Postdoc Days 2026

Workshop with Dr. Marion Jäger and Dr. Sonja Großmann
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase
Workshop Language: English
Date: 22.09.2026, 09:00 - 10:00 via Zoom

This workshop offers a short overview of different funding options for Postdocs in an early career phase after their PhD. It will inform about funding options by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and other foundations, intramural programmes and funding programmes by the EU. The session will cover how to get funding for your own position as well as how to get additional funds in case that you already have a position.

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Workshop with ​Dr. Inka Montero​
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Traget Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 22.09.2026, 10:15 - 11:15 via Zoom

The event gives an introduction to the procedure of “Habilitation” at the Medical Faculty. It specifically focusses on prerequisites in research and teaching, the application procedure and the new rules published in the habilitation regulations from February 2023. Questions by the audience will be addressed.

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Workshop mit Dr. Florian Zacher
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Zielgruppe: Frühe Postdoc Phase, Fortgeschrittene Postdoc Phase and Juniorprofessor:innen
Workshop Sprache: Deutsch
Datum: 22.09.2026, 10:15 - 11:15 via Zoom

In der Veranstaltung werden die einzelnen Schritte und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen des Habilitationsverfahrens an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät vorgestellt. Es besteht die Gelegenheit für Fragen. Die Veranstaltung ist offen sowohl für Personen, die sich am Ende der Promotionsphase bereits für eine Habilitation interessieren, als auch für Personen in jeglicher Phase der Habilitation. 

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Workshop with Dr. Iris-Niki Nikolopoulos
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 22.09.2026, 10:15 - 11:15 via Zoom

You are looking for a teaching opportunity? Are you willing to discuss the theories and methods of your subject with Bachelor students from all disciplines and demonstrate the relevance of your research for society? Would you like to meet real societal challenges with the help of your discipline and in cooperation with students and community partners?

Then the Transdisciplinary Course Program (TCP) is the right place for you!

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Workshop with Miriam Lahrsow
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 22.09.2026, 11:30 - 12:30 via Zoom

This workshop will give you an introduction to literature search with AI:  How well do “general-purpose AI tools” like ChatGPT, Claude etc. work for academic literature search? What specialised AI tools are there for literature search? What functions do they have, and what fields of research are they suited for?  We will also discuss various aspects that need to be considered when using these AI tools (data protection, good scientific practice, etc.). ​

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Workshop mit Dr. Nicole Hermannsdörfer
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Zielgruppe: Frühe Postdoc Phase, Fortgeschrittene Postdoc Phase, Juniorprofessor:innen
Workshop Sprache: Deutsch
Datum: 22.09.2026, 13:15 - 14:15 via Zoom

Der Einsatz von KI ist keine Ja-Nein-Frage mehr. Vielmehr ist eine differenzierte Betrachtung von Mensch-KI-Interaktion notwendig. Im Workshop diskutieren wir mit Ihnen ein Modell, das eine solche begriffliche Differenzierung ermöglicht, und prüfen es auf seine Praxistauglichkeit. Bringen Sie hierfür gerne eigene Lehrsituationen mit. 

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Workshop with Dr. Luke West
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 22.09.2026, 13:15 - 14:15 via Zoom

The use of AI is no longer a simple yes-or-no question; instead, a nuanced view of human-AI interaction is required. In this workshop, we will discuss a model that enables such conceptual differentiation and examine its practical applicability. You are welcome to bring along examples from your own teaching practice.

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Workshop with ​Jennifer Esslinger and Dr. Steve Kaminski​ 
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 22.09.2026, 14:30 - 16:00 via Zoom

Research data management (RDM) is a crucial aspect of scientific work and a prerequisite for successful third-party funding applications. Our University has established a service structure to provide comprehensive RDM support. This workshop will offer an overview of this support structure and will highlight important aspects such as using the University’s research data repository, FDAT, and crafting an effective data management plan (DMP) with RDMO.

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Workshop with Dr. Marion Jäger and Dr. Sonja Großmann
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Advanced Postdoc Phase and Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 22.09.2026, 09:00 - 10:00 via Zoom

This workshop offers a short overview of different funding options for Advanced Postdocs (3 or more years after PhD) and Junior professors. We will present the funding programmes of the German Research Foundation (especially Emmy-Noether and Heisenberg), intramural programmes and funding programmes by the EU. The session will cover how to get funding for your own position as well as how to get additional funds for your research group.

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Workshop with Finn Seidel
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 23.09.2026, 10:15 - 11:15 via Zoom

The Startup Center team supports students and researchers as well as employees and alumni, so that successful startups can emerge from innovative ideas and projects. In this brief presentation, you'll learn what we offer and how we can provide you with targeted support to help you bring your startup ideas and projects to life. There will also be plenty of time for your questions.

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Workshop with Gabi Efferenn and Melanie Stelly
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: German
Date: 23.09.2026, 10:15 - 11:15 via Zoom

Der Workshop informiert über die verschiedenen universitären Förderprogramme und Serviceangebote im Bereich Diversity – Gender – Care. Bei Interesse der Teilnehmenden kann auch die Diversitäts-, Gleichstellungs- und Vereinbarkeitspolitik der Universität zum Thema gemacht werden sowie die Situation von Frauen und anderen von Diskriminierung betroffenen Gruppen im Wissenschaftssystem.

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Workshop with Fabian Erhardt
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Juniorprofessors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 23.09.2026, 11:30 - 12:30 via Zoom

Generative AI tools are used across all phases of research – and they bring real opportunities as well as real risks. But depending on when and how you use them, the effect ranges from saving time to quietly reshaping the substance of your findings. The challenge is telling the two apart. This workshop introduces the concept of epistemic impact: a toolkit for assessing, for any given research task, what generative AI can genuinely contribute, where it risks distorting your results, and how to make the distinction across disciplines.

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Workshop with Patrick Klügel
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase
Workshop Language: English
Date: 23.09.2026, 11:30 - 12:30 via Zoom

Researchers are increasingly expected to demonstrate the societal relevance and impact of their work. Public Engagement offers powerful opportunities to connect research with society, build trust, generate mutual learning, and create pathways to impact. This workshop introduces key concepts and practical tools for designing impactful Public Engagement activities. Participants will explore how science communication can move beyond dissemination towards dialogue, collaboration, and relationship-building with societal actors. Drawing on current research and best-practice examples the workshop will help researchers identify suitable engagement approaches for their own work.  

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Workshop with Ulrike Küsters and colleagues from the university library
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 23.09.2026, 13:00 - 14:00 via Zoom

Don’t feed the Predators: Smart Academic Publishing for Researchers Publishing is an essential part of academic life — but today’s publishing landscape is increasingly complex: Open Access requirements, publication fees, embargos, publisher negotiations, metrics, funding policies, and highly professional-looking fake journals. 
This session provides postdocs with a concise and practical introduction to academic publishing today. Participants will learn about: the lifecycle of a scholarly publication and the publication workflow, practical guidance for publishing in Open Access journals, institutional publishing support and funding opportunities, how to navigate publisher agreements and publication fees (article process charges) publishing for visibility, credibility, and scholarly impact and how to identify predatory publishing offers. In addition, we will provide information on the option of publishing teaching materials, known as Open Educational Resources (OER). The Central Open Educational Resources Repository (ZOERR) for Baden-Württemberg, its impact and the services it offers within the academic landscape – and in particular to the University of Tübingen – will be presented to interested participants. Using practical examples, we will show how researchers can make informed publishing decisions, which services are available at the University of Tübingen, and what to watch out for during the publication process. The session also explores how these topics relate to the broader context of Open Science and why sustainable, community-driven publishing models and university-based infrastructures are becoming increasingly important for the future of scholarly communication. 
The session of 50 min+10 min Q&A is open to post doc researchers from all disciplines.

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Workshop with Mihaela Pommerening
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Langauge: German
Date: 23.09.2026, 13:00 - 14:00 via Zoom

In der hochschuldidaktischen Weiterbildung liegt der Fokus auf wirksamer Lehre, der Stärkung der Lehrkompetenz und der Reflexion der eigenen Rolle als Lehrende. Im Impulsvortrag erfahren Sie, was gute Lehre ausmacht – von klaren Lernzielen über passende Lehr- und Lernaktivitäten bis hin zur gezielten Diagnose von Lernprozessen. Zudem werden zentrale Angebote der Hochschuldidaktik kurz vorgestellt.

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Workshop with Dr. Marisa Köllner
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase and Junior Professors
Workshop Language: Englisch
Date: 23.09.2026, 14:15 - 15:15 via Zoom

The Graduate Academy offers a multitude of workshops, certificate programs, individual consultations and coachings especially targeted towards Postdocs and Juniorprofessors. We will give an overview over the offers of the Graduate Academy and there will be room for questions and suggestions on offers you may like to see in the future.

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Workshop with Prof. Dr. Margot Körber-Weik and Prof. Dr. Uta Mathis
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase and Juniorprofessors
Workshop Language: German
Date: 23.09.2026, 15:30 - 17:00 via Zoom

• Kurzvortrag über Wege zu Professuren an FH/HAW und DH (Fachhochschule/ Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften und Duale Hochschule) – von Besonderheiten des Berufsfelds, der Berufungsvoraussetzungen und der Berufungsverfahren bis zu persönlichen Bewerbungstipps
• Fragen und Diskussionen im Plenum
• Bei Interesse an individueller Beratung: Verlängerung nach Bedarf für Gespräche in Kleingruppen oder mit Einzelnen

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Workshop with Dr. Sonja Großmann and Dr. Marion Jäger
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase and Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 24.09.2026, 08:30 - 10:00 via Zoom

The DFG Individual Research Grant (in German: Sachbeihilfe) is the most popular project funding from early postdoc researchers to professors. In its flexible funding modules, you can also raise funding for your own position (Eigene Stelle). We will present the particularities of the funding scheme, inform you about do's and don'ts in writing the proposal and answer your individual questions.

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Workshop with Dr. Heike Winhart
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase and Advanced Postdoc Phase
Workshop Language: German
Date: 24.09.2026, 10:15 - 11:15 via Zoom

In diesem Workshop geht es um alle Bereiche rund um die Habilitation: die Qualifikationsbefristung für die Habilitation, mögliche Arten der Habilitation, die Zwischenevaluation, die Zulassung zum Habilitationsverfahren und letztendlich die einzelnen Schritte im Habilitationsverfahren, insbesondere auch um den zeitlicher Ablauf. 

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Workshop with Dr. Petya Georgieva
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: No – only for researchers at the University of Tübingen
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 24.09.2026, 10:15 - 11:15 via Zoom

What is the Habilitation? Do I really need a Habilitation? Is this the right academic path for me?

Details on the Habilitation Procedure at the Faculty of Science

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Roundtable with Maya Spiegel-Emre und Dr. Lydia Momma
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase and Junior Professors
Workshop Language: German
Date: 24.09.2026, 11:30 - 12:30 via Zoom

Als Teil des Zertifikatsprogramms Wissenschaftsmanagement bieten die Roundtable einen Einblick in die konkreten Tätigkeiten und Aufgaben einzelner Personen die im Wissenschaftsmanagement tätig sind. Bei diesem Round Table werden sich Maya Spiegel-Emre und Dr. Lydia Momma vorstellen. Beide sind im Wissenschaftsmanagement an der Universität Tübingen tätig und Absolventinnen des Zertifikatsprogrammes Wissenschaftsmanagment der Graduiertenakademie. Beide werden von ihrem jeweiligen Weg ins Wissenschaftsmanagement und von ihren unterschiedlichen Arbeitsbereichen erzählen und Ihre Fragen beantworten.  Der Roundtable richtet sich neben den Zertifikatsteilnehmenden an alle interessierten Promovierenden und Postdocs.

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Workshop with Dr. Nora von Ameln
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 24.09.2026, 13:15 - 13:45 via Zoom

With the Innovation Grants, the University of Tübingen provides targeted funding for application-oriented projects that have been developed as part of doctoral research. Over the course of the funding period, these projects must be transformed into viable processes, services, or products. While Innovation Grants in the natural and life sciences focus on commercial exploitation, projects from the humanities and social sciences also aim at the transfer of knowledge to society. The open ideas competition “InnoSparks” is open to all members of the university. All ideas are evaluated by the Industry Liaison Office, and participants are supported in implementing their ideas. This programme does not provide financial support.​ 

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Workshop with Dr. Fulya Ersoy (3R Center)
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdocs, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 24.09.2026, 13:15 - 13:45 via Zoom

In this presentation, Dr. Fulya Ersoy will introduce the 3R-Center Tübingen. The 3R Center is an interdisciplinary research center of the University of Tübingen and the NMI Reutlingen, which is dedicated to the development and application of human-relevant in-vitro models like Microphysiological systems (MPS). MPS are innovative, miniaturized in vitro models that replicate key structural and functional aspects of human organs. By recreating organ-specific microenvironments, these systems enable more realistic investigations of complex biological processes and human physiology. MPS allow researchers to study physiological and pathophysiological conditions and to assess the effects of stimuli such as pathogens, therapeutics, chemicals, and environmental toxins in human-relevant models. They serve as valuable alternatives and complements to conventional animal models, offering new opportunities for biomedical research. This lecture will introduce organ-on-chip systems, and highlight their applications and potential for advancing more human-relevant research.

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Workshop with Elisabeth Baier
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase, Advanced Postdoc Phase, Junior Professors
Workshop Language: English
Date: 24.09.2026, 14:00 - 15:00 via Zoom​

In this workshop, we will focus on the main factors for a​ competitive application, based on the evaluation criteria, their meaning, and their consideration in the different parts of the application. 

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Workshop with Dr. Britta Hoyer
Open for Postdoc Appreciation Week: Yes
Target Group: Early Postdoc Phase
Workshop Language: English
Date: 24.09.2026, 15:15 - 16:15 via Zoom

This workshop offers a short overview of the science system in Germany and the research career opportunities you can find here. It will inform about different opportunities for research careers in Germany, what the pros and cons of the different types of contracts are and where you can find new career opportunities. This workshop is especially targeted at early Postdocs and people not familiar with the science system in Germany.

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