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DocDay 2025 - A day all about the doctorate!

Start: End: Location: International Meeting Center (IBZ), Emil-Figge-Straße 59, 44227 Dortmund
Event type:
  • Inform & Network
  • Informieren & Vernetzen
  • For prospective doctoral researchers
  • For doctoral researchers
  • Für Promotionsinteressierte
  • Für Promovierende
  • DocDay
  • Information event
  • Networking event
  • Vernetzungsveranstaltung
  • Informationsveranstaltung
Visit exciting talks, meet other (prospective) doctoral candidates, and learn more about how TU Dortmund University can support you during your doctorate!

Hearing condensed information, getting exciting impulses and making interesting new connections will be the focus of the DocDay, revolving around all the skills and challenges associated with getting a PhD.

The DocDay will be held in-person, offering participants the opportunity to make more personal connections and meet important institutions at TU Dortmund.

The event will be held in-person at IBZ, TU Dortmund on January 22th 2025 starting at 10 a.m. 

Program

10:00 a.m. | Welcome

10:15 a.m. | PhD Speed Meeting

10:45 a.m. | Info Sessions

  • Start into the doctorate: Successfully navigate your first year! (prospective / early-stage doctoral candidates) (EN)
  • Ins Ausland während der Promotion - mit Erfahrungsbericht zu Fulbright/USA von Ina Dormuth (Statistik) (doctoral candidates) (DE)
  • Your Data Matters - Simple steps to a better Research Data Management (doctoral candidates) (EN)

12:15 p.m. | Lunch break with Snacks & Market of Opportunities (EN & DE)

1:30 p.m. | Keynote (EN), Prof. Martina Brandt (Department of Social Sciences, TU Dortmund University)

2:30 p.m. | Info Sessions

  • Essentials for the first grant proposal (EN)  (doctoral candidates)
  • Gute Lehre von Anfang an – Tipps und Tricks aus der Hochschuldidaktik (DE) (doctoral candidates and prospective doctoral candidates)
  • Decisions, decisions: When (not) to use an LLM for academic writing (EN) (doctoral candidates and prospective doctoral candidates)

4:00-4:30 p.m. | Closing Keynote (EN)

  • "AI and its costs: What we are trading off" | Nadine Lordick (RUB Schreibzentrum, "KI-gestütztes Schreiben" & KI:edu.nrw)

The DocDay is organised by the Graduate Center and is open to all people currently working on or interested in pursuing a PhD. Participation is free of charge.

Registration

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