Spill the tea!
You’d be interested to know what happens in meetings of the Professorial Appointments Committee? Or you wonder whether excellent researchers have ever encountered Reviewer 2? Then drop in and share a cup of tea with us! The series of events entitled Spill the Tea! reveals what is known in the educational sciences as a hidden curriculum: unwritten rules, unspoken expectations, unofficial standards, hidden messages and other pieces of implicit knowledge within and about academia and related areas.
The aim is to make this implicit knowledge accessible for all emerging researchers, as well as to break down reservations regarding taboo topics and help to demystify academia.
ORGANISER: Münster Centre for Emerging Researchers (CERes)
FACILITATOR: Rebecca Meier
VENUE: CERes, Schlossplatz 6, Raum 001 / Zoom
NO. OF PARTICIPANTS: 20 + 20 online
Requirements for online participation
Please note that keeping the camera on and providing your full name upon joining the Zoom room are prerequisites for attending the sessions. This contributes to an atmosphere of trust between panelists and participants.
The concept
- In a confidential and relaxed atmosphere, 2-4 researchers with different specialist and biographical profiles draw on their store of experience and spill the tea on a subject relevant to the target group.
- 30 minutes of panel discussion + 30 minutes for questions from the audience.
- The sessions have a hybrid format and are held alternately in German or English.
If you have ideas for future Spill the Tea! sessions, do mail us at events.ceres@uni-muenster.de. We look forward to receiving your ideas!
Objectives
- Gain insights, in confidence, into experiences, recommendations, and examples of best and worst practice – delivered by advanced or established researchers on the topic in question
- Contribute one’s own questions and discuss with experts
- Take away stimuli and ideas for one’s own research or career paths
17.07.2024 / 17.00–18.00 / How to cope with failure?
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS, DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS at a final stage of a doctorate
Have you written your CV of failures yet? In 2016, Princeton professor Johannes Haushofer published such CV and it went viral in the community. Within the academic world, the focus is usually on success, and top positions require top references. Does that mean excellent researchers have never failed? Certainly not. But why is it so hard to talk about rejected publications, failed experiments, unsuccessful applications and missed opportunities? Would a different culture of failures lead to a decrease of researchers with imposter ‘syndrome’? And what are actual coping strategies to deal with a lack of success?
Those and further questions will be discussed by our panelists – and with you!
The panelists:
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Reckermann, Junior Professor for Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jakub Krukar, Junior Professor in Spatial Cognition (Geoinformatics)
Dr. Youssef Sanati, Economist, Founder of chefofpersia.de and Creative Director at REACH – EUREGIO Start-up Center
02.10.2024 / 17:00–18:00 / Wie ticken Berufungskommissionen?
POSTDOCS, PROMOVIERENDE in der Endphase der Promotion
Mehr Informationen folgen in Kürze.
09.12.2024 / 09:00–10:00 / How to career and care work?
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS, DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS at a final stage of a doctorate
More information will be available soon.
14.02.2025 / 9:00–10:30 / Von der Universität in die Politik(beratung)?
POSTDOCS, PROMOVIERENDE in der Endphase der Promotion
Mehr Informationen folgen in Kürze.
Walk & Talk Sessions
The Walk and Talk sessions offer doctoral and postdoctoral researchers an informal setting to discuss relevant topics with peers and experts – outdoors and on the move. We meet at CERes and after a short input on the chosen topic, we walk together to the green Schloss- and Botanical Garden and discuss in small groups. For some sessions we will invite guests to share their expertise and walk with us.
Objectives
- Activate specific brain cells by being outdoors and engaging in movement
- Learn about and discuss relevant topics
- Connect with other researchers who share similar experiences
FACILITATOR: Sabine Schneider
VENUE: Meet at CERes, Schlossplatz 6 and then walk
NO. OF PARTICIPANTS: 8
04.12.2024 / 11:00–12:00 / Research stay abroad: Motivation, benefits and challenges
DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
A research stay abroad can be a very enriching experience for doctoral researchers - both personally and professionally. However, it also presents a unique set of challenges. In this session, we would like to discuss the rewards and the obstacles of a research stay abroad, as well as strategies to make the most of it.
13.01.2025 / 11:00–12:00 / Motivation, Produktivität und Work-Life-Balance
PROMOVIERENDE UND POSTDOCS
In dieser Session widmen wir uns dem Thema Motivation, Produktivität und Work-Life-Balance. Sowohl in der Promotions- als auch in der Postdoc-Phase ist die Motivation für ein Forschungsprojekt in der Regel hoch, gleichzeitig sind die Leistungserwartungen es auch. Was sind typische Krisen und welche Möglichkeiten gibt es, sich darauf vorzubereiten und nachhaltig mit den eigenen Ressourcen umzugehen?
05.02.2025 / 11:00–12:00 / Navigating the academic system as a first-generation researcher
DOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
This session aims to provide a space for first-generation researchers to connect and share their unique experiences in the academic system. Topics to be discussed include adapting to the academia system, balancing research and personal life, coping with pressure and doubt, and support systems for first-generation researchers.