COAST

| Career Orientation and Skills Training for Postdocs

Programme

Career Orientation and Skills Training for Postdocs

Programme

Training

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Workshops, Trainings, Lectures and Events

Throughout the year, we offer an array of free-of-charge workshops, trainings, lectures and events with the aim to support postdocs and young leading scientists gain transferable skills, career connections and knowledge of employment options.

We carefully select expert trainers to teach interactive, small group workshops in a variety of relevant subjects. We issue a certificate of completion for each participant at the end of a training. Lectures on important issues like the ‘Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz’ are regularly available. The overview table contains events for all areas of our programmes.

CV and Cover Letter Counseling (virtual or in-person)

Please contact:

Annette Leemans

or Friederike Eickhoff

Meet a Role Model

Our series ‘Meet-a-Role-Model’ features former DESY Postdocs in the science field.

Learn about their career paths and transition from employment in academia to non-academia.

Ask questions and make connections!

Notification

If you are unable to attend a COAST workshop, please notify us as soon as possible, ideally at least a week in advance. This allows us to adjust the participant list, accommodate waitlisted individuals, and make necessary adjustments to the workshop plans. Last-minute cancellations are only acceptable in cases of emergencies.

Date Time Title Location

 25. & 26.02.25

 11:00-14:00

COAST Canteen Booth with the COAST Team

Building 9 (Canteen) in front of the Bistro

25.02.25

13:00 - 16:00 Uhr

Enhance your Slide Design with the 'Assertion-Evidence' Method with Keri Wolf virtual

04.03.25

14:00-16:00

Mental Health session with Dragonfly

virtual

11.03.25

10:30-12:30 Uhr

How to manage your time effectively with Dr. Insa Flachsbarth virtual

20.03.25

11:00-12.30

How to apply for grants - meet DESY´s EU Project Office

virtual

27.03.25 14:00 - 17:00 Uhr From science to social – navigating social media for scientists with Dr. Karin Bodewits virtual

08.04.25

11:00-12:00

How to write a good post on LinkedIn with Lia Lang

virtual

14.04.25

10:30-12:30

How to fight discrimination and deal with diversity in your team with Eileen Schwanold

virtual

16.04.25 12:00-13:00 Uhr Meet-a-Role-Model: Heike Neumann
Professor for mathematics at the Hamburg university

 virtual

06.05.25

11:00-12:30

How to negotiate Salary and Projects

virtual

13.05.25

11:00-11:30

Tips for better sleep with Lia Lang

virtual

20.05.25

12:00-13:00

Meet-a-Role-Model: Rickard Ström

virtual

03.06.20

13:00-15:00

Uncertainty in Academia with Rike Pätzold

virtual

07.07.25

12:00-13:30

Postdoc Social: Walk and Talk (Botanical Garden)

Botanical Garden

19.06.25

10:30-12:00Uhr

How to understand the German academic system with Dr. Anne Schreiter

virtual

03.09.25

16:30-18:30

How to understand micropolitics and power games in academia with Sibyl Schädeli

virtual

16.09.25

10:00-11:30

How to improve your meetings with Kristin Stein

virtual

25.09.25

09:00-17:00

Networking for Introverts with Sylvia Löhken

HH-Campus, Building 7 EG / Room SR7a

07.10.25

10:00-12:00

How to decide what to do with your career with Vincent Botella Soler

virtual