Workshop: GA_1.12 Career Paths for PhDs & Postdocs in German Academia - Details

Workshop: GA_1.12 Career Paths for PhDs & Postdocs in German Academia - Details

General information

Course name Workshop: GA_1.12 Career Paths for PhDs & Postdocs in German Academia
Subtitle lecturer: Dr. Linda Jauch
Course number GA_1.12
Semester WiSe26/27
Current number of participants 1
maximum number of participants 14
Home institute Graduiertenakademie
Courses type Workshop in category Teaching
Next date Monday, 14.12.26, 10:00 - 16:30 o'clock Raum V1, Schlaues Haus Oldenburg
Type/Form in-person-event
Lehrsprache englisch

Rooms and times

Raum V1, Schlaues Haus Oldenburg

  • Monday, 14.12.26, 10:00 - 16:30 o'clock
  • Tuesday, 15.12.26, 09:00 - 13:00 o'clock

Module assignments

Comment/Description

In this workshop, early career researchers will learn in detail about the German academic system
and its career paths. The German system is coined, on the one hand, by an unparalleled level of
freedom at professorial level, safeguarded by the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.
On the other hand, we have very few permanent positions for postdocs and a special act on fixedterm
employment only for academia. What makes things even more complicated (but also offers
new opportunities!), are the current efforts by some universities to introduce new permanent
career paths to the system.
The first part of the workshop will focus on the academic system, its structure, the politics behind
it and how they impact every single postdoc position. Participants will then learn in detail about
the different academic career paths in German academia. We will hear about the different
options and access routes e.g. to a Junior Research Group or a W1 professorship, discuss the
importance of careful planning and networks and also look at alternatives within and outside of
academia.
Participants are welcome to send their CVs and a short paragraph on their career plans in advance
by email. Confidentiality is guaranteed and all data will be destroyed after the workshop.

Target group: doctoral candidates and postdocs

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmendenzahl: Career Paths for PhDs & Postdocs in German Academia".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.
  • The enrolment is possible from 02.06.2026, 10:44 to 10.12.2026, 10:44.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.

The enrolment is binding, participants cannot unsubscribe themselves.