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henningw@upb.de

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Making the most out of conference attendances
Scientific conferences provide a great opportunity to (1) increase the visibility of yourself, your research, and your group, (2) connect with other junior and senior researchers in your area, and (3) learn about the state of the art and recent trends in your community.

Since I did my PhD in a group from a different research area, I’ve attended conference mostly alone in the first years. Meanwhile, I tend to have people from my own group around me, and I usually see various friends and colleagues at conferences that I met over the years. Thus, I know the different experiences you may have at conferences, and believe that I can give suggestions on what to pay attention to in either case, in order to make the most out of your attendance.

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kirsten.thommes@upb.de

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Applying for research grants

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Applying for a job in the industry

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katharina.rohlfing@upb.de
or TEAMS

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angela.grimminger@uni-paderborn.de
05251-60 4310

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Collaboration with other PhD within the same project
Background: I did my PhD (and beginning PostDoc phase) within a DFG funded project with two positions at different universities that included e.g. joint longitudinal data acquisition (experimental and semi-naturalistic), joint data coding and training / monitoring of research assistants; joint (interdisciplinary) writing etc., but also working on / discussing the individual dissertations. I am happy to share experiences on what worked well but also on the challenges in collaborating in this way.

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Working in a research group
Background: For almost 15 years now, I am working in different positions (research assistant, lab manager, PhD student, PostDoc, lab director) in a research group that has always been interdisciplinary (Psycho-)Linguistics, Psychology, Computer Science) and I was involved in all kinds of projects and tasks. My different positions also meant different roles within the group and role ascriptions by colleagues.

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ingrid.scharlau@uni-paderborn.de

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Compatibility of family and career:
For me, this is an important topic for several reasons. In Germany, unfortunately, the phase of starting a family and the phase when the scientific career really takes off coincide. As head of the cross-faculty mentoring programs at the university, I saw many women for whom compatibility was a larger problem than expected. I am a full-time working mother myself, and even spent some years of that time working far away from the family home, so I may share my experiences and strategies.

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Gender:

There is little overt discrimination against women at German universities, but there are still many structural and other barriers to women's academic careers. Often, they are slowly thwarted in quite unexpected places and by small influences. I would like to offer an opportunity in which to talk and reflect about such experiences and to prepare oneself for them.

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cimiano@cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de

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Strategies for a successful academic career through to obtaining tenure:
I am happy to talk about what aspects one can optimise to increase chances for a successful scientific career directed towards obtaining tenure. Aspects to cover include publication strategy / choice of topics / networking, etc.

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Time Management:
I am happy to talk about how I ended up being able to manage my time effectively (or so I think at least!). At least I always manage to stay calm in spite of all challenges, deadlines etc. ahead. Staying calm is the basis for working effectively and getting the most out of the day. Panic is your worst enemy. The blueprint I can provide might not work for everybody, but at least it is always good to reflect about one’s own time management. I am happy to engage in such a discussion.

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anna-lisa.vollmer@uni-bielefeld.de

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International networking strategies and research stays abroad

During my postdoc, I have spent three years in the UK and France and would like to share my learnings and experiences for interested students.

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Compatibility of family and career
2 kids and both parents employed full-time. There is no perfect strategy but I can talk about a lot of things that don’t work!

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tobias.matzner@upb.de

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Interdisciplinary careers and work.
I studied both computer science and philosophy. I now work in an humanities department but have also worked as a computer scientist in the university and (shortly) industry. Most of my research has been interdisciplinary. In addition to this experience, I also deal with issues of different academic cultures and practices as part of my research.

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Diversity and inclusion from the “powerful side”.
Diversity and inclusion are still a largely unresolved issue in academia. The problems are quite different however, for those who are not included or struggle to do so, and those who are in the mainstream (or hegemonic or powerful positions). Those could be male, German, white, professor, and more, depending on context. Such problems are part of my research but I also try to put them into practice in teaching and administration.

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Ilona.horwath@upb.de

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First generation students.
As a "first generation student", I would like to work in the direction of empowerment. Unfortunately however, I encounter the limitation that there are hardly any solutions and that large parts of science are currently very classicist. Still, this is a topic that I would like to discuss and share experiences on.

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Gender and diversity, especially when working in a project or research group. I have both experience  with this topic and a great deal of expertise and approaches to solutions.

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Applying for research grants or other money

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hbuschme@uni-bielefeld.de
+49 521 106-12171

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heike.buhl@uni-paderborn.de

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According to the rules 😊

Applying for research grants: DFG, BMBF

First generation students

Compatibility of family and career

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A little out of the normal range

Joy, effort, frustration and perseverance in science

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International networking strategies

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Raising children during the qualification phase

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Interdisciplinary (side) projects during the PhD-phase

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Career development / when and how to start applying for (junior) faculty positions