Are you a doctoral researcher and would like to understand career options in academia after your doctorate? Do you want to explore whether a research career could be the right choice for you? The Research Career Day offers insights into career paths, requirements, and key considerations for pursuing a research career. It covers opportunities at universities, non-university research institutions, and universities of applied sciences, supporting you in making an informed decision about your future career.
What does the Research Career Day offer?
The Research Carer Day fosters an early understanding of the most important career factors, career strategies and personal decisions for a career in research. The half day event offers you information and insights into:
- framework conditions for a research career in Germany
- possible career paths, career steps and goals
- national and international mobility
- strategic considerations for pursuing a research career
- explicit and implicit career factors
- personal motivations, considerations and decisions for pursuing an academic career
The half-day event provides information on requirements and perspectives for career paths in research, integrating both systemic and personal insights. It combines expert input, the exchange of experiences with researchers who are more advanced in their careers, and interactive elements for discussion and reflection.
The program highlights key aspects for doctoral researchers who are interested in a research career after their doctorate. However, gaining an understanding of the German research system early during the doctorate is crucial for informed career decision and planning.
Who is invited to participate?
The Research Career Day is designed for doctoral researchers from all research areas at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen who would like to explore career perspectives already in their doctorate.
