The GGG-team is working from home mostly during the level 3 warning and will be back at their offices in level 2. In both cases, you can contact us best via e-mail: ggg@uni-goettingen.de and telephone (see here for contact details)
Direct communication should be avoided, but is possible, if needed (with registration in advance, … Weiterlesen
Two candidates will be running for PhD students’ representation in the upcoming election. In the following articles, they introduce themselves.
The election will be taking place online from June 1-24, 2021. On June 1 you will receive an e-mail with a link to access the election. Of course, the election is anonymous. … Weiterlesen
Since October 2018, I have been doing my doctorate and working at the Chair of Criminal Law and Criminology of Professor Dr. Katrin Höffler at the Faculty of Law. I am investigating the effects of increasing datafication and digitalisation of police information processing on the activities of German police forces from a criminological and legal perspective. … Weiterlesen
Dear fellow PhD students,
My name is Daniel. Since August 2019 I have been working as a research assistant in the project Schlözer Programme Teacher Education at the Institute for Diversity Research, where I am also doing my doctorate. In my PhD, I am working on migration and integration discourses in political education textbooks and the ideas of difference and normality articulated in them. … Weiterlesen
The qualification program of GGG includes courses on self and social competencies, competencies needed for your PhD project, and professional skills.
These are our upcoming workshops: … Weiterlesen
As usual, you can choose one method workshop out of four, which we offer in parallel, to broaden your methodological approaches or to deepen your knowledge in a certain method. You are welcome to register for the Week of Methods from May 11 until June 6, 2021. We are still highly optimistic that this year’s Week of Methods will take place face-to-face. … Weiterlesen
Wie ist es möglich, in der Lehre in Wort und Schrift möglichst inklusiv zu kommunizieren? Wie können sprachliche Diskriminierungsrisiken erkannt werden und welchen Beitrag kann eine inklusive Sprache zu einer diversitätsreflektierenden Lehre leisten?
Der Kurzworkshop bietet einen Einstieg ins Thema sowie die Gelegenheit, sich über eigene Fragen auszutauschen und verschiedene Möglichkeiten inklusiven Formulierens kennenzulernen und zu diskutieren. … Weiterlesen
In addition to the Graduate Schools other departments are offering courses as well, which are open to PhD students: … Weiterlesen
The Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences provides support measures and scholarships for PhD students of social sciences. At the moment GGG offers the family-oriented completion grant and some grants with flexible application possibilities.
The following funding options are available in the upcoming months: … Weiterlesen
Since 2012 the GGG has supported small interdisciplinary groups of PhD students from the social sciences in coming together, exchanging ideas, and profiting from their different experiences. These groups can focus on a certain topic (e.g. climate change, democracy in the 21. century, intercultural dialogue, or else) or can have the form of a colloquium among peers or can be designed to support each other and make the work a bit easier. … Weiterlesen
The GGG offers a grant to finance professional assistance with language revision of the completed dissertation or for writing advisory sessions for international PhD students, who do not write their thesis in their native language. As of now you no longer have to stick to deadlines: you can apply for this grant whenever needed. Please note, … Weiterlesen
The new annual report about the measures, developments and utilization of the GGG offers is now available online (in German). … Weiterlesen
The mentoring program “WeWiMento – Wege ins Wissenschaftsmanagement” and the introductory workshop „Wissenschaftsmanagement – ist das was für mich?” still pause due to the pandemic, because both formats require personal contact and live from inter-communication. Therefore, the Göttingen Graduate Schools have created a new online information service on science management. … Weiterlesen
In der Veranstaltungsreihe „‚Alle gleich anders?!‘ Diversität in Theorie und Praxis“ steht in diesem Jahr der Umgang mit der (deutschen) Kolonialgeschichte in der Lehre im Mittelpunkt.
Die Sichtbarmachung von Rassismus und kolonialen Kontinuitäten, vornehmlich durch Schwarze zivilgesellschaftliche und wissenschaftliche Akteur*innen sowie zivilgesellschaftliche und wissenschaftliche Akteur*innen of Color, haben in jüngster Zeit zu einer verstärkten Auseinandersetzung mit dem so genannten kolonialen Erbe in Deutschland geführt. … Weiterlesen
The German Research Foundation (DFG) recently published 10 principles for effectively enhancing careers. These principles include aspects of research training, supervisory practice, adequate contract duration, compatibility of private life and career. These principles add to the Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice. … Weiterlesen
Stressing out over your paper? Experiencing a writer’s block? Does useful literature seem to be untraceable? Having problems with citations? You don’t know where to start and your reference management program, MS Word, and MS Excel don’t do what they are supposed to? Questions concerning BibTex? … Weiterlesen
Pint of Science is arriving to Göttingen soon! In the second edition of the festival, we will count with researchers of different fields that will discuss topics such as feminism, agriculture and climate change, and the cosmos.
In Göttingen the overall topic “Politics for Everyone? The Struggles of Being Heard” will be discussed on Mon May 17, … Weiterlesen
The IVAC Summer Festival, which is being organized within the framework of the DAAD-funded project „Changing Perspectives – Global Learning: Intercultural Experiences and Interdisciplinary Diversity“, offers students and teachers from Göttingen and international partner universities a multifaceted programme on the topic of international virtual academic collaborations. … Weiterlesen
This newsletter is published four times a year. It is available for PhD students and supervisors of social sciences, and all interested persons. The newsletter can be found online. The next newsletter will be published on August 10, 2021.
This newsletter shall inform you about the basic issues of doing a PhD and contribute to closer contact between you and the GGG team, … Weiterlesen
First of all, we would like to welcome you! As Graduate School of Social Sciences, we will use our best endeavor to be a supportive companion during your PhD. Here we provide information for PhD students who have just started doing their PhD or joined GGG only recently. This section is mainly intended for newcomers but holds useful information for experienced PhD students as well. … Weiterlesen
If you like to know more about our qualification program, support measures and consulting offers or if you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. … Weiterlesen
If you have any ideas or wishes concerning our services, please let us know. … Weiterlesen