Courses & events
yDiv seeks to qualify its postdoctoral researchers with an excellent training programme, tailored to their specific needs. It also creates opportunities for integration and networking.
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yDiv courses for postdocs
yDiv postdoc courses focus on five main categories, which are preeminent for your postdoc career.
Each category includes relevant transferable skills courses, which will help you develop your research and competency profile in order to achieve your desired career goals in- or outside academia.
You are free to choose the ones that interest or benefit you most. The courses are an excellent opportunity to get to know other postdocs at iDiv and within the iDiv consortium.
LEAD
Training of leadership and supervision skills, project management
COMMUNICATE
Training of communication skills
TEACH
Training of basic and advanced teaching skills and didactic methods
WRITE
Training of advanced grant writing, publications
KNOW
Training of professional expertise
Q&A sessions for postdocs
Q&A sessions are a series of short informative talks on topics like the academic career system, alternative career paths, career and family or the German working law. It’s a perfect opportunity for you to ask your questions on topics with regard to your postdoc work environment.

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: none |
Upcoming yDiv courses & events for postdocs

Research Data Management for biodiversity scientists (in person)
Date: 30 January, 1+3 February 2023 (Mon, Wed, Fri) Lecturer: Anahita Kazem, Ludmilla Figueiredo, Yuanyuan Huang Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | Type of event: Methods Max. participants: 15 participants Credit points: 1.5 CP |

Teaching in Higher Education - Advanced Workshop (Online)
Date: 9-10 February 2023 Lecturer: Matthias Zach Location: Online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 participants
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Project Management (in person)
Date: 27-28 April 2023 Lecturer: Katrin Schickhoff Location: Online on Zoom | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12 participants
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Teaching in Higher Education – Basic Workshop (in person)
Date: 15-16 June 2023 Lecturer: Matthias Zach Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | Type of course: Transferable skills Max. participants: 12 participants
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Upcoming Course offers by our partners
As a member of the iDiv postdoc programme, you have access to the courses of the graduate academies at the universities and our cooperation partners. Please find a list of partners below.
Writing Sprints
Date: 10 February 2023/ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Lecturer: Melinda Johnston Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12
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Data Science with R: Intermediate
Date: 10-11 February 2023/ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Lecturer: Thomas Köntges Location: online | Type of course: Method Course Max. participants: 12
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Finding a Job in Germany´s Industry
Date: 14, 21, 28 February 2023, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Lecturer: Heidi Störr Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: n.a.
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Academic Writing in the Natural and Life Sciences: Towards Organization and Motivation
Date: 15-16 February 2023/ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Lecturer: Andrea Sanchini Location: Villa Tillmanns, Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 16
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Data Science with R: Advanced
Date: 24-25 February 2023/ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Lecturer: Thomas Köntges Location: online | Type of course: Method Course Max. participants: 12
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Introduction to Statistics and R
Date: 28 February - 3 March 2023/ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Lecturer: Stephan Kambach, Christian Ristok Location: Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, Halle | Type of course: Method Course Max. participants: 20
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How to Write a Competitive DFG-Proposal
Date: 6 March 2023/ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Lecturer: Barbara Weiner, Sindy Schug, Antje Nolting Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 16
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Successful Negotiation According to the Harvard Strategy
Date: 7 March 2023 Lecturer: Angelina Topan Location: KUBUS Hall 2, UFZ Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: n.a.
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Plan B – How to find your career outside academia
Date: 10 March 2023, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Lecturer: Matthias Zach Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 13
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Writing Sprints
Date: 10 March 2023/ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Lecturer: Melinda Johnston Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 12
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Using RMarkdown and RShiny to Publish Data-Driven Research
Date: 10 March 2023/ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Lecturer: Thomas Köntges Location: online | Type of course: Method Course Max. participants: 12
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Partner institutions and their programmes
Contact

Ulrike Krumrey
Postdoctoral Programme Coordinator
Room: A.00.19
Phone: +49 341 9733267
Email: ulrike.krumrey@idiv.de

Johanna Müller
Administrative Assistant
Room: A.00.19
Phone: +49 341 9733126
Email: johanna.mueller@idiv.de