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Events
- Funding databases and research stays
On 10 December, the Service Centre for Research and
Transfer will hold a two-hour workshop on the topic
of "How
to search for funding for your research". On
10 January, the International Office will provide
information on the possibilities for funding and
carrying out research
stays abroad within the framework of the
Erasmus+ programme. Both events will be in German.
- Panel discussion on „Scientific Policy Advice“
In the Covid19 crisis, science-based policy advice
has gained enormously in importance. The Schumpeter
Centre is therefore organising a panel discussion on
"Scientific Policy Advice - Requirements and
Difficulties" on 19 January. Among others, the
members of the Corona
Advisory Board of the Thuringian State
Government will take part in the discussion. The
event will be in German. Further information will be
available here
shortly.
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Get
involved
- In November, a Germany-wide "Network against
Abuse of Power in Science" was founded. On the
one hand, the network wants to "raise awareness for
the system-immanent problem" in academia and, on the
other hand, offer a contact point for those
affected, but also for local
ombudspersons. Further information can be
found here.
- The Staff
Council of the University of Jena
advocates for the interests of the employees at the
University of Jena. However, the council cannot
represent employees who are employed through
third-party funding. Third-party funded employees
can, therefore, register
for the staff council to represent their
interests as well. In this way, for example,
consultation in cases of conflict is possible.
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Announcements
- The University Jena profile line LIFE
offers three types of funds for researchers in the
life sciences: LIFE ”Assist” funds provide support
to cover unexpected expenses, LIFE “Talent” funds
are intended to support independent junior
scientists on their career path, LIFE “Connect”
funds enable the development of promising
third-party funded projects. You can find more
information about these funds here.
- Two research prizes are currently being announced,
among others: The "KlarText-Preis
für Wissenschaftskommunikation 2022" is
awarded for articles in which doctoral theses
written in 2020 and 2021 are explained in a
generally understandable way. The „Forschungspreis
Soziale Marktwirtschaft“ is awarded for
dissertations or habilitations that deal with the
sustainability of the social market economy.
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Qualification
offers
- Training for Interdisciplinary Communication
and Collaboration (14 – 15 January)
Different research backgrounds can be the reason for
misunderstandings, prejudices or other challenging
situations. In this workshop strategies will be
developed for different people like physicists,
engineers, philosophers, economists, sociologists
and others to understand and work with each other. Registration
- Academic Writing Skills (14 January)
Putting ideas on paper in English may seem
relatively straight forward, but success is not
solely a matter of good translation skills. There
are profound stylistic differences when presenting
ideas in English, particularly in written form.
Registration
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This
may be of interest to you
- The consideration of the aspects of gender and
diversity of a research project is increasingly seen
as a quality indicator when research project
applications are reviewed. Researchers are therefore
often required to assess their research project
in terms of gender-relevant aspects. Further
information on the topic is offered by the German
Research Foundation (DFG) and the EU
Office of the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (in case of „Horizon Europe“
projects). The Service
Centre for Research and Transfer can also
advise you on these and other questions related to
applications for third party funds.
- The next German government has presented its coalition
agreement. Minister for Research and Education
is expected to be Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP). The
following changes are planned with respect to young
researchers: The contract duration of doctoral
positions is to be linked to the expected total
project duration. The postdoctoral career phase
should be made more plannable and perspectives for
alternative careers are to be created earlier. In
addition, the tenure-track programme is to be made
permanent and will be expanded. A detailed German
analysis of the coalition agreement can be found here.
- Advent is a time of candlelight. For many people,
candles stand for contemplation and give them a cosy
feeling. However, it is also interesting to see what
happens when candles are burning from a
scientific point of view. A good description
of this process can be found on the explain
that stuff website. By the way, a candle burns
much differently on Earth than it does in space (see
photo by NASA).
- The Freie Bühne Jena is organising a virtual
cultural Advent calendar from 1 to 24
December. Every day at 8 p.m. there will be a
half-hour show by regional artists at https://kultürchen-jena.de.
The Graduate Academy will also have a small Advent
calendar on its Facebook
page.
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Latest
news from Jena
- On 18 November, more than 20 partners from
science, business and the city joined
forces to form the "JenaVersum" network.
The aim of the network is to foster cooperation in
research in Jena, to raise the visibility of the
science and business region internationally and to
intensify the dialogue with society. To start off,
various future workshops will be held in the coming
year.
- The director of the Max Planck Institute for
the Science of Human History, Nicole Boivin, was
dismissed at the end of October. This is a
consequence of an internal investigation into
scientific misconduct and bullying. The Max Planck
Institute had originally been led by two other
directors. However, these had moved their
departments to a Max Planck Institute in Leipzig in
2020. The dismissal led to a debate
on whether women are more critically evaluated in
leadership positions than men. It is unclear what
will happen to the Max Planck Institute for the
Science of Human History after Boivin's dismissal.
- In addition to the "Light
Workshop", there is now an "Electricity
Workshop" at the University of Jena. The
workshop focuses on electronics, offers free access
to technical
equipment and invites people to exchange ideas
and tinker together. Regular
courses are also offered: The next course will
take place on 08 December on the topic of "Internet
of Things".
- In order to make its research more understandable
to a broader public, the Leibniz Institute for
Photonic Technologies has developed a comic: „Lasergirl
– Hunt for the Killer Germ" explains a new way
to fight life-threatening infections (see picture
above). Here
you can read the German comic online and also order
it.
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