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.
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.
Upcoming yDiv courses & events for postdocs
Active Bystander (Online)
Date: 7 July, 2-3 pm Providers: Active Bystander Training Company Location: Online on Zoom | Type of event: Training session Max. participants: 40 participants
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Data Vizualisation in R (in person)
Date: 8-9 September 2022 Lecturer: Cédric Scherer Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | Type of course: Methods Max. participants: 20 participants Credit points: 1 CP |
Introduction to scientific programming and tidyverse (in person)
Date: 22-23 September 2022 Lecturers: Benoit Gauzens, Emilio Berti Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | Type of event: Workshop Max. participants: 20 participants Credit points: 1 |
Postdoc Retreat
Date: 6-7 October 2022 Lecturer: tba Location: Konrad-Martin-Haus, Bad Kösen | Type of course: Transferable skills Max. participants: 15 participants |
yDiv event series: Managing Conflict (Online)
Date: 13 October 2022 Lecturer: Desiree Dickerson Location: Online via Zoom | Type of event: Workshop Max. participants: 25 participants Credit points: n.a. |
Mechanistic spatially-explicit eco-evolutionary biodiversity modelling (in person)
Date: 14-18 November 2022, 9 am - 5 pm Lecturers: Oskar Hagen, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Alexander Skeels Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | Type of course: Methods course Max. participants: 15 participants Credit points: 2.5 |
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics in R (in person)
Date: 24-27 October 2022 Lecturer: Benjamin Rosenbaum Location: iDiv Leipzig, room Beehive | Type of course: Methods Max. participants: 15 Credit points: 2 CP |
Practical Creative Problem Solving – How to generate more and better ideas in less time (in person)
Date: 16 January 2023 Lecturer: Marin Zec Location: iDiv Leipzig, Beehive | Type of event: Transferrable Skills Max. participants: 8-20 participants Credit points: 0.5 |
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.
How to write a competitive ERC Grant
Date: 13 July 2022/ 9:00 am - 10:00 pm Lecturer: Christiane Klein, Gerhard Fuchs Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: 10
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Bringing Research to the Public: Science Communication
Date: 24 October 2022/ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Lecturer: Rebecca Winkels Location: UFZ Leipzig | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: n/a
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Patents, trademarks, and inventions – a glimpse into intellectual property rights
Date: 17 November 2022/ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Lecturer: n/a Location: online | Type of course: Transferable Skills Max. participants: n/a
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Partner institutions and their programmes
Contact
Dr Melanie Eulitz
Postdoctoral Programme Coordinator
Room: A.00.19
Phone: +49 341 9733267
Email: melanie.eulitz@idiv.de
Johanna Müller
Administrative Assistant
Room: A.00.19
Phone: +49 341 9733126
Email: johanna.mueller@idiv.de
