PROGRAMME

「Postdoctoral Programme」

Our postdoctoral programme provides postdoctoral researchers with the institutional support and the networking opportunities they need for the further advancement of their professional careers in and outside the academia.

Our postdoctoral programme is explicitly designed to address the needs of postdoctoral researchers and aims at creating a supportive environment, in which postdoctoral researchers can produce cutting-edge research, build up their scientific and professional networks and further prepare themselves for a career in or outside the academia.

Postdoctoral members of the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences benefit from:

// an active, interdisciplinary scientific community of doctoral, postdoctoral and faculty members, in which the can receive and offer themselves mentoring, peer counselling and assistance.

// the well-established, local and international scientific and professional network of partners of the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences.

// an institutional framework that supports their applications for third-party funding for their research projects.

// opportunities to present and promote their work in Germany and abroad.

// a course programme that enhances their employability, deepens their methodological and subject-specific knowledge helps them acquire important research skills.

Our postdoctoral members are typically already employed as scientific fellows either at the University of Bamberg or at affiliated institutions in the region. Although there is no provision for postdoctoral scholarships, our postdoctoral members can request for funding from the Graduate School for their participation in conferences and workshops, their fieldwork trips or any other research-related activity. Furthermore, the Graduate School offers its postdoctoral members technical expertise, administrative support and necessary funds for the organisation of academic events as well as for networking and communication purposes.

Postdoctoral members can participate in the course programme offered by the Graduate School as well as in the weekly research seminars, where they can present their work-in-progress and receive feedback. Moreover, postdoctoral members are welcome to contribute to the School´s course programme, by inviting guest instructors or offering their own courses, if they wish to gain or enhance their teaching experience.

Postdoctoral membership is awarded for a three-year period and can be renewed upon request.

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