Postdocs

The University of Bremen supports the career development of early-career researchers in the postdoc phase. BYRD offers its own range of information, advice and workshops on career orientation, personal development, and networking. In addition, you will find the university-wide support offers for the postdoc phase on our homepage.

News for Postdocs

Please register here to receive updated information on our program and events.

 

Our goals are:

  • To assist you in clarifying your career goals either inside or outside the University and provide support in implementing accordant measures.
  • To provide you with cross-disciplinary skills that will enable you to excel in teaching and research and to contribute your research findings to society.
  • To give you an overview of funding opportunities.
  • To make postdocs of the University of Bremen more visible as a distinctive peer group and to network with one another.

 

Please see our page for Early Career Researchers to find general information regarding the options and demands for postdoctoral research.

Our Offers for Postdocs

Workshops

In order to support postdocs and experienced scientists on their way to a professorship or a position in industry or society, BYRD organizes a workshop program with a focus on the following topics

  • academic career development
  • careers beyond academia
  • networking
  • personal development
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Consultation

We will be happy to advise you personally on questions regarding orientation after your doctorate, funding and support opportunities at the University of Bremen and on career paths within and outside academia.

Feel free to arrange an appointment with Dr. Imke Girßmann:
Phone: 0421-218-60329
E-Mail: imke.girssmannprotect me ?!vw.uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de

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Networking

We would like to support you in building your network! We offer you the opportunity to form a group with other scientists in the postdoc phase and to set up joint projects with financial support from BYRD.
BYRD postdoc networks

 

 

 

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Individual Coaching

Our coaching pool provides the opportunity to profit from professional consultation for all postdocs who are in their qualification phase and have a temporary contract at the University of Bremen. We cooperate with professionally trained coaches in different areas.

Individual Coaching for Postdoctoral Researchers

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Support Offers for Postdocs at Bremen University

BYRD, the central point of contact for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, bundles the offers of the University of Bremen for individual qualification and further development. Here you can find the offers corresponding to the competence areas that the University of Bremen has defined as core elements of career development in the postdoc phase. (Please note: Some of them are only available in German.)

  • The University of Bremen, together with the other universities in Bremen and Bremerhaven and the Bremer Aufbau-Bank, pool their activities in the area of “Start-ups from universities” in the BRIDGE network.
  • Information on the topic of knowledge and technology transfer at the University of Bremen
  • The Office for University Didactics of the University of Bremen offers a comprehensive training program for its teaching faculty.
  • “Research-based learning” at the University of Bremen.
  • Information on quality assurance in teaching and learning

Bremen Early Career Researcher Development

BYRD is the support center for early-career researchers at the University of Bremen. We are the central contact point for doctoral candidates, postdocs as well as advanced researchers for further training, networking, information and consulting.

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