Career programs

The Hamburg Research Academy aims to provide effective career support to final-year doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at all career stages. It has developed career programs, which enable participants from all subjects and member universities to attend exclusive workshops and work together over the course of several months. Intensive collaboration fosters interdisciplinary exchange and helps participants establish solid networks that benefit them in their future careers. All participants receive a certificate of attendance on completion of the program.

Program 1: Doctorate Done: What Now? Planning and Starting a Career

Target group: Final-year doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers in the early stages of their careers

Format: Peer-mentoring, workshops

Intended duration: tba

Details: The program helps final-year doctoral researchers and postdoctoral researchers in the early stages of their careers plan their future academic or non-academic careers effectively and take productive first steps (e.g., substantiating goals, contacting potential employers, securing external funding).

Program 2: Navigating Successfully in Academia: Career Program for Experienced Postdocs, Research Group Leaders and W1-Professors

Target group: Experienced postdoctoral researchers, research group leaders, W1-professors.

Format: Workshops and coaching

Intended duration: April 2024 - November 2024

Details: The program supports experienced researchers on the final, often fragile and exhausting, steps towards a lifetime professorship. It enables the selected participants to network intensively with others, who are on the same career path, and offers exclusive workshops that support this special career phase.

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