Leibniz PostDoc Network

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Every postdoc working at a Leibniz institute is welcome! Not sure if you are a postdoc? Just go for it, "inclusion" is the first motto of our meeting! 🌈

Please help us spread the word and share the post with your colleagues!

💡Of course, you will also get an introduction to the Leibniz PostDoc network and its working groups and learn how to get involved!

🗳️ Plus, we'll be holding the elections for next year's spokespersons and financial officer.

1️⃣"Advancing Your Career with Diversity Skills" by Dr. Sabine Müller,
2️⃣"Transfer Workshop – Focus Life Sciences: Is there transfer potential in my research?" by Dr. Rebekka Müller (ascenion),
3️⃣Advanced Programming with Generative AI for Researchers by Christian Steiner (DH Craft).

Under the motto "Inclusion, Innovation and Impact", We've planned two exciting days full of great events for you:
▶️an interdisciplinary poster session,
▶️a panel discussion on "Diverse career paths for PostDocs" featuring four inspiring (former) PostDocs and
▶️three interactive workshops:

We are excitited to invite all Leibniz Postdocs to the 9th
📢Leibniz PostDoc Network General Assembly

⏱️ When? Nov 17, 1:00 pm – Nov 18, 2025, 2:15 pm
📍Where? Leibniz Headquarters, Berlin and partly online

📝 Sign up by October 20 to join us:
forms.gle/tfdwWbfbeGAP...

📣Postdoc interview ahead!!📣

👉Learn about our community: spotlight on Dr. Bastian Seelbinder

Perfectly timed for #PostdocAppreciationWeek, we are kicking off today with a series of short interviews with Leibniz PostDocs.

To read the full interview, check our blog post
bit.ly/46pnXbg

- as well as on how you navigate conflict and seek to understand the position and path of those you are working with.

🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4nbvHFu

... organized by our Work & Health Working Group bit.ly/44sXw3F

Check also our second webinar on active well-being!

You are a leader now.

And the success of your team depends partly
- on how you choose to lead,
- on the tone you set,
- on how you model collaboration and collegiality with others,
- on how you narrate failure and how you lift others up when they stumble,

🌟 Join us online for the webinar "Leading a team" by Dr. Desiree Dickerson 🌟

🗓️ Save the Date: 06.10.2025 (Monday)

🕒 Time: 10:30-12h

🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4nbvHFu

Becoming a supervisor is a challenging move from the research-focused routine to a people-focused leadership role.

🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4no31cz

... organised by our Work & Health Working Group bit.ly/44sXw3F

Check also our second webinar on leading a team!

- We will learn about the costs of trying to excel with an empty bucket and discover key tools to actively refill it.

- We will also discuss strategies for pressing reset when your day goes off track and managing the burden of responsibility for others.

a metaphor for the constant outpouring into our work and the inevitable depletion that follows.

- We will explore how our buckets are drained daily—physically, emotionally, mentally, and socially—often unnoticed until it’s too late.

🌟 Join us online for the webinar "Well-being: An active approach" by Dr. Vicent Botella-Soler 🌟

🗓️ Save the Date: 22.09.2025 (Monday)
🕒 Time: 10:30-12h
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4no31cz

Maintaining well-being requires an active approach. In this webinar we explain the concept of an "empty bucket",

First Leibniz PostDoc Survey 2020 Fiedler, Daniela; Lösch, Thomas; Heinz, Gitta GESIS, Köln. ZA7941 Datenfile Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14024 Abstract: Postdoktoranden spielen in der wissenschaftlichen Forschung eine entscheidende Rolle und sind in vielen Forschungsgruppen unverzichtbar. Aus verschiedenen Gründen werden Postdoktorandinnen und Postdoktoranden jedoch oft übersehen oder falsch als homogene Gruppe von Forschenden dargestellt. Die Hauptziele der Leibniz-Postdoc-Befragung waren daher, erstens zu verstehen, wer Leibniz-Postdocs sind, und zweitens zu versuchen, einen Einblick in ihre Erfahrungen, Interessen und Bedürfnisse zu geben. Die erste Leibniz-PostDoc-Befragung wurde von Juli bis Oktober 2022 online in Deutschland durchgeführ ... mehr Inhalt: 1. Angaben zur Dissertation und zur aktuellen Position: abgeschlossene Promotion; Jahr des Abschlusses der Promotion; Dissertation eingereicht; Jahr der Einreichung der Dissertation; Jahr der geplanten Einreichung der Dissertation; Jahr des Beginns der Dissertation; Land der Institution, an der der Abschluss erworben wurde; Identifikation mit dem B ... mehr Themen: Beschäftigung und Erwerbstätigkeit | Arbeitsbeziehungen und Arbeitskonflikte | Arbeitsbedingungen | Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft

The full dataset of the 1st Leibniz PostDoc Survey 2020 is now published & available at doi.org/10.4232/1.14... 🔓

Special thanks 🙏 to 1st author Daniela Fiedler who has moved on from being a Leibniz postdoc to being an assistant prof in Denmark & still putting time & effort into this 🎓
#ichbinhanna

The data from the first Leibniz PostDoc survey is now available. Have at it, folks! The data from the second Leibniz PostDoc Survey will be released soon (trademark).

🙏

cc @regbeck.bsky.social @amreibahr.bsky.social @drkeichhorn.bsky.social

also see the blog post on the 2nd report from 2024

leibniz-postdoc.de/report-of-th...

Thanks a lot also to @gesis.org for support and hosting 🙏

a short summary of and a link to the 1st report (published 12/2022) are available on our website

leibniz-postdoc.de/report-of-th...

First Leibniz PostDoc Survey 2020 Fiedler, Daniela; Lösch, Thomas; Heinz, Gitta GESIS, Köln. ZA7941 Datenfile Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14024 Abstract: Postdoktoranden spielen in der wissenschaftlichen Forschung eine entscheidende Rolle und sind in vielen Forschungsgruppen unverzichtbar. Aus verschiedenen Gründen werden Postdoktorandinnen und Postdoktoranden jedoch oft übersehen oder falsch als homogene Gruppe von Forschenden dargestellt. Die Hauptziele der Leibniz-Postdoc-Befragung waren daher, erstens zu verstehen, wer Leibniz-Postdocs sind, und zweitens zu versuchen, einen Einblick in ihre Erfahrungen, Interessen und Bedürfnisse zu geben. Die erste Leibniz-PostDoc-Befragung wurde von Juli bis Oktober 2022 online in Deutschland durchgeführ ... mehr Inhalt: 1. Angaben zur Dissertation und zur aktuellen Position: abgeschlossene Promotion; Jahr des Abschlusses der Promotion; Dissertation eingereicht; Jahr der Einreichung der Dissertation; Jahr der geplanten Einreichung der Dissertation; Jahr des Beginns der Dissertation; Land der Institution, an der der Abschluss erworben wurde; Identifikation mit dem B ... mehr Themen: Beschäftigung und Erwerbstätigkeit | Arbeitsbeziehungen und Arbeitskonflikte | Arbeitsbedingungen | Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft

The full dataset of the 1st Leibniz PostDoc Survey 2020 is now published & available at doi.org/10.4232/1.14... 🔓

Special thanks 🙏 to 1st author Daniela Fiedler who has moved on from being a Leibniz postdoc to being an assistant prof in Denmark & still putting time & effort into this 🎓
#ichbinhanna

2) What do I need? Achieving your career goals sustainably requires emotional intelligence, so you will explore Nonviolent Communication (NVC) tools to make your self-care and time management more effective.

1) What do I want? In small-group discussions, you'll define your mid-term career goals, break them into actionable steps, and refine your priorities through peer-exchange - whether in academia or beyond.

And although no workshop in the world will change the challenging working conditions for postdocs, this workshop promises to create a space for you to explore two powerful questions - both with the goal to improve your clarity and peace of mind:

1) What do I want?
2) What do I need?
(details below)

🌟 Join Us for the interactive online Workshop "Career Clarity, Well-Being, and a good enough Time Management" by Ulrike Schneeberg 🌟

🗓️ Save the Date: 16.04.2025
🕒 Time: 09:00-12:00
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4kv7ecV

Postdoctoral research and mental health may often seem mutually exclusive...

And although no workshop in the world will change the challenging working conditions for postdocs, this workshop promises to create a space for you to explore two powerful questions - both with the goal to improve your clarity and peace of mind:

1) What do I want?
2) What do I need?
(details below)

Another product of last year's work worth advertising again: our Welcome Package 2.0 for international postdocs 🎓

(tailored to @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de employees and members but with loads of useful information for all international early career researchers)

leibniz-postdoc.de/welcome-pack...

Today meeting in Berlin at @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de headquarter for the steering committee meeting with @harrywilliams.bsky.social @regbeck.bsky.social and many other motivated postdocs 🎓

Taking the opportunity of our steering committee meeting to advertise our 2nd postdoc 🎓 survey 📊 report published in fall 2024. Great work by @regbeck.bsky.social @harrywilliams.bsky.social and many more people involved

leibniz-postdoc.de/report-of-th...