550003 SE Path to Success: Exploring Academic Careers (2025S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 06.02.2025 14:00 to Th 20.02.2025 18:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 15.03.2025 18:00
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
!! Should the number of registered students exceed 40, preference for final registration will be given to doctoral students of the VDSEE. !!
Confirmed speakers:13.03.2025:- Dr. Pedro Frade (Natural History Museum, Vienna)
27.03.2025:
- Dr. Pere Gelabert (Evolutionary Anthropology)
- Dr. Laura van der Sluis (Evolutionary Anthropology)
24.04.2025:
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Katerina Douka (Evolutionary Anthropology/ Palaeoproteomics)
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tom Higham (Evolutionary Anthropology)
22.05.2025: THIS MEETING WILL BE LONGER - seminar of Prof. Herndl has been moved here from 13.03
- Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Mihaela Pavlicev (Evolutionary Biology/ Theoretical Biology)
- Dr. Elisabeth Haring PD (Natural History Museum, Vienna)
- Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Gerhard Herndl (Functional and Evolutionary Ecology/Microbial Oceanography) - MOVED from 13.03!!!
12.06.2025:
- Univ.-Prof. Norman Wickett PhD (Botany and Biodiversity Research)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Silvia Bulgheresi (Functional and Evolutionary Ecology/ Environmental Cell Biology)
- Thursday 13.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 3.124, Ebene 3
- Thursday 27.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 3.124, Ebene 3
- Thursday 24.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 3.124, Ebene 3
- Thursday 22.05. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
- Thursday 12.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
- attendance of at least four of five offered seminar dates in person (presence will be checked)
- active participation in the discussions
- short opinion paper (max. one page) about the seminar (what information was most useful, what would you like to hear more about, what surprised you the most, etc.) to be uploaded to moodle after the last seminar (deadline 20.06.2025)
- active participation in the discussions
- short opinion paper (max. one page) about the seminar (what information was most useful, what would you like to hear more about, what surprised you the most, etc.) to be uploaded to moodle after the last seminar (deadline 20.06.2025)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
presence: 40%
active participation in the discussion: 40%
short opinion paper: 20%50% required to pass
100-90% - 1
75-89% - 2
60-74% - 3
50-59% - 4
below 50% - 5
active participation in the discussion: 40%
short opinion paper: 20%50% required to pass
100-90% - 1
75-89% - 2
60-74% - 3
50-59% - 4
below 50% - 5
Examination topics
active participation in discussions and written opinion paper
Reading list
Association in the course directory
PhD, MAN 3, MBO 7, MEC-9, MES5, MZO4
Last modified: We 26.03.2025 11:47
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Which problems did you encounter during your scientific career and what were the lessons you learned?
What strategies or habits have you developed to maintain a healthy work-life balance while pursuing a career in academia?
How do you manage mentorship and collaborations in academia, especially concerning students' and collaborators' individual expectations and personalities?
The presentations will be followed by discussion.This seminar is designed to provide doctoral students and master students who plan to stay in academia with better insight into the paths of a scientific career. Scientists associated with our doctoral school will talk about their scientific careers, about the choices they have made and about factors that have played an important role in developing their own research path. Practical advice on how to prepare for and most effectively plan various steps of a scientific career will be offered. Significance of collaborations and student-mentoring will also be a central theme, as well as maintaining a healthy life-work balance in academia. Additionally, this seminar is expected to allow both sides, students and supervisors, to better understand each other's expectations and concerns and to allow for better communication.