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We all work as doctoral students in Germany in many different fields and with very different backgrounds, but time and again it becomes clear that many problems affect us all equally. One of the biggest and most frequently underestimated issues is mental health. This problem area is not only a concern for doctoral student representatives,…

You hit “submit,” take a deep breath, and hope the reviewers will understand what you’ve worked on for months or even years. After weeks of waiting, the reviews arrive. Reviewer 1 offers constructive feedback, but Reviewer 2 seems to have read an entirely different paper—raising questions that miss the point and comments that make you…

Although many universities repeatedly emphasize how important their doctoral candidates are to them, the reality is often quite different. At many locations, it is unclear how doctoral candidates can even be reached, as central structures are lacking or only function incompletely. An alarming number of universities do not even know who is doing a doctorate…