New PhD Representatives of GGG
The new PhD Representatives of GGG are Andreas Basse and Campbell MacGillivray. We are looking forward working together. … Weiterlesen
Qualification
Our upcoming courses
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
New workshop format: Safety training for research
As a consequence of an application in GGG’s new funding line „from the bottom up“ we are offering a new workshop format this year: Travel Risk Response in Field Research – How to prevent putting yourself in danger.
The workshop takes place on October 18, 2022 and aims at providing relevant information and practical training to avoid risk and danger during field research abroad, … Weiterlesen
Self-learning Format: Preparing for „field research“: Reflecting on ethics and security
As part of the support measures of GGG „from the bottom up“ three peer-group events are presented in cooperation with PhD students beside the new workshop „Travel Risk Response in Field Research„: … Weiterlesen
Further Qualification Measures at Goettingen Campus
In addition to the Graduate Schools other departments are offering courses as well, which are open to PhD students: … Weiterlesen
Statistical Consultance for PhD students
The statistical Consultation for PhD students will start again in October 2022. Please take a look at the new consultance then. … Weiterlesen
Support Measures
GGG’s Support Measures
The Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences provides support measures and scholarships for PhD students of social sciences. At the moment GGG offers new support for your qualification and networking activities.
Further up-to-date information can be found on the GGG homepage at: www.ggg.uni-goettingen.de/GGG-sponsorship … Weiterlesen
GGG News
Bottom-up funding for Qualification and Networking of PhD students
Recently, the Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences (GGG) has launched a new low-threshold support of self-designed courses and networks. Since you have the best overview of what will advance you in terms of content, you can expand your knowledge in the GGG in a self-organized way: Design your own course or peer-group network according to your needs and those of your fellow PhD students. … Weiterlesen
Extended overview of qualification measures for PhD students
In order to provide a better overview of the various options for training and qualification for you as doctoral candidates at Goettingen campus, the qualification portal for PhD students has been supplemented by courses of other providers at Goettingen Campus. … Weiterlesen
Events (with participation) of GGG
Interdisciplinary Week of Methods 2022
The next interdisciplinary Week of Methods will take place September 05 to 08, 2022. At the moment we are optimistically planning to meet in presence. The event will be organized based on the ongoing safety regulations in accordance with the corona crisis. If neccesary we will switch the Week of Methods to an online event. … Weiterlesen
Events and Information of our Partners
GRADE eLearning tool “Good Academic Practice during Doctoral Studies”
The program of the Graduate Academy (GRADE) of Goethe University Frankfurt is intended as a general introduction to the topic of „Good Research Practice“ for doctoral students. With six modules, it constitutes a mixed form of illustratively prepared information, optional links to deepen the understanding of individual terms, and test questions. … Weiterlesen
Survey on the life and work situation of academics
We would be delighted if you took part in the online survey on the life and work situation of academics at the University of Göttingen, focusing on current, past or future care responsibilities.
The University aims to further develop the area of reconciling science and responsibility for relatives in need of care in the coming years. … Weiterlesen
efas_Nachwuchsförderpreis (Application until 15.08.2022)
Das Netzwerk efas – economy, feminism and science ruft auch in diesem Jahr dazu auf, herausragende wissenschaftliche Abschlussarbeiten (Diplomarbeiten, Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten oder Dissertationen) von Studentinnen und Absolventinnen für den efas-Nachwuchsförderpreis (in memoriam Angela Fiedler) für das Jahr 2022 einzureichen.
efas ist ein deutschsprachiges Netzwerk von Ökonominnen und Frauen aus angrenzenden Berufsfeldern, das über die Grenzen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland hinaus aktiv ist. … Weiterlesen
Call for Papers –4th transdisciplinary graduate conference (Application now until 31.08.2022)
As part of the 4th transdisciplinary graduate conference entitled “Third Mission (im)possible?! Options for action for young scientists” we want to focus on the importance of Third Mission for young scientists.
Doctoral candidates and students in the final phase of their studies at all universities, subjects, and disciplines are invited to present their research projects – from the idea to the completed study. … Weiterlesen
RecruitingDinner (Application until 31.08.2022)
The University of Göttingen offers a new event format – the RecruitingDinner – for students of higher semesters and graduates of the upcoming months to start their career. We would like to draw your attention to it and thus give you the chance to participate in this special career event. … Weiterlesen
Call for Applications: BIGSSS/RTG SELF PhD Program (Application until 01.09.2022)
We are delighted to announce the release of BIGSSS‘ latest call for applications for 7 Doctoral Researcher Positions in our new Research Training Group (RTG) 2513 „Social Dynamics of the Self“ (SELF), funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
For more information on the call and how to apply, please visit: … Weiterlesen
Open educational resources and practices @ Göttingen Campus (12.09.2022)
Open education has many facets and ranges from opening up teaching and learning resources, lesson plans and other materials under open licenses (Open Educational Resources, or ORE), to the development and application of open and participatory teaching and learning techniques (Open Educational Practices, or OEP).
In this session, we will learn more about these approaches and share experiences. … Weiterlesen
FoLL im Wintersemester 2022/ 2023 (Application until 15. 09.2022)
Das Programm“Forschungsorientiertes Lehren und Lernen“ (FoLL) wendet sich an Bachelor-Studierende aller Fakultäten und deren Lehrende. Es ermöglicht Bachelor-Studierenden, als Team (4-8 Personen, ein Drittel Masterstudierende dürfen auch dabei sein) ein Semester lang über ein selbst gewähltes Thema aus ihrem Fach oder mit einem interdisziplinären Bezug zu forschen. … Weiterlesen
Nachwuchswissenschaftler*in des Jahres (Application until 30.09.2022)
academics, das Online-Karriereportal für Wissenschaft, Forschung, Öffentliches und Gesellschaft, zeichnet jährlich eine Person aus, die mit herausragenden und zukunftsweisenden Forschungsleistungen den jeweiligen Wissenschaftsbereich nachhaltig vorangebracht hat und sich darüber hinaus durch beispielhaftes Handeln und ehrenamtliches Engagement für die Wissenschaft auszeichnet. … Weiterlesen
ENLIGHT CONSORTIUM PRIZE (Deadline 01.10.2022)
Call for R&I projects and initiatives around the ENLIGHT flagship areas between early career researchers from different ENLIGHT consortium partners.
In the framework of this call, the ENLIGHT consortium will grant travel/mobility awards and the ENLIGHT R&I Prize Award for the best R&I (envisioned) projects and project proposals jointly conducted by early career researchers from different (minimum 2) ENLIGHT consortium partners.In a first phase, … Weiterlesen
Opening hours BBWiSo
The Divisional Library of Economics and Social Sciences (BBWiSo) has announced that the library will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the following weekends during the exam periods: … Weiterlesen
The Carpentries – demand assessment for carpentry workshops & opportunity to become a certified Carpentries Instructor
The Carpentries (https://carpentries.github.io/) is an international network of people who teach foundational coding and data science skills to researchers, librarians, and other workshop participants.
Our local Carpentries team organizes workshops on foundational coding and data science methods and tools (e.g. Tidy Data, RegEx, Git, SQL, Python, R, UnixShell) to early career researchers and everyone who would like to apply them in their work. … Weiterlesen
Information and Contact
Box of Wishes
If you have any ideas or wishes concerning our services, please let us know. … Weiterlesen
On our own behalf
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 November 08, 2022. … Weiterlesen
Some Answers about doing your PhD
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
Team
If you like to know more about our qualification program and support measures or if you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. … Weiterlesen