Soft Skill Course
A new soft skill training series will take place in the winter term 2026/27, organized by the Chair for Global Nutrition and Trade (Prof. Kopp) and the Chair for International Food and Nutrition Security (Prof. Keding).
This new format addresses primarily PhD students and early career postdocs, but student assistants, advanced M.Sc. students, and more senior researchers are welcome as well.
The topics to be covered address a wide spectrum which makes it likely that you will find interest not in every topic. Consequently, participation requires no registration and it is also not mandatory to participate regularly. The seminar schedule can be found below and regular reminders will be sent. We will establish an open atmosphere, which means that interested participants may participate in any session they deem find interesting.
The meetings take place on Wednesdays, between 12:30-13:30 in Zeughaus, Raum 220, (ZE-S1), and will be structured roughly by 20-30mins input by a speaker, followed by a 30-40 minutes discussion and Q&A. Feel free to bring your lunch along.
We strongly encourage in-person participation. However, you may also join via Zoom using the following link: Join via Zoom
Schedule
(Note that not all slots are filled yet. For some, we have open requests to possible speakers, but not for all, so participants can also mention their wishes.)
| Date | Nr. | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21.10.2026 | 1 | The life cycle of academic articles and the publication process | Prof. Tom Kopp |
| 28.10.2026 | 2 | Navigating through the PhD | Dr. Louis Amprako |
| 04.11.2026 | 3 | Job types and other financing models for working at universities and other research institutions in Germany | Prof. Tom Kopp |
| 11.11.2026 | 4 | Dissertation regulation at JLU - Formal requirements for getting the PhD! (“Promotionsordnung”) | Prof. Gudrun Keding |
| 18.11.2026 | 5 | Scientific conferences: Why to go, what to consider? | Prof. Tom Kopp |
| 25.11.2026 | 6 | Time management and self-organisation | Leonie Schmidt |
| 02.12.2026 | 7 | Human Agency: Cautious Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Research Process | Dr. Joss von Hadeln |
| 09.12.2026 | 8 | The convincing research paper | Prof. Martin Petrick |
| 16.12.2026 | 9 | Ethical clearance - Why should I do it, and how is it done? | Prof. Ulrike Gisch |
| 2027 | |||
| 13.01.2027 | 10 | t.b.a. | t.b.a. |
| 20.01.2027 | 11 | t.b.a. | t.b.a. |
| 27.01.2027 | 12 | Ethics in the field | Dr. Stéphanie Domptail |
| 03.02.2027 | t.b.a. | t.b.a. | |