(DFG): DFG-Förderangebote für wissenschaftliche Karrieren (in German)
Germany’s largest independent research funding organisation offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. This seminar gives an overview of DFG funding opportunites for a career in science. It  takes place from 2:30-4:00 p.m. More infos (including event link) are available here.

(University of Copenhagen): International PhD course: Food and health policy analysis using home-scan data
The aim of the course is to work the course participants through the main issues related to preparing home-scan data or other larger datasets for analysis and address the methodologies applied to perform food and health policy analysis using home-scan data. The central themes of the course are the theoretical foundation of and the methodologies and techniques applied within four areas; 1) Preparing data in appropriate ways for analysis. 2) Handling problems related to self-selection and attrition in relation to self-reported data 3) Handling econometric problems in relation to analysis food policy and health policy issues using micro data, and 4) Validation and interpretation of results from analysis using home-scan data. More info is available here.

(InGrA): Mastering the Art of Engaging and Convincing Chalk Talk
Graphic representations are a great way to communicate complex research topics in an understandable and lively way. They convey clarity and provide a quick overview and are therefore extremely helpful both for the elaboration and the presentation of complex content and ideas. In this seminar you will learn best-practice techniques that you can use on various media such as paper, whiteboards or flipcharts. You will learn how to present complex issues in a structured way while reducing the amount of information to the essential. More info here.

(InGrA): What the heck is tenure-track? (Online, 9 am -12 pm)
In the German academic system, Tenure-Track is a relatively new concept. With a tenure-track position, one gets the opportunity to immediately transition to a permanent position when successfully completing the probationary period (known as the tenure-track phase). The majority of tenure-track positions comes along with a professorship; less common and known are lecturer or researcher positions with tenure-track.

(DFG): Prospects Research Careers Series: Walter Benjamin-Programm (in German)
Germany’s largest independent research funding organisation offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. This seminar on the Walter Benjamin-Programme takes place from 13:30-15:00 p.m. More infos (including event link) are available here.

(InGrA): Good Scientific Practice and Negotiation
The workshop combines Good Scientific Practice (Day 1) with Negotiation (Day 2). During your doctoral studies you will come into contact with other scientists and collaborate with them. Here negotiation skills can be helpful. This may even prevent potential conflicts with your supervisor. More info here.

(Falling Walls Foundation): Berlin Science Week - The International Science Festival
The 8th edition of Berlin Science Week will take place all around Berlin and in the digital space. Focus is on exchange and reflection: the programme is based on interactive and often interdisciplinary formats ranging from panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, to VR-experiences, film screenings, music installations and much more. Internationally renowned scientists and institutions contribute to topic tracks reflecting the current challenges and debates in science and society. More info is available here.

(InGrA): My Personal Impact and Presence
How do I impact others? How do I want to impact others? What is expected of me during presentations?  With practical exercises on presence and impact in various presentation situations, you ensure that your presence is authentic and convincing. More info here.

(Florence School of Regulation & Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists): Master, PhD and Post-doctoral School on Economics and policy of trade and climate change
The Summer School’s main goal is to provide participants with the economic foundations of the complex relationship between trade and climate change as well as to dig deeper into the policy aspects that may affect this relationship, such as price-based policies, non-tariff trade policies, technological barriers to trade. The deadline for applications is 15 July 2023. More info here.

(DFG): Prospects Research Careers Series: Emmy Noether Programme (in English)
Germany’s largest independent research funding organisation offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. This online seminar focuses on the Emmy. Noether-Programme. It takes place from 16:30-18:00 p.m. More infos (including event link) are available here.

(DFG): Prospects Research Careers Series: DFG Funding Opportunities  for Postdocs (in English)
Germany’s largest independent research funding organisation offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. This online seminar focuses on career funding opportunities for postdocs. It takes place from 16:30-18:00 p.m. More infos (including event link) are available here.

(Goethe-Universität): Entrepreneurship as Driver of Economic and Social Change: Insights from Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia
This DAAD workshop takes place in Tbilisi, Georgia. It aims to generate interdisciplinary exchange and communication on the forms of entrepreneurship in the mentioned emerging economies. Abstract deadline is 15 May 2023. The workshop is fully funded by the German Academic Exchange Service, which includes costs of travel, accommodation, and catering during the workshop. Workshop proceedings are going to be published either in a special issue with an international academic journal or in an edited volume with an international publisher. More information is available here.

(InGrA): Academic Writing for Natural Scientists
The interactive workshop aims at improving non-native English speakers’ skills in writing scientific texts in English and to permanently upgrade the linguistic quality of their English writing. Participants will be equipped with a textbook written by the trainer that covers all the features introduced during the sessions, they will have ample opportunity to ask individual questions, and they will receive immediate feedback on their own writing.

(iDiv): Summer school 2023 - Integrating ecological and economic theory for modelling biodiversity change
The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig will conduct its seventh summer school in Leipzig, Germany. The summer school is aimed at early career scientists (3rd year doctoral researchers & early postdocs) from around the world with an overall interest in ecological and economic modeling. The application deadline is Sunday, 30 April 2023. More information and registration details are available here.

(Wageningen School of Social Sciences): Assessing Economic Policies Using the Real Options Methodology
The objective of the course is to introduce the origins of the quasi option value and real option values, to teach the methods most commonly used (discrete methods such as decision trees; continuous time, continuous state models using stochastic processes; Itó calculus), and to discuss and practice various applications including non-renewable resource use, technology adoption, climate change, forestry, and food- and bio-safety. More info is available here.

(German Scholars Organization): HiddenChamps Webinar: Building your career beyond academia
The German Scholars Organization (GSO) offers a free online seminar on July 27, 4 pm – 5:15 pm. In this seminar you will receive general advice and helpful insights for transitioning from academia to another sector. Register here.

(University of Calabria): Summerschool on evidence based policy making
The 4th Giovanni Anania’ Summer School on Evidence-based Policy Making aims at providing an overview of multi-sectoral economy-wide models, acquainting students to their use in policy analysis, and introducing some of the most recent advances of these tools that are extensively used in the professional practice of agricultural, environmental, development, and trade policy analysis. More info is available here.

(WASS): Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Agriculture: Updates on Modelling and Applications
This summer school is organized by Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS). Participants will learn theories concerning risk analysis and risk coping strategies and will develop proficiency with software to facilitate the initiation of their own research in topics related to risk in agriculture. The course deals with both conceptual and methodological issues. The course is oriented toward PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers and others with background in agricultural and applied economics. Registration deadline: 19 June 2023. More info here.

(LRN/IOER): Doing Justice! Doing Just This! Understanding justice in transdisciplinary and transformative research
To reflect upon and deepen our collective understandings of justice as applied to transdisciplinary and transformative research (TTR) for sustainability transformation, you are invited to a two day postdoctoral summer school organised by the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) in Dresden, Germany, in collaboration with the Leibniz Research Network “Knowledge for Sustainable Development”. More info is available here.

(Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna / University of Zagreb): Experimental auctions: Theory and Applications in Food Marketing and Consumer Preferences Analysis
This summerschool held in Zagreb is aimed at learning the fundamentals and the recent advances of experimental auctions. It will provide the appropriate techniques to construct an experimental design, with software applications and workshops regarding specific problems in the fields of food market valuation. Application deadline: March 30, 2023. More infos are available here.

(InGrA): The complete job application package – English
How to find a job in the public / private sector in English – The Complete Package. Trainer is Simon Chaplin. More infos and registration details are available here.

(Falling Walls Foundation): Innovate for Impact
What impact would you like to create with your research? By looking at the golden circle framework, this workshop focuses on the WHY behind your work. With a view to the Sustainable Development Goals you will think about the potential areas of impact you can create with your own research. Join the  free online workshop on 25 May 2023, 10:00-12:30. More info and registration details are available here.

(DFG): Prospects Research Careers Series: Walter Benjamin Programme (in English)
Germany’s largest independent research funding organisation offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. This online seminar focuses on the Walter Benjamin Programme. It takes place from 16:30-18:00 p.m. More infos (including event link) are available here.

(DFG): Prospects Research Careers Series: DFG-Förderangebote für wissenschaftliche Karrieren (in German)
Germany’s largest independent research funding organisation offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. This event gives an overview of funding instruments for the time after your PhD. It takes place from 10-11:30 a.m. More infos (including event link) are available here.

(InGrA): Clear at glance! Designing Effective Academic Posters
Basic rules of graphic design and layout technique will help you to present your work in a visually well-structured and compelling way. The training shows you how to present your research efficiently and provides time to put directly into practice what you have learned.  More information and registration details available here.

(InGrA): Successful Networking
The goal of this workinar (workshop meets webinar) is to identify and unlock successful networking behaviours and learn new ways of communicating. How can I best introduce myself to others? What is most important about reaching out to contacts? Working together we will mobilize your most promising networking skills (both for academic and non-academic opportunities). More info and registration is available here.

(DFG): Prospects Research Careers Series: Emmy Noether-Programm (in German)
Germany’s largest independent research funding organisation offers funding opportunities for all career stages between doctorate and professorship. This online seminar focuses on the Emmy Noether Programm. It takes place from 2-3:30 p.m. More infos (including event link) are available here.

(InGrA): Introduction to Statistics and R
The aim of this course is to equip participants with the basic skills to effectively use the software R, embedded in the user interface RStudio. These skills will cover data import, processing and data exploration, graphical representations with ggplot2, basic concepts of statistical inference and linear regression. All topics will be demonstrated in working examples and practiced with hands on examples. More info and registration here.

(Scholar Minds Berlin): Growing Up in Science – Berlin with Dr. Garret O’Connell
This event series features a scholar's story focusing on doubts, struggles, detours, failures, and successes throughout all career stages. The primary goal is not to offer classical career advice but to examine in some depth and in the context of a broader narrative the hidden human factors of working in academia. This online event features Dr. Garret O'Connell (Senior Data Scientist at Bolt) and takes place from 5-6:30 p.m. Please register here to receive the Zoom link.

(InGrA): Push Your Career in Germany‘s Industry (2) – Salary, Interview, Work Permit & Culture
Leaving academia and looking for a job in the industry is an important and sometimes difficult step. This intensive course enables you to go through a quickly and successful job search process. It consists of live webinars and self-learning videos. More details and registration here.

(InGrA): Push Your Career in Germany‘s Industry (1) – Job Search & Application
Leaving academia and looking for a job in the industry is an important and sometimes difficult step. This intensive online course enables you to go through a quickly and successful job search process. It consists of live webinars and self-learning videos. More details and registration here.