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GRADE workshops for participants from the RMU Universities and the HfG Offenbach

This is an overview of GRADE workshops offered to participants from the RMU Universities and the HfG Offenbach.

To participate in the GRADE workshops, you first need to register with GRADE. All information about the registration proceess is available on our websites in the section "registration". As member of a RMU University or of the HfG Offenbach please select "other" as your faculty. 'Member of a RMU University / HfG Offenbach' means, that you have already been officially accepted as a PhD candidate or are employed as a Postdoc by one these Universities. Registration for GRADE workshops without an official status is not possible.

Please note, that only the workshops in the table below are open to participants from the RMU Universities and the HfG Offenbach. Participation in all other offers of the GRADE training program, including coaching, supervision and language service, is reserved for PhD candidates and postdocs of Goethe University. You are welcome to register for these workshops as well. However, you will be registered on the waiting list, initially.

GRADE Workshops Summer 2026

         
INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY TOOLS / INTERCULTURAL AWARNESS 
        Target Group
Title   Date Time E 
A
R2  R3 
NL HS  
Leading Interdisciplinary International Research Groups   May 12-13 09:00-18:00 09:00-16:00 ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦ ♦  
Tackle Complex Research Processes: Tools to Navigate Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research   Jul 6 / Jul 8  14:00-18:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦ ♦  

ACADEMIC TOOLS - METHODS        
        Target Group
Title   Date Time E A R2 R3  NL HS  
MAXQDA in der Forschungspraxis - Einführung, Mixed Methods,  Inhaltsanalyse und KI   

May 4-7

 09:00-11:30 ♦  ♦   ♦  ♦ ♦  ♦   
Qualitative Datenanalyse mit und ohne KI: Strategien, Praxis, Werkzeuge  

Jun 1

 09:00-15:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Introduction to Grounded Theory   May 21-22 10:00-16:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦  
Datenrecht und KI in wissenschaftlicher Forschung   Jun 30   10:00-15:30 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Einführung in die biographische Fallrekonstruktion    Jun 16-17 12:0-18:00 09:0-17:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦  

ACADEMIC TOOLS - WRITING AND LITERATURE RESEARCH 
        Target Group
Title   Date Time E 
A
R2 
R3  NL HS  
Exposé-Schreiben für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftler*innen-PRE   Jun 8
Jun 23
Jun 24		 10:00-17:00 ♦ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ♦  
Writing an Exposé in Natural and Life Sciences- PRE   Jul 7  09:00-17:00 ♦ ◊ ◊ ◊ ♦ ◊  
Let’s Begin! Writing More Effective PhD Proposals - PRE   Jun 1-2  10:00-17:00 09:30-16:30 ♦ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ♦  
Eine interdisziplinär-historische Dissertation schreiben   Jul 7-8 14:00-17:00 ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ◊ ♦  
Reviewer and Editor Roles in Academic Journals   Apr 28  14:00-15:30 ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Publishing Scholarly Monographs in the Humanities & Social Sciences Pausieren?    Jun 25-26 10:30-16:30 09:30-16:30 ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ◊ ♦   
Wissenschaft verständlich erklären – für Medien und eine breite Öffentlichkeit    May 11 May 30  10:00-17:00  ♦  ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  

ACADEMIC TOOLS - PRESENTATION     		  
        Target Group
Title   Date Time E 
A
R2 
R3 
NL HS  
Voice and Body Coaching   May 11-12 09:00-17:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Forschung visualisieren – Grundlagen der Gestaltung    Jun 23 09:00-16:00 ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦  
Scientific Storytelling    May 20 09:30-17:00 ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦  

MANAGEMENT TOOLS - COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE  
        Target Group
Title   Date Time E 
A
R2 
R3 
NL HS  
Personality-Based Communication for Academics - How Introverts and Extroverts Get the Most out of Their Individual Strengths   Jun 11-12  09:00-12:45  ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦  

MANAGEMENT TOOLS - LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK 
  
        Target Group
Title   Date Time E 
A
R2 
R3 
NL HS  
Lateral Leadership in Academia – Leading Successfully without Formal Authority   Jun 22 10:00-16:00 ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Kluge Wege zur Entscheidungsfindung in Teams und Gruppen    May 29

10:00-17:00

 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦ ◊  
Erfolgreiche Mitarbeiter*innenführung - Nützliches Know-how für die erste Führungsposition in Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft   May 28-29

09:00-17:00 09:00-13:0

 ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  

MANAGEMENT TOOLS - ORGANIZATIONAL PROFICIENCY        		  
        Target Group
Title   Date Time E 
A
R2  R3  NL HS  
The Doctorate as a Project – Introduction to the Management of Complex Research Projects   Jun 17
Jun 26		 09:00-17:00 09:00-12:00 ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊  ♦ ♦  
Tagungen vorbereiten und umsetzen    May 12 09:00-16:00 ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  

MANAGEMENT TOOLS - SELFCARE AND SELFMANAGEMENT        		    
        Target Group
Title   Date Time E 
A
R2  R3   NL HS  
Isolation& belonging in academia   Jun 02 09:00-10:30 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Integrating Work and Life – Clarity, Balance, and Sustainable Strategies   Jun 9 10:00-16:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Continuity and Reinvention for Researchers   Jun 10 09:30-12:00 ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦   

CAREER TOOLS - CAREER PLANNING       
        Target Group
Title   Date Time E 
A
R2  R3    NL HS  
Zwischen Labor, Lehre und Lebensplanung: Wie Karriere- und Lebensentscheidungen Geld und Chancen formen   May 6-7   09:00-16:30 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
You’ve Accomplished More Than You Think - About Your Transferable Skills and How to Sell Them   May 22 09:00-11:30 ◊ ♦  ♦ ◊ ♦   ♦  
Leveraging Interdisciplinarity: From Diverse Expertise to Productive Collaboration and Sustainable Research Careers   May 18 09:00-14:30 ◊ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦ ♦  
Erfolgreich zur Professur verhandeln: Strategien und Techniken für souveräne Berufungsverhandlungen   May 27 09:30-16.30 ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Berufungsverfahren - Von Erfahrung lernen. Bereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften   n.n. n.n. ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦  
Promotionsbetreuung kompetent gestalten: Rechtliche Basics, Rollenklärung, kritische Situationen meistern   May 4 09:00-12:00 ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Einstieg ins Wissenschafts-management nach der Promotion Arbeitsfelder und Perspektiven   Jun 11-12 09:00-13:30 09:00-12:30 ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Betriebswirtschaft kompakt    Jun 19-20
Jul 3-4		 09:30-16:30 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦ ♦  
From Research to Academic Policy Engagement: A Guide to Exchanging Knowledge with Policymakers in Parliaments, Ministries and EU-Institutions   May 29 09:00-13:30 ♦ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦  ♦   

CAREER TOOLS - GRANT APPLICATION           		  
        Target Group 
Title   Date Time E 
A
R2 
R3
NL HS  
Wie finanziere ich meine Promotion? -PRE   Jul 9 9:30 – 13:00 ♦ ◊ ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦  
Basiswissen Drittmittelanträge   Jul 8 10:00-17:00 ◊ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦ ♦  
Fit for Own Third-Party funding    Jun 19 10:00-16:00 ◊ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦ ♦  
How to ORCID    May 5 11:00-13:00 ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  
Preparing Your Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Application   May 8
May 22
Jun 12
Jul 3 		 see description ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦  

         
Workshop Type   Area of Scientific Research   Level of Scientific Research
C Career Tools   NL Natural and Life Sciences
   E Elementary Courses for 1st/2nd year
IT Inter- and Transdisciplinary Tools
and intercultural Awarenes		   HS Humanities and Social Sciences   A Training for Advanced
Doctoral Candidates
GP Get Prepared for the Furture         R2
R3
 Training for Postdocs
Training for Senior Postdocs
L Language   Language of the Workshop
   Target Group 
M Management Tools   D Deutsch/German   F* Training for Women* only 
A Academic Tools   E English      
               
               
               

Please note, that workhops registration beforehand is compulsary!
Information on the workshop as well as the online registration are available by clicking the workshop titel in the above list.