Hamburg Research Academy
What we offer
Advising Services
We advise you on doing a doctorate, the postdoc phase, and junior professorships. If necessary, we can also refer you to the right person or service.
Course portal HH
In our Hamburg-wide course portal, we pool events and activities as well as workshops for doctoral and early career researchers. The various offers from the individual institutions are open to all member universities of the Hamburg Research Academy.
HRA spotlight
We regularly offer 2-hour information sessions on core topics in the doctoral and postdoc phase. Experts provide a general overview to clarify and answer your individual questions.
Career development programs
We offer career development programs to support postdoctoral researchers at all stages of their career and doctoral researchers in their final phase.
More offers
We organize various events and activities to encourage networking among doctoral and early career researchers. We announce these individually.
(Past offers)
Good to know:
Which important transferable skills for careers in or outside academia can you gain as a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher? Which abilities can you hone further?
- The Universitätsverband zur Qualifizierung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in Deutschland e. V. (UniWiND), a forum for cooperation and exchange on matters pertaining to doctoral and early career researchers, has developed a competency model for doctoral researchers. UniWiND publications, Volume 6 (edited by Sibel Vurgun): Kompetenzen von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftlern.Entwicklung eines Kompetenzmodells (2016). [PDF]
- The Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) offers an overview of researchers’ knowledge, skills, and personal qualities. [PDF]
The HRA career development program is based on this competency model so we can provide the best support possible on your career path.
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