News (2020)18 December 2020|HRA NewsHRA Topic for 2020/21: Careers in academia? Social background and equal opportunity in academiaPhoto: unsplashAsking this question and addressing this highly relevant issue, we started with our first topic of the year in February 2020. Together with the...17 December 2020|HRA News2020—No Reason to Celebrate? Why we say "Yes” to Confetti at the Year’s EndPhoto: unsplashOne thing is certain: we know and are sure that it has been a difficult year for everyone. There’s no need to sugarcoat it. The pandemic has also...16 November 2020|HRA NewsOnline Talk with Antje Boetius: “Passion for your subject is the best prerequisite for good science communication”Photo: Esther HorvathNever before has there been so much talk about the topic of research communication as in 2020. So this was a good time for our online talk on 12...5 November 2020|HRA News“There is no such thing as the ideal time to start writing.”—HRA Promovierendentag on 22 OctoberPhoto: HRA/GerlachThe HRA Promovierendentag on Zoom—together with participants from 7 higher education institutions and 38 departments, we rose to this new challenge...28 October 2020|HRA NewsOnline Talk on Research Communication on 12 NovemberPhoto: Esther HorvathIn the crisis-ridden year 2020, there is at least one winner: research communication. Together with the deep-sea researcher Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius...1 September 2020|HRA NewsHRA Promovierendentag 2020: Focus on writing and publishingPhoto: HRAOn 22 October, we invite all doctoral researchers from our nine member institutions as well as those interested in doing a doctorate in Hamburg to the...8 April 2020|HRA NewsCOVID-19: we asked doctoral researchers in Hamburg what is keeping them goingPhoto: Siora/unsplashThe public have never been more aware of the impact of scientific findings on political decision-making than in the current reporting on COVID-19...3 March 2020|HRA News"Macht & Eliten" — an HRA Salon talk on power and elites in academiaPhoto: HRA/Peter OldorfStudies have long made it clear that parental education levels and income greatly affect career opportunities in academia. Why is it so much more...2 March 2020|HRA NewsResearch Communication at the HRAPhoto: pixabayCommunicate your research successfully: The new Research Communication Project (Projekt Wissenschaftskommunikation or WissKomm for short) from the...31 January 2020|HRA NewsHRA Salon "Macht & Eliten" on 13 Feb 2020Photo: HRAParental education levels and income greatly affect career opportunities in academia. For example, in the years between 2001–2010, 38 percent of new...