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Contact us

Carla Sauvigny-Wigge & Stefanie Schäfer
+49 (0)521 / 106-67537
graduatecentre@uni-bielefeld.de

Registration

Interested? Then simply register at: graduatecentre@uni-bielefeld.de. 

PhD PeerCircle

Network, exchange and peer counselling for doctoral candidates

Dates

The permanent groups will meet regularly from September/October 2026 in the Graduate and Academic Career Development Centre (GrACe). It may be possible to join an existing group before then. 

Contents

A doctorate is much more than an individual research project. It is also a long-term, complex development process in the midst of diverse professional, organisational and often mental challenges.

As part of the new PhD PeerCircle, doctoral students across faculty boundaries support each other with the challenges of everyday doctoral research. The focus is on peer-to-peer exchange and structured reflection on the challenges of day-to-day doctoral work.
The aim is to build an interdisciplinary network that motivates, relieves and helps to tackle specific challenges together.

Each phase brings with it different topics and questions and this is precisely where the PhD PeerCircle comes in:

For doctoral researchers who are relatively at the beginning and are dealing with topics such as project and time management, structuring, supervisory relationships, literature work or initial methodological decisions.

For doctoral researchers who are in the middle of the research process, are dealing with methodological or organisational issues and at the same time are beginning to look at their own appointment prospects (within and outside academia) and strategies.

For doctoral researchers in the final phase who are looking at topics such as completion, defence, publication and the transition to the postdoc phase or other career prospects.

Target group

Doctoral researchers who are interested in an exchange across faculty boundaries.
The exchange can take place in German, English or bilingually. All interested parties must first register, and we will then clarify the language arrangements together.

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