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PIER Graduate Week 2025

EVENT | 6 - 10 October 2025 | CFEL

The next PIER Graduate Week is scheduled for 6 - 10 October 2025 and takes place on-site on the Science Campus Hamburg-Bahrenfeld.
07 Oct 2025

How to decide what to do with your career

EVENT | Vicent Botella-Soler | 7 October 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | online

Eventually, many academics face this possibility: leaving, quitting academia. Ofen, it is a decision fraught with much emotion, perceived as a threat to our identity, to our sense of self and pride.
08 Oct 2025

Meet-a-Postdoc in the Lab

EVENT | 8 October 2025, 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | room 02.013

Have a coffee with fellow postdocs and come along on a tour of an accelerator lab.
13 Oct 2025

Thesis defense: Laurids Jeppe

EVENT | Thesis defense: Laurids Jeppe | 13 October 2025, 10.30 a.m.

The disputation is open to the UHH university public. Title of thesis: Measurement of the inclusive tt cross section and search for additional scalars in tt final states at the CMS experiment
15 Oct 2025

Academic Writing - 8 Sessions

EVENT | 8 sessions from 15 October 2025 to 3 December 2025, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. (Wednesdays) | Campus Bahrenfeld, Building 61 Room 116 (1st floor)

At a basic level, a PhD is about developing the skills of a professional academic researcher. However, without a set syllabus to follow, how do you develop those skills?
15 Oct 2025

Thesis defense: Niels Christian Gießelmann

EVENT | Thesis defense: Niels Christian Gießelmann | 15 October 2025, 10.00 a.m.

The disputation is open to the UHH university public. Title of thesis: X-ray Scattering Investigations of the Structure of Water and Ice in Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas
16 Oct 2025

Mini-Workshop/Life Hack „How to transfer your skills from academia to the world outside“

EVENT | Dr. Cornelia Rahn | 16 October 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | online

This mini-workshop is about making the participants aware of the skills they have acquired in academia which are attractive for the job market outside of academia.
16 Oct 2025

Good Scientific Practice for Doctoral Researchers

EVENT | Prof. Ingenuin Gasser | 16 + 17 October 2025, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | O1.030 / building 48f (PETRA III Extension), DESY

In this two-day workshop, we will discuss important issues around a smooth and successful completion of your doctorate.
23 Oct 2025

Addressing Discrimination in Academia

EVENT | Eileen Schwanold | 23 October 2025, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | room tba

Join us to help tackle discrimination in academia!
29 Oct 2025

Postdoc Life Hack: How to create a LinkedIn profile?

EVENT | Lia Lang | 29 October 2025, 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | room tba

No previous experience is necessary.
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