Beginning a doctoral or postdoctoral journey often involves a lot to manage. Beyond organizing your research tasks, it is important to also keep an eye on other relevant aspects that arise during this crucial phase of your career. 

In collaboration with TwentyOne Skills, we provide support to facilitate your onboarding and help you start your research journey in Hamburg effectively. Our goal is...

This workshop is aimed at scientists who apply for funding for their research, especially postdocs. The seminar enables you to adequately reflect the topic of science communication in your grant applications and to implement the communication projects planned within the framework of your research proposals.

The workshop will cover essential basic principles of science communication. You will then...

This workshop is primarily aimed at doctoral students who would like to take part in the sixth Hamburg Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT) on 25 August 2026. Speakers will be given preference when allocating workshop places, therefore you can only register for the waiting list.

Presenting your PhD thesis in just 3 minutes is a big communicative challenge. Tools of science communication can help...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.          

About the Series
Starting as a postdoc, junior group leader or junior professor, it is usually expected to supervise doctoral candidates. Supervision however is one of the tasks that are so "normal" in academia that we quite often neglect to further explain and prepare: "Everybody knows what supervision is so we don’t need to talk about it." – As a result of this mindset, researchers who start...

About the Series
Starting as a postdoc, junior group leader or junior professor, it is usually expected to supervise doctoral candidates. Supervision however is one of the tasks that are so "normal" in academia that we quite often neglect to further explain and prepare: "Everybody knows what supervision is so we don’t need to talk about it." – As a result of this mindset, researchers who start...

The workshop is designed to provide you with information about the most important phases of the appointment procedure for W1 to W3 professorships in Germany as well as concrete advice for your applications.

Format
This event takes place in a blended learning format. You will be given access to a self-study video (3 hours 45 minutes) in advance, in which all essential content on the topic of...

Find out what you need to establish your own company in Germany in our next PIER Startup Workshop “Starting a Startup in Germany as a non-EU Citizen” for early stage researchers (doctoral researchers and postdocs), taking place on 18 September 2026. 

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.          

The MIN Graduate Center (MINGZ) is excited to invite the new (and not-so-new) MIN faculty doctoral researchers to a Welcome Night. You will be able to get to know the MINGZ, meet your fellow doctoral candidates, and grab a beer. We will provide information on: 

How to get started at Universität Hamburg; 
How to optimize the journey towards your doctoral degree; 
How to cope with stress, planning...

Make your ideas tangible and join us for our next PIER Startup Workshop “Digital Prototyping” for early stage researchers (doctoral researchers and postdocs), taking place on 11 December 2026.