The certificate program includes basic workshops on designing and implementing transfer activities, coaching on how to prepare your own research topic for school students, and conducting 2-3 school events in which your own research topic is explored and discussed with students. The school events are reflected upon in peer coaching sessions and a workshop. To obtain the certificate, you must attend all workshops and prepare and carry out 2-3 school events.

Overview of the certificate program:

• Kick-Off Online-Meeting (1 x 1 hour)
• basic workshop on transfer between science and educational practice (2 x 4.5 hours)
• basic workshop on didactics and methodology (2 x 2 hours)
• introductory workshop on peer coaching (1 x 4 hours) and peer coaching in tandems (approx. 4 x 1 hour)
• preparation and implementation of 2-3 school events of 1.5 hours each
• reflection workshop (1 x 4 hours)

Further information on the individual workshops and formats can be found in the separate drop-down fields below.

All courses are held in person.

The program language is German.

The certificate program should be completed within one calendar year.

At the start of the certificate programme, you will receive an overview of the programme structure, schedule, workshops, and networking events during a one-hour online kick-off session. You will meet all workshop instructors and fellow participants and have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

Date for 2026/27:

Monday, 9 November 2026, 5:00–6:00 p.m. (online)

This course introduces classic transfer concepts and formats as well as designing transfer and communication activities tailored to the target audience. You will reflect on the rhetorical dimensions and significance of transfer activities in science and for your personal development and career. Furthermore, you will be guided in preparing and conducting a specific transfer activity.

Topics:

• information on the certificate program and the school events
• overview of common transfer concepts and formats in education
• practical experience in addressing specific target audiences and rhetorical communication strategies
• reflection on the significance of transfer activities in and for academia and their relevance for your personal skills development and your personal career opportunities
• introduction to the design and implementation of transfer activities in educational practice
• Guided preparation of school events

Dates for 2026/27:

• Thursday, November 12, 2026, 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (in person)
• Thursday, February 4, 2027, 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (in person)

Instructor: A trainer of Research Center for Science Communication
The course is only open to participants in the certificate program.

The course offers an introduction to didactic-methodical basics, which you can use specifically for the preparation of your school events.

Topics:

• basics of active knowledge transfer
• didactic-methodical planning of learning processes with the AVIVA model
• preparation of the school event

Dates for 2026/27:

• Friday, November 13, 2026, 2:00–5:00 p.m. (in person)
• Friday, February 5, 2027, 2:00–4:00 p.m. (in person)

Instructors: Dr. Nicole Hermannsdörfer, Mihaela Pommerening, Eva Erdmann-Schwarze

The course is only open to participants in the certificate program.

During the workshop, you will receive an introduction to peer coaching and learn how to apply it with a tandem partner when preparing and conducting your school event.

Topics:

• introduction to peer coaching
• further topics: communication, feedback, dealing with expectations, basis of trust
• development of a framework for your own peer coaching in a tandem

Additionally, peer coaching in a tandem:

• implementation of peer coaching sessions in tandems during the preparation and implementation of the school events (guideline: 4 sessions of about 1 hour each)

Dates for 2026/27:

• Friday, January 22, 2027, 9:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m. (in person)

Instructor: Martin Maier

The course is only open to participants in the certificate program.

Part of the certification program is the specific preparation and implementation of a transfer activity with students in schools as part of “Wissenschaft begeistert”.

On the basis of the preparatory workshops, you will prepare a (self-chosen) research topic in a way that is both illustrative and oriented towards the target audience, in order to work on and discuss it with a class of students in schools.

The aim is to foster a dialogic and cooperative exchange on equal terms. On the one hand, students should gain insights into current scientific issues, topics, and working methods. On the other hand, the exchange should help you as a scientist to gain practical impulses for your own scientific work.

The school events are aimed at a class of high school students in the upper secondary school (grades 10-12 or 13) and usually last 90 minutes. As part of the certificate program, you should conduct 2-3 school events at different schools. The dates can be set individually.

In this course, the school events that have already taken place and the learning process of the participants during the certificate program are both reflected. The aim is to develop constructive suggestions for adapting your own content for the further school events and to discuss possibilities for integrating transfer activities into your own work routine.

Topics:

• reflection of the school event
• reflection of one's own learning process within the certificate program
• integration of transfer activities into everyday scientific work

Dates for 2026/27:

• Friday, June 18, 2027, 1:00—5:00 p.m. (in person)

Instructors: Martin Maier, Eva Erdmann-Schwarze

The course is only open to participants in the certificate program.

Dr. Eike Wille
Tübingen School of Education (TüSE)
+49 7071 29 75528
transfer.schulespam prevention@tuese.uni-tuebingen.de

Dr. Marisa Köllner
Program Coordinator Graduate Academy (Postdocs, Junior research group leaders and Assistant professors)
+49 7071 29 72500
marisa.koellnerspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de