DocDay 2025 - A day all about the doctorate!
- Inform & Network
- Informieren & Vernetzen
- For prospective doctoral researchers
- For doctoral researchers
- Für Promotionsinteressierte
- Für Promovierende
- DocDay
- Information event
- Networking event
- Vernetzungsveranstaltung
- Informationsveranstaltung
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.
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