- Interview campus.leben about the new doctoral council at FU Berlin16.04.2024 – This Mai the „Freie Universität Berlin“ is going to elect a doctoral council for a first time. This is a great development. In this context our very own Benita Schulz (second spokesperson) was invited by campus.leben to discuss together with Markus Edler, the managing director of the Dahlem Research School of the “Freien … Weiterlesen: Interview campus.leben about the new doctoral council at FU Berlin
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science12.02.2024 – February 11th was designated as the „International Day of Women and Girls in Science“ by UNESCO on December 22th 2015. Worldwide, still only one in three people in science is a woman (see UNESCO Science Report, 2021). This means that women are still significantly underrepresented in science – and this is often particularly … Weiterlesen: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- PhDs of the Germany stand united!Doctoral councils all over Germany met in Berlin at September 26th to found the German association of doctoral researchers („Bundesverband Promovierende e.V.“). The executive board around the two speakers Timo Eckstein (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) and Benita Schmitz (Halle/Wittenberg) expressed the aim to fight for better working conditions for researchers in Germany. The newly formed association arises … Weiterlesen: PhDs of the Germany stand united!
- New website!Thanks to the contribution of our members, we were able to secure funds for hosting our own website, where you can find our official stances on relevant doctoral issues, our reports and documentation, as well as relevant news. This is also a channel where you can contact us, so let us know what do you … Weiterlesen: New website!
- Position to the planned changes in the WissZeitVgOn June 28th 2023, the German network of doctoral researchers reached out to the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) and took up position concerning the changes in the WissZeitVG. The coalition of 31 doctoral representations demands a minimal contract length of six years, must-rulings instead of should-rulings, a compensation of the maximal contract … Weiterlesen: Position to the planned changes in the WissZeitVg