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

Postdoc Q&A Session: Gaining teaching experience during your postdoc

Date: 1 June 2021, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Lecturers: Anja Widdig, Lotte Korell, Sara König, Alexander Zizka

Location: Online via Zoom

Type of event: Q&A session

Max. participants: 30 participants

yDiv event series: Mental Well-being in Academia - Motivation & Procrastination

Date: 22 June 2021

Lecturer: Desiree Dickerson, PhD

Location: online via Zoom

Type of event: Talk

Max. participants: 100 participants

Credit points: n.a.

Project Management

Date: 28-29 June 2021

Lecturer: Neela Enke

Location: Online on Zoom

Type of course: Transferable Skills

Max. participants: 12 participants

Postdoc Retreat - Workshop: Communicate your science - networking strategies for postdocs

Date: 4-5 October 2021

Lecturer: Rosmarie Neumann

Location: Gut Frohberg, Käbschütztal

Type of course: Transferable skills

Max. participants: 15 participants

yDiv event series: Mental Well-being in Academia - Navigating Supervision. Supervisors, communication, and boundaries

Date: 21 October 2021

Lecturer: Desiree Dickerson, PhD

Location: online via Zoom

Type of event: Talk

Max. participants: 100 participants

Credit points: n.a.

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.