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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Every postdoc working at a Leibniz institute is welcome! Not sure if you are a postdoc? Just go for it, "inclusion" is the first motto of our meeting! 🌈 Please help us spread the word and share the post with your colleagues!

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

💡Of course, you will also get an introduction to the Leibniz PostDoc network and its working groups and learn how to get involved! 🗳️ Plus, we'll be holding the elections for next year's spokespersons and financial officer.

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

1️⃣"Advancing Your Career with Diversity Skills" by Dr. Sabine Müller, 2️⃣"Transfer Workshop – Focus Life Sciences: Is there transfer potential in my research?" by Dr. Rebekka Müller (ascenion), 3️⃣Advanced Programming with Generative AI for Researchers by Christian Steiner (DH Craft).

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Under the motto "Inclusion, Innovation and Impact", We've planned two exciting days full of great events for you: ▶️an interdisciplinary poster session, ▶️a panel discussion on "Diverse career paths for PostDocs" featuring four inspiring (former) PostDocs and ▶️three interactive workshops:

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

We are excitited to invite all Leibniz Postdocs to the 9th 📢Leibniz PostDoc Network General Assembly ⏱️ When? Nov 17, 1:00 pm – Nov 18, 2025, 2:15 pm 📍Where? Leibniz Headquarters, Berlin and partly online 📝 Sign up by October 20 to join us: forms.gle/tfdwWbfbeGAP...

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

📣Postdoc interview ahead!!📣 👉Learn about our community: spotlight on Dr. Bastian Seelbinder Perfectly timed for #PostdocAppreciationWeek, we are kicking off today with a series of short interviews with Leibniz PostDocs. To read the full interview, check our blog post bit.ly/46pnXbg

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

- as well as on how you navigate conflict and seek to understand the position and path of those you are working with. 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4nbvHFu ... organized by our Work & Health Working Group bit.ly/44sXw3F Check also our second webinar on active well-being!

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

You are a leader now. And the success of your team depends partly - on how you choose to lead, - on the tone you set, - on how you model collaboration and collegiality with others, - on how you narrate failure and how you lift others up when they stumble,

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🌟 Join us online for the webinar "Leading a team" by Dr. Desiree Dickerson 🌟 🗓️ Save the Date: 06.10.2025 (Monday) 🕒 Time: 10:30-12h 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4nbvHFu Becoming a supervisor is a challenging move from the research-focused routine to a people-focused leadership role.

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4no31cz ... organised by our Work & Health Working Group bit.ly/44sXw3F Check also our second webinar on leading a team!

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

- We will learn about the costs of trying to excel with an empty bucket and discover key tools to actively refill it. - We will also discuss strategies for pressing reset when your day goes off track and managing the burden of responsibility for others.

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

a metaphor for the constant outpouring into our work and the inevitable depletion that follows. - We will explore how our buckets are drained daily—physically, emotionally, mentally, and socially—often unnoticed until it’s too late.

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🌟 Join us online for the webinar "Well-being: An active approach" by Dr. Vicent Botella-Soler 🌟 🗓️ Save the Date: 22.09.2025 (Monday) 🕒 Time: 10:30-12h 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4no31cz Maintaining well-being requires an active approach. In this webinar we explain the concept of an "empty bucket",

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The full dataset of the 1st Leibniz PostDoc Survey 2020 is now published & available at doi.org/10.4232/1.14... 🔓 Special thanks 🙏 to 1st author Daniela Fiedler who has moved on from being a Leibniz postdoc to being an assistant prof in Denmark & still putting time & effort into this 🎓 #ichbinhanna

First Leibniz PostDoc Survey 2020
Fiedler, Daniela; Lösch, Thomas; Heinz, Gitta
GESIS, Köln. ZA7941 Datenfile Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14024
Abstract: Postdoktoranden spielen in der wissenschaftlichen Forschung eine entscheidende Rolle und sind in vielen Forschungsgruppen unverzichtbar. Aus verschiedenen Gründen werden Postdoktorandinnen und Postdoktoranden jedoch oft übersehen oder falsch als homogene Gruppe von Forschenden dargestellt. Die Hauptziele der Leibniz-Postdoc-Befragung waren daher, erstens zu verstehen, wer Leibniz-Postdocs sind, und zweitens zu versuchen, einen Einblick in ihre Erfahrungen, Interessen und Bedürfnisse zu geben. Die erste Leibniz-PostDoc-Befragung wurde von Juli bis Oktober 2022 online in Deutschland durchgeführ ... mehr
Inhalt: 1. Angaben zur Dissertation und zur aktuellen Position: abgeschlossene Promotion; Jahr des Abschlusses der Promotion; Dissertation eingereicht; Jahr der Einreichung der Dissertation; Jahr der geplanten Einreichung der Dissertation; Jahr des Beginns der Dissertation; Land der Institution, an der der Abschluss erworben wurde; Identifikation mit dem B ... mehr
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Beschäftigung und Erwerbstätigkeit | Arbeitsbeziehungen und Arbeitskonflikte | Arbeitsbedingungen | Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft

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Harry M. Williams @harrywilliams.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The data from the first Leibniz PostDoc survey is now available. Have at it, folks! The data from the second Leibniz PostDoc Survey will be released soon (trademark).

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thanks a lot also to @gesis.org for support and hosting 🙏

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

a short summary of and a link to the 1st report (published 12/2022) are available on our website leibniz-postdoc.de/report-of-th...

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

2) What do I need? Achieving your career goals sustainably requires emotional intelligence, so you will explore Nonviolent Communication (NVC) tools to make your self-care and time management more effective.

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

1) What do I want? In small-group discussions, you'll define your mid-term career goals, break them into actionable steps, and refine your priorities through peer-exchange - whether in academia or beyond.

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

And although no workshop in the world will change the challenging working conditions for postdocs, this workshop promises to create a space for you to explore two powerful questions - both with the goal to improve your clarity and peace of mind: 1) What do I want? 2) What do I need? (details below)

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

🌟 Join Us for the interactive online Workshop "Career Clarity, Well-Being, and a good enough Time Management" by Ulrike Schneeberg 🌟 🗓️ Save the Date: 16.04.2025 🕒 Time: 09:00-12:00 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4kv7ecV Postdoctoral research and mental health may often seem mutually exclusive...

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Another product of last year's work worth advertising again: our Welcome Package 2.0 for international postdocs 🎓 (tailored to @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de employees and members but with loads of useful information for all international early career researchers) leibniz-postdoc.de/welcome-pack...

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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Today meeting in Berlin at @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de headquarter for the steering committee meeting with @harrywilliams.bsky.social @regbeck.bsky.social and many other motivated postdocs 🎓

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Taking the opportunity of our steering committee meeting to advertise our 2nd postdoc 🎓 survey 📊 report published in fall 2024. Great work by @regbeck.bsky.social @harrywilliams.bsky.social and many more people involved leibniz-postdoc.de/report-of-th...

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Looking forward to the 2025 kickoff steering committee meeting tomorrow in Berlin at @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de HQs. Lots of exciting plans ahead!

LPN Kickoff Agenda with the Logos of the Leibniz PostDoc Network and the Leibniz Association

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Our Working Group "Work & Health" just published a short update on their 2024 activities. 2025 will also be filled with exciting webinars and other events by and for the postdocs at all @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de institutes 🎓 leibniz-postdoc.de/work-health-...

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Recommended reading Wagne et al (2025) Giving the outrage a name – how researchers are challenging employment conditions under the hashtags #IchBinHanna and #IchBinReyhan 🎓 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🔓

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2452273

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Giving the outrage a name – how researchers are challenging
employment conditions under the hashtags #IchBinHanna
and #IchBinReyhan

Ahmadou Wagne, Elen Le Foll, Florentine Frantz and Jana Lasser

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Should work now. You can also send us an email. All members of the steering committee are listed here leibniz-postdoc.de/steering-com...

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

As we're new on #Bluesky we thought sharing some old but useful stuff might be good: Today we highlight our Welcome Package, designed for (international) postdocs at Leibniz Institutes, but with a lot of helpful info for all early career researchers 🎓 in Germany leibniz-postdoc.de/welcome-pack...

Welcome Package For Postdocs 2.0
Prepared by the Leibniz PostDoc Network, Work & Health working group

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Leibniz PostDoc Network @leibnizpostdocs.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hello #Bluesky we are the Leibniz PostDoc Network, representing the postdoc community of the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de with its almost 100 research institutes across Germany. Today we are joining the #eXit movement. Read more about it on our Blog leibniz-postdoc.de/the-leibniz-...

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