | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 25 Credit Points: 1.0 |
Professional and Scientific Networking on Social Media
Date: 8 November 2023 Lecturer: Maia George Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 14 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Stress reduzieren – Burnout vorbeugen
Date: 13 November 2023 Lecturer: Katharina Wick Location: Auditorium zur Rosen, Jena | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Getting started with R
Date: 13-14 November 2023 Lecturer: Ulrike Schlägel Location: UFZ Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Credit Points: 1.0 |
Effective data handling and visualization in R
Date: 15-16 November 2023 Lecturer: Ulrike Schlägel Location: UFZ Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Credit Points: 1.0 |
What the heck is tenure-track?
Date: 23 November 2023 Lecturer: Rebecca Thier-Lange Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 25 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Video-Content-Creation für die Wissenschaftskommunikation: Konzeption, Aufnahme und Schnitt für Social-Media-Plattformen
Date: 23 November 2023 Lecturer: Robert Kötter Location: Auditorium zur Rosen, Jena | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 8 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Mastering the Art of Engaging and Convincing Chalk Talk
Date: 27 November 2023 Lecturer: Michael Gordian Location: Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, Halle | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Navigating core concepts of statistics
Date: 27-28 November 2023 Lecturer: Ulrike Schlägel Location: UFZ Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Credit Points: 1.0 |
Karriereoptionen ausloten: Berufsfelder in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft
Date: 28 November 2023 Lecturer: Matthias Zach Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 14 Credit Points: 0.5 |
Find a Job in Germany's Industry – Applying and Working Outside Academia
Date: 28 Nov, 5, 12 & 19 Dec 2023 Lecturer: Heidi Störr Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 14 Credit Points: 1.0 |
Modelling relationships between variables (regression analysis)
Date: 29-30 November 2023 Lecturer: Ulrike Schlägel Location: UFZ Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Credit Points: 1.0 |
Disputationstraining
Date: 29-30 November 2023 Lecturer: Friederike Schmitz Location: Auditorium zur Rosen, Jena | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 14 Credit Points: 1.0 |
Partner institutions
Contact
Dr Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz
Graduate School Coordinator
Room: A.00.19
Phone: +49 341 9733125
Email: nicole.sachmerda-schulz@idiv.de
