Research Management & Leadership
Management Skills for Research and University
Traget group: Postdocs, Junior and Tenure Track Professors
Language: English
Duration of the program: 3 months
The next call for applications will be in the summer of 2024.
Program overview
The program Research Management & Leadership (former Basic Module) equips postdocs and junior professors and tenure track professors with fundamental and science-relevant methods and instruments of management. It includes four topics (workshops) in which participants strengthen their leadership, communication and project management skills. In addition, the topic funding is included as its own workshop. The program’s main idea is to go beyond general management principles by considering the nature of academic research, comprehensively bridging the gap between management skills on the one hand and research projects on the other hand.
Program goals
- Learning the basics of efficient projectmanagement
- Strengthen communication and conflict resolution skills
- Getting to know how to successfully acquire external funding
- Strengthen leadership and team skills
Conditions of participation & Additional information
The program is aimed at qualification profd of all scientific disciplines. Please note your status as one of the following:
- University of Potsdam
- Partner institutions
- External
The participation fee depends on your status. For further information please refer to the current announcement.
Free childcare available during participation of the "in-person" workshops.
Application
Please submit the following application documents during the application period:
- Online registration
- CV
- Letter of motivation
- Short description of your research project (max 0.5 pages)
- Preliminary confirmation of participation
- If applicable coverage of costs