Newsletter der Göttinger Graduiertenschule Gesellschaftswissenschaften

Our Upcoming Courses

The qualification program of GGG includes courses on self and social competencies, competencies needed for your PhD project, and professional skills.

These are our upcoming workshops: … Weiterlesen

Introduction to Statistics for PhD students (01.-02.&08.-09.09.2025)

This course gives an overview over some core principles of Statistics. It is best suited for beginners and those who would like to refresh their knowledge about Statistics for their PhD.

The course will cover the following topics: … Weiterlesen

Schreibcoaching in der Promotion – strategisch die Doktorarbeit schreiben (11.-12.09.2025)

In diesem zweitägigen Online-Workshop werden Methoden aus der Schreibdidaktik mit Methoden des Coachings kombiniert. Sie erlernen Strategien und Techniken, um die verschiedenen Phasen des Schreibprozesses gut organisiert zu bewältigen. … Weiterlesen

Optimize Your Dissertation Project Management: Process Analysis, Time Lines, and Work Flow (27.10. / 17. & 24.11. / 08.12.2025)

This online workshop provides opportunities to optimize the management of the dissertation project and to re-orientate the dissertation process where necessary. The workshop offers a space to realistically reflect upon, evaluate, and adapt the time and project management, identify helpful as well as destructive work habits, and will improve participant’s self-management skills. … Weiterlesen

Schreibretreat (03.-07.11.2025)

Das Schreibretreat ist ein fünftägiges, streng strukturiertes, produktivitätsförderndes Programm. Die gemeinsame Schreibzeit in Präsenz sorgt für fokussierte Textproduktion. Dr. Dzifa Vode leitet das Retreat als erfahrene Schreibtrainerin und Schreibcoach und begleitet Sie mit Impulsen, individuellen Coachings und täglichen Kurz-Workshops. … Weiterlesen

Get it Published: Wege und Strategien für die Dissertationsveröffentlichung (17.11.2025)

Dieser Online-Kurs bringt Ihnen die erforderlichen Schritte zur Veröffentlichung Ihrer Dissertation als Monographie nahe.

Inhalte:

• Publikationslandschaft überblicken und Entscheidungskriterien herausarbeiten
• Verlag finden
• Autorenverträge und Lizenzmodelle verstehen
• Druckkosten einwerben, Kostenfallen vermeiden

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Data Literacy with Focus on Research Data Management: Upskilling your data competencies for your thesis (17.11.-10.12.2025)

This on-site course teaches essential skills in handling data in accordance with the FAIR principles and focuses on developing data literacy across five key competence areas: data collection, data management, data evaluation, data application, and the conceptual framework. Special attention is given to data management which is practiced in all phases of the research data life cycle using students‘ … Weiterlesen

GWDG Courses

GWDG Academy is offering the following courses relevant for PhD candidates soon:

• August 20, 2025: InDesign Grundkurs – Schwerpunkt Postergestaltung
• August 27, 2025: PostgreSQL – Grundkurs
• August 28, 2025: PostgreSQL für Fortgeschrittene
• September 15, 2025: Effectively Utilize AI Tools in Research (in English)
• September 16,

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SUB Courses

Göttingen’s State and University Library is offering the following courses relevant for PhD candidates soon:

Schulung GRO.publications (online, 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM each)

• September 1, 2025
• October 6, 2025

Registration … Weiterlesen

Extended Overview of Qualification Measures for PhD Students

In order to provide a better overview of the various options for training and qualification for you as doctoral candidates at Göttingen campus, the qualification portal for PhD students has been supplemented by courses of other providers at Göttingen Campus. … Weiterlesen

GGG’s Support Measures

The Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences provides support measures and scholarships for PhD students of social sciences. At the moment GGG offers new support for your qualification and networking activities.

Further up-to-date information can be found on the GGG homepage at: www.ggg.uni-goettingen.de/GGG-sponsorship … Weiterlesen

Bottom-up funding for Qualification and Networking of PhD students

The Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences (GGG) has launched a low-threshold support of self-designed courses, groups and networks. Since you have the best overview of what will advance you in terms of content, you can expand your knowledge in a self-organized way: Design your own course or peer-group network according to your needs and those of your fellow PhD students. … Weiterlesen

Change in the GGG Executive Board

We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Angela Schwerdtfeger for her constructive, interdisciplinary collaboration in the development of doctoral training at the Faculty of Law, on the GGG Executive Board and as GGG spokesperson. On October 1, she will take up her new position at the FU Berlin and we congratulate the FU on this gain. … Weiterlesen

Focus Science Management 2025

Göttingen’s graduate schools offer focused opportunities for qualification in and reflection about science management as a career option. These are our current offers:

• Work shadowing: Transitionally, GGG strives to offer work shadowing opportunities at Göttingen Campus for interested PhD candidates and postdocs on demand (see also https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/691913.html) 
• Chat: public Matrix Chat Channel #Fokus_Wissenschaftsmanagement.

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Haltung zeigen – Aktiv einstehen für demokratische Werte am Arbeitsplatz (08.09.2025)

Veranstaltungsreihe anlässlich des 13. bundesweiten Diversity-Tages

Auch 2025 beteiligt sich die Universität Göttingen gemeinsam mit der Stadt und dem Landkreis Göttingen mit einer Veranstaltungsreihe am bundesweiten Diversity Tag der Charta der Vielfalt.Im Mittelpunkt steht in diesem Jahr die Frage, wie wir durch konkretes Handeln im Arbeitsalltag demokratische Werte stärken können.

Den Auftakt bildet am 8. … Weiterlesen

Startup-After-Work Meetup (10.09.2025 / 19.11.2025)

Du bist ein Startup oder auf dem Weg eins zu werden? Du suchst Kontakte in die Szene und Austausch auf Augenhöhe? Dann bist du beim Startup-After-Work genau richtig! … Weiterlesen

From PhD to Innovator (15.-16.09.2025)

Develop potential startup ideas together with other PhDs, postdocs and master’s students as well as our partner Sartorius. Network with real-life sciencepreneurs and learn about career options. … Weiterlesen

Anti-discrimination counselling

The anti-discrimination counselling service is the central point of contact for dealing with discrimination at the university. Those affected, observers, counsellors or people supporting anti-discrimination receive advice, support and information as well as strategies for taking action in the context of experiences of discrimination.The Counselling Service also raises awareness of issues relating to discrimination and their interconnections. … Weiterlesen

Funding for open access books

We would like to remind you of the existing funding opportunities for Open Access books. In addition to funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), funding is available until February 2027 via the Lower Saxony-wide publication fund NiedersachsenOPEN. Only publication costs for the publishing in Open Access are eligible for funding. Funding for printing costs etc. … Weiterlesen

Checklist for open access publishing of scientific articles now available

The open-access.network project has published a checklist [German only] to help authors publish scientific articles in open access. The checklist summarizes what needs to be considered before and when submitting the document, what needs to be taken into account when preparing the manuscript and what options are available after publication. … Weiterlesen

Primary publications free of charge with GRO.publications

You are publishing an institutional publication series, would like to publish a project report or a manuscript? GRO.publications, the publication management system of the University of Göttingen, offers you the opportunity to do this. Publications receive a permanent identifier with the DOI, are recorded in the library catalog and reported to the German National Library as part of the mandatory submission. … Weiterlesen

Information provided by the Ombuds office on research integrity topics

The Ombuds Office has further expanded the information it offers on various research integrity topics on its website. Under the heading ‘Good research practice – issues of application’, persons interested can find information and further materials on topics such as dealing with authorship and research data, avoiding predatory publishing, using AI tools in research and teaching, … Weiterlesen

FAQ on artificial intelligence and research Integrity

As part of the dialogue forum projects of the Ombuds Committee for Research Integrity in Germany, FAQs on artificial intelligence and research integrity have been compiled. The 25 questions and answers are available here. … Weiterlesen

Box of Wishes

If you have any ideas or wishes concerning our services, please let us know. … … Weiterlesen

On our own behalf

This newsletter is published four times a year. It is avail­able for PhD students and supervisors of social sciences, and all interested persons. The newsletter can be found online. The next newsletter will be published on November 11, 2025. … Weiterlesen

Some Answers about doing your PhD

First of all, we would like to welcome you! As Graduate School of Social Sciences, we will use our best endeavor to be a supportive companion during your PhD. Here we provide information for PhD students who have just started doing their PhD or joined GGG only recently. This section is mainly intended for newcomers but holds useful information for experienced PhD students as well. … Weiterlesen

Team

If you like to know more about our qualification program, support measures, and consulting offers, or if you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. … Weiterlesen