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

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

ON DEMAND: Git courses (in person)

Date: To be agreed on if at least 4 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: 4-6 participants (Basic course) / 8-24 participants (Advanced course)

Credit points: 0.5 / 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.

More info and upcoming dates on the iDiv intranet!

Biodiversity Experiments (in person)

Date: 12 - 14 August 2024

Lecturers: Olga Ferlian, Nico Eisenhauer

Location: iDiv Leipzig, Beehive/Pollen and field work

Type of event: Biodiversity course

Max. participants: 10 participants

Credit points: 1.5

Practical introduction to Julia for biodiversity research (in person)

Date: 27 - 29 August 2024

Lecturer: Victor Boussange, Daniel Vedder

Location: iDiv Leipzig, rooms Beehive (27 & 29 August) and Red Queen (28 August)

Type of course: Methods

Max. participants: 15

Credit points: 2 CP

Designing Scientific Posters (in person)

Date: 22 - 23 August 2024

Lecturer: Stefan Bernhardt

Location: iDiv Leipzig, Beehive

Type of course: Transferrable skills

Max. participants: 8 participants

Credit points: 1 CP

Get-Together of the Research School Network Halle 2024: Generative AI for Science

Date: 29 August 2024

Location: Campus Heide Süd, Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, 06120 Halle

Making figures with Inkscape (in person)

Date: 2 & 3 Sepember 2024

Lecturer: Chloé Schmidt

Location: iDiv Leipzig, Beehive

Type of course: Transferrable skills

Max. participants: 20 participants

Credit points: 1 CP

Phylogenetics crash course – tree building for beginners (in person)

Date: 10 - 12 September 2024

Lecturers: Michael Gerth

Location: iDiv Leipzig, Beehive

Type of event: Biodiversity course

Max. participants: 15 participants

Credit points: 1.5

Career visit at the Umweltbundesamt – German Environment Agency

Date: 26 September 2024

Location: German Environment Agency,
Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau

Type of course: Career visit

Max. participants: 10

Credit points: 0.5

A brief introduction on how to use photographs and visuals in your scientific work (in person)

Date: 10 October 2024

Lecturer: Stefan Bernhardt

Location: iDiv Leipzig, Pollen

Type of course: Transferrable skills

Max. participants: 8 participants

Credit points: 1 CP

Writing Bootcamp: Make your research more understandable (in person)

Date: 15 October 2024

Lecturers: Kati Kietzmann, Christine Coester

Location: iDiv Leipzig, Pollen

Type of course: Transferable Skills

Max. participants: 12

Seasonal School on Data Management in Biodiversity and Environmental Science

Date: 2 - 6 December 2024

Lecturers: Several

Location: online

Type of course: Workshop

Registration will be closed at 27th of September 2024.

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.