Postdoc Appreciation Week
18 - 22 September 2023

Let’s celebrate and showcase the fantastic contributions of postdocs in Germany to research, teaching, administration and more! 

The Munich Postdoc Network teamed up with the Research and Innovation Services of the Leibniz University of Hannover (LUH) to establish the Postdoc Appreciation Week in Germany!

Together we have been collaborating with different research institutions, organisations and postdoc networks across Germany to offer a collective program with events and activities for postdocs during PAW. We are thrilled that many of our collaborators are equally exited about this initiative and look forward to what is yet to come.

Special thanks go to our colleagues from the LUH, Anneke Meyer, Britta Lesniak, Luisa Gödeke and Maria Leuteritz and to our Munich Postdoc Network board members, Neele Meyer (Helmholtz Munich) and Camila Hernandez Frederick (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry) for coordinating this remarkable initiative.

PAW 2023

The Munich Postdoc Network will host the following events during the 2023 Postdoc Appreciation Week in collaboration with our partner institutions:

• Monday, 18 September 2023 at 14:00 - 15:30 h | PAW Kick-Off & Opening Talk: The Need for Sustainable Leadership in Academia (online)

• Wednesday, 20 September 2023 at 16:00 - 18:00 h | Postdoc101 Talk: Diversity in (In)Equality: How to Be a Good Ally for Members of Disadvantaged Groups with Dr. Anna Welpinghus (online)

• Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 17:15 - 18:15 h | Panel Discussion | Postdocs in Germany: Challenges, Opportunities, and Perspectives (online)
  Panelists: Dr. Jens Brandenburg (BMBF), Postdoc Representatives from Max Planck, Helmholtz, Leibniz & TUM/MPN

• Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 17:30 - 20:00 h | MPN Stammtisch including: Introductory talk by IPP director Prof. Dr. Frank Jenko | Exclusive tour of the Experimental Fusion Reactor | Get together at a restaurant in Garching.

• Friday, 22 September 2023 at 10:00 - 13:00 h | Power abuse and sexism in academia: What can be done? (hybrid, at the MPI of Biochemistry in Martinsried and online)
  Speakers: Cécile Deprez (DLR) and Prof. Daniel Leising (TU Dresden)

• Friday, 22 September 2023 at 14:00 - 15:00 h | PAW2023 Closing Event: Farewell & Feedback 

Monday, 18 September at 14:00 h (online)
PAW Kick-Off & Opening Talk: The Need for Sustainable Leadership in Academia

Wednesday, 20 September at 16:00 h (online)
Postdoc101 Talk: Diversity and (In)Equality: How to Be a Good Ally for Members of Disadvantaged Groups Dr. Anna Welpinghus

Thursday, 21 September at 17:15 h (online)
anel Discussion | Postdocs in Germany: Challenges, Opportunities, and Perspectives

Thursday, 21 September at 17:30 h (in-person)
MPN Stammtisch including: Introductory talk by IPP director Prof. Dr. Frank Jenko & Exclusive tour of the Experimental Fusion Reactor

Friday, 22 September at 10:00 h (hybrid)
Power abuse and sexism in academia: What can be done?
Speakers: Cécile Deprez (DLR) and Prof. Daniel Leising (TU Dresden)

Friday, 22 September at 14:00 h (online)
PAW2023 Closing Event: Farewell & Feedback

Do you want to know more about the Postdoc Appreciation Week?

Check out the PAW website and the program for the PAW 2024, follow our X/Twitter account (@PAW_Germany), our LinkedIn page or get involved by joining our social media campaign! more