Digital Postdoc Get-Together | Postdoc Lunch
Networking and exchange are important – also and especially amongst peers.
In order to promote convivial exchange, we invite all postdocs to regular get-togethers (approx. every 6 weeks). The meetings serve as spaces where postdocs can share ideas with other postdocs, strengthen their network, and learn from the experiences of their peers. We look forward to welcoming you!
The meetings are held in either of two formats:
- Digital postdoc get-together via Big Blue Button - links are sent out after the registration via email.
- Postdoc lunch on site - we meet for lunch* at the restaurant Die Kate , Bismarckstrasse 32, 35390 Giessen
* Please note that the GGS cannot cover the costs for the participants' lunches, but that the lunch offers a chance of further networking on a self-payer basis.
Dates of the postdoc get-togethers/lunch in 2023:
| April 26, 2023 | Postdoc get-together: " Professoral Appointment and Tenure Track in the social sciences and humanities " with Professor Dr Simone Abendschön (JLU) |
| July 14, 2023 | Postdoc lunch: "Working in Editorial Boards and as a Reviewer as part of the academic career" with Professor Dr Stefan Wahlen (JLU) |
Next postdoc get-together in detail:
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April 26, 2023, 12 noon - 1 pm (s.t.) via Big Blue Button
Guest: Professor Dr Simone Abendschön (Department 03 der JLU, Chair for Political Science with focus on Methodology of Political Science with due regard to Democracy and Political Socialization Research
In our next get-together we talk about Professoral Appointment and Tenure Track in the social sciences and humanities . What does an appointment entail, how does one ideally prepare for evaluation? Together with Professor Abendschön, we discuss what the tenure track phase at JLU Giessen is like, identify some common pitfalls to be aware of, as well as many other things.
Please register for the get-together/lunch via email at postdocs Thank you very much!
Past events in 2022
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 12.00 noon - 1.00 pm (s.t.): GGS-Postdoc-Austauschs-DAAD Gutachten
We talk with Professor Dr Joachim Stiensmeier-Pelster about the advantages and opportunities offered that are being active as a reviewer offers to postdocs. How much work is this realistically and, to begin with, how does one attain this role ? -
Thursday, May 12 2022, 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm
: GGS-Postdoc-Lunch - Mein Weg zum Drittmittelantrag
We discuss the process of handing in a joint BMBF application with Dr Marie Reusch , Institute for political science, JLU, during a shared lunch at the restaurant Die Kate at Bismarckstrasse 32, 35390 Giessen . -
Thursday, March 17, 2022, 12 noon - 1 pm (s.t.)
The Teaching and Evaluation Service at JLU is responsible, among other things, for the introduction, implementation and further development of central procedures and instruments for teaching evaluation. At the latest as soon as postdocs want to apply for a professorship, the evaluation results of their courses become relevant for them. But how can one use the findings of teaching evaluations early on to improve ones own teaching? Christian Treppesch (StL, JLU) will be happy to answer these and other questions on the topic of teaching evaluation.
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Thursday, January 27, 2022, 12 noon - 1 pm (s.t.)
To kick off the year, we would like to introduce Dr Diana Hitzke. She is a new member at the Postdoc Career and Mentoring Office (PCMO) and will tell us about the services offered by the PCMO and the funding opportunities of the Postdoc Fund. The Postdoc Fund is exclusively available to JLU postdocs. Funding is provided for conference travel as well as individual further education and training measures to promote the academic career (e.g. workshops, courses, lectures or methodological advice) from an external provider.
Past events in 2021
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Thursday, November 4, 2021, 12 noon - 1 pm (s.t.).
Before we go into the Christmas break, we are pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Stefan Peters (Chair of Peace Studies at JLU and Director of the German-Colombian Peace Institute/Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz - CAPAZ in Bogotá) as a guest at our last Postdoc Get-Together this year. As a researcher with a particularly high level of third-party funding in FB 01 with strong overlaps with FB 03, he will tell us about his experiences in acquiring third-party funding and will be available to answer your questions. Prof. Dr. Peters' research projects are characterised by a high degree of interdisciplinarity and internationality. How do you start such international cooperation? And how does it become a project? Find out more about the process of initiating such projects and what you should bear in mind when submitting proposals and generally working scientifically in an international context.
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Thursday, September 16, 2021, 12 noon - 1 pm (s.t.).
By the end of the workday, the to-do list has once again grown longer instead of shorter.... At the Postdoc Get-Together in September, Dr. Jennifer Heiny will present a few time management tools that can help you as a postdoc to manage your workday more efficiently. -
Thursday, July 29, 2021, 12 noon - 1 pm (s.t.)
As a speaker in the Chancellor's Office at the JLU, Dr. Jan Otto is responsible for budgeting models, medium-term financial planning, risk management, reserve management, data and information management, and resource controlling. Learn, for example, according to which models and on the basis of which information or indicators resources are distributed in Hesse, within JLU or even within departments, up to the professorships.
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Thursday, June 17, 2021, 12 noon - 1 pm (s.t.)
In June, Tobias Meyer (Advisor for professorship appointment procedures and evaluation, Human Resources Department, JLU) will be our guest during the Postdoc Get-Together. He will provide insights into his work regarding evaluation procedures concerning tenure track positions of the faculties of GGS. We will also discuss sources of information for tenure track procedures and professorship appointments. For example, do you know what the " Satzung der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen zur Bewährungsfeststellung " says? Find out more and bring your own questions (preferably ahead of time via e-mail at Postdocs@ggs.uni-giessen.de ).
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Thursday, April 29, 2021, 12 noon - 1 pm (s.t.)
Dr Sven Werkmeister (head of presidential office) will join us for our Postdoc Get-Together in April. He will provide information on current developments of higher education policy and its relevance for scientists at faculties of the GGS.
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Thursday, March 11, 2021, 11 am - noon
We are happy to welcome Dr Sabine Fritz during our Postdoc-Get-Together. Aside from research and publications, teaching skills are crucially important during professoral appointment procedures. Dr Sabine Fritz and Dr Gabi Dübbelde offer coaching in order to prepare for e.g. demonstration lessons and application procedures. Dr Sabine Fritz will answer all your questions regarding teaching and tell us about her work with future professors.
- Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 10.30 am - noon