Workshop, 21 October 2024, 9:00-12:30 hrs
Presenter: Dr Anke Soemer, academic-futures.de
Target audience
Doctoral candidates and/or early postdocs
Content and aim of the workshop
Taking an international perspective, the workshop provides an overview of the German research and innovation system and addresses both the opportunities and challenges associated with consolidating a research career. The programme is designed to facilitate career decision-making in a highly competitive work environment characterised by project funding and temporary employment contracts.
Your benefits
By participating in this workshop, you will be better equipped to
- navigate the German research and innovation landscape,
- understand the career system in academia and non-university research,
- identify potential career opportunities beyond research and teaching,
- recognise the building blocks for sustainable career development.
Trainer
Anke Soemer is a certified business trainer and coach supporting organisations and researchers in strategy processes, research planning and transfer. As an expert for science policy and management, she has been at the Fraunhofer Society since 2015 and works as a senior advisor in the Presidential Department with a focus on research strategy and digital policy. Previously, she was at the Max Planck Society (2000–2015), where she most recently held the position of Head of the Department for Young Scientists, Diversity and the Coordination of Presidential Commissions. Anke Soemer studied public administration and law at the universities of Konstanz and Ottawa and received her doctorate at the Technical University of Munich.
Agenda
- The German research and innovation system
Key players and stakeholders / Current trends and developments - Particularities of academia and public sector research
Career system and career paths / Preparing for leadership / Academic portfolio - Developing your career as a researcher
Building blocks of a sustainable career / When moving out of research: a few tips - Beyond research careers: the world of work 4.0
Basic structure of the non-research sector / Employability - Transfer and feedback
