Services for early career researchers – Equal Opportunities Office

The support of early career researchers is a central part of the tasks of the Equal Opportunities Office. Doctoral students and postdocs can take advantage of a wide range of opportunities:

Workshops, Coachings and Programmes

Workshop: Actionplan "Accessible LUH"
"Science with focus" for female PhDs
Workshop: Unconscious Bias
Workshop: (Anti-)Racism & Allyship
First to get a doctorate
Individual Coaching
Workshop: Create accessible documents
Team-Mentoring for female PhD students
Interdisciplinary supervision for doctoral candidates and postdocs
Event series: Onboarding Postdocs

More services

Diversity Consulting for PhDs and Postdocs
Reading: "Alle_Zeit." A question of power and freedom.
Competencies in gender & diversity
Services for families
Queer University Meeting
Diversity Talk
Caroline Herschel Programme
PhD Completion Grant
SHE talks event series
Gender- and diversity-responsive language

Support Programmes

PhD Completion Grant

In case of delay in graduation for family responsibilities or hardship.

Caroline Herschel Programme

Supporting female early-career researchers where they are under-represented

Past offers

Talk: "He didn't even touch you" (2025)
Self-defence and box-coaching for women (2025)
Self-defence for women (2025)
Misogyny and racism online (2024)
Catcalls: Harassment or compliment? (2024)
Talk: Green borders, individual dance spaces and ‘yes-sayer’ (2023)
Workshop: Inclusive Communication (2022)
Talk: There are no grey areas (2023)
Workshop: Stellenausschreibungen zielgerichtet formulieren! (2022)
Create your future: Career development for female scientists (2021)
Self-confident doctorate (2019)