The workshop aims to give you insights into the application procedure for professorships (Focus: Germany) – a procedure that is highly formalized but often lacks transparency and differs in many aspects from other application formats in academia. In this seminar, we deal with your written application as well as topic-related and strategic advice for your selection interview, application presentation and demonstration lecture. We focus on different aspects of the appointment procedure, such as typical and critical questions during the selection interview, potential snares during the demonstration lecture, or ambivalent interests among the members of the audition committee. Moreover, we work on how to present yourself and your academic profile successfully and how to emphasize your particular expertise.
Dates and Timetable
Day 1:
Welcome & overview
Behind the curtain: Structure of the appointment procedure (Berufungsverfahren)
Professor wanted: Walking a mile in the committee’s shoes
Applying or not?
Application documents – Your admission ticket I
Application documents – Your admission ticket II
Research and teaching profile
Invited? Congrats!
Day 2:
Analysis of strengths and weaknesses
Application presentation (Berufungsvortrag)
Demonstration lecture
The interview I
The interview II
Fashion in science? – How to dress...
Supplementary information
The seminar includes subsequent process support. The participants have the possibility send their application documents to the trainer when they enter the application phase and receive written receive written feedback on possible improvements.
Gender-sensitive language is used in the seminar. Gender aspects of the individual topics are will be discussed, demonstrated and debated at appropriate points.
Fees
status | members University of Potsdam |
partner institutions | external |
PhD | 40€ | 240€ | 290€ |
Postdoc | 60€* | 240€ | 290€ |
*This fee also applies to postdocs from the other universities in the Postdoc Network Brandenburg (PNB) – BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).
Further information on the workshop program and our partner institutions
The calculation of the workshop fees for this workshop is analogous to that for a 2-day in-person workshop.
Dieta Kuchenbrandt holds a doctorate in psychology with additional training as a coach and management consultant (German Psychologists Academy). After several years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bielefeld and as a substitute professor at the University of Osnabrück, she is now an independent trainer and consultant specializing in the needs of scientists. Her work focuses on academic career planning and applications for professorships.