Going International: Your Strategy for Academic Career Opportunities Abroad
Spending time abroad along the academic career track has become normality for many researchers. To benefit most from such an experience, a strategic approach is helpful. The workshop will cover the following topics and you get the chance to discuss your questions.
Contents
- Building a strategy: Why, when and where to go abroad
- The unwritten expectations of the German academic market – and what happens if you are not mobile
- Preparing your stay and dealing with the highs and lows when abroad
- Building and maintaining networks
- Reintegration into the German academic job market
- Resources for funding and support
Details
Date:
Fri, 5 May 2023, 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM, face-to-face event
Location:
Hamburg Research Academy, Gorch-Fock-Wall 7, 20354 Hamburg
Target groups:
doctoral researchers, postdocs, junior research group leaders, w1 professors
Language:
English
Organizer:
Hamburg Research Academy
Trainer:
Anne Schreiter is Executive Director of the German Scholars Organization (GSO), an independent nonprofit that advises, connects, promotes, and funds researchers who want to build a career in Germany. After receiving her PhD in Organizational Sociology from the University of St. Gallen, she spent a year as postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley, USA. Learn more about her journey here.
Maximum number of participants:
20