Events
Workshops and Events
As an early-career researcher, you can choose from our wide range of free BYRD workshops. On our web pages, we have also bundled the offers of other university-wide providers.
For questions regarding course registration, cancellation of participation, and other organisational matters, please see our General information about BYRD events and workshops.


For Postdocs and Advanced Researchers
In order to support you on your way to a professorship or a position in business and civil society, we offer you training measures and events explicitly aimed at postdoctoral researchers. The focus is on career orientation, academic career development and personal development.
You will also find selected offers from other institutions in the overview below.
For questions regarding course registration, cancellation of participation, and other organisational matters, please see our General information about BYRD events and workshops.
If you have any suggestions, questions, or special wishes concerning our training program, please contact the BYRD team.
Please note: Only workshops in English language are listed on this page. For the complete list of all workshops of our qualification program for postdoctoral researchers please refer to the German version of this site.
International researchers may also be interested in the events organized by the Welcome Center.
Accessibility: If you have special needs, please feel free to contact us. We will do our best to support you accordingly.
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title | date | venue | offered by | no. |
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May 2023 | ||||
Voice and Body Coaching - Communicating with confidence and accuracy | 11. + 12.05.2023 | Campus | BYRD | 2023-17 |
Prioritization and time management for early career researchers with caring responsibilities | 15.05.2023 | online | YUFE | |
Information Event: Research in Europe | 25.05.2023 | Campus | BYRD, Funding Advisory Service & KoWi | |
June 2023 | ||||
Revise, Rewrite, Review: How to edit your academic texts as a non-native speaker | 12.06.2023 | Campus | BYRD | 2023-20 |
Prioritization and time management for early career researchers with caring responsibilities | 12.06.2023 | online | YUFE | |
Activate Your Personal Resources: How to stay healthy and focused in academia | 20.06.2023 | Campus | BYRD | 2023-22 |
Career Design: (Re)Defining career expectations and crafting a career based on values & strengths | 22. + 23.06.2023 | Campus | BYRD | 2023-23 |
July 2023 | ||||
Project Management for Scientists | 06.07.2023 | online | BYRD | 2023-24 |
Clear at a Glance - Designing Effective Academic Posters | 07.07.2023 | Campus | BYRD | 2023-25 |
YUFE Staff Portal
The University of Bremen is a member of YUFE - Young Universities for the Future of Europe. Researchers are welcome to participate in the online courses offered on the YUFE Staff portal.
For Parents
Postdocs with children can receive financial support for childcare during workshop hours within the KLEX program, when taking part in a course organized by BYRD.
For further information, please contact Uni KLEX (Flexible childcare for early career researchers) in advance.

For Doctoral Researchers
We organize a varied program to support you throughout the PhD process, which we have bundled under the mottos “networking”, “independent research” and “personality development”. Our qualification program also comprises measures offered by our cooperation partners which are especially suitable for doctoral researchers.
For questions regarding course registration, cancellation of participation, and other organisational matters, please see our General information about BYRD events and workshops.
If you have any suggestions, questions, or special wishes concerning our training program, please contact the BYRD team.
Please note: Only workshops in English language are listed on this page. For the complete list of all workshops of our qualification program for doctoral researchers please refer to the German version of this site.
Accessibility: If you have special needs, please feel free to contact us. We will do our best to support you accordingly.

Write in a group!
Join our bi-weekly "Shut Up and Write!" sessions or one of the writing groups supported by BYRD and simply turn writing into a social experience! Now online via Zoom!

Next International PhD Students' Meeting: 28 June 2023, 17:30, Haus am Walde
title | date | venue | offered by | no. |
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June 2023 | ||||
How to document your research data – Keep calm and play Lego® | 07.06.2023 | Campus | Data Science Center | |
Revise, Rewrite, Review: How to edit your academic texts as a non-native speaker | 12.06.2023 | fully booked | BYRD | 2023-20 |
Prioritization and time management for early career researchers with caring responsibilities | 12.06.2023 | online | YUFE | |
At the Conference - From poster design to self marketing - Workshop for female scientists | 13. - 16.06.2023 | online | perspektive promotion | |
Handling Personal Data In Research | 14.06.2023 | Campus | Data Science Center | |
Activate Your Personal Resources: How to stay healthy and focused in academia | 20.06.2023 | Campus | BYRD | 2023-22 |
July 2023 | ||||
Project Management for Scientists | 06.07.2023 | fully booked | BYRD | 2023-24 |
Clear at a Glance - Designing Effective Academic Posters | 07.07.2023 | Campus | BYRD | 2023-25 |
University of Bremen and University of Oldenburg have concluded an agreement to open the workshops of ProUB and the Graduate Academy for the doctoral researchers of the other university. Please refer to this website for information on the workshop offers of the Graduate Academy in Oldenburg.