The Argentinian General Consul in Hamburg, Mr. Fernando Brun and the deputy Consul Ms. Verónica Quadri are visiting the University of Göttingen on March 6, 2017. Mr. Fernando Brun and Ms. Verónica Quadri are meeting with Argentinian researchers working at the University as well as in the Max Planck Institutes in Göttingen. The visit takes place in the context of a series of meetings between the Consulate and several academic institutions in North Germany with the purpose of strengthening the ties between Argentinian researchers in Germany. … Weiterlesen
In cooperation with the European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi) the International Office of the University of Göttingen will host an information event on the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships. The event will be supported by the European Commission, evaluators and successful grantees and targets researchers from Germany and abroad who want to apply for a Fellowship jointly with a German institution as well as research administrators who deal with the Fellowship programme. … Weiterlesen
Key points Degree: Master of Laws (LL.M.). Specialization: European and Transnational Law of Intellectual Property and Information Technology. Language of instruction: English. Duration: 1 year (October 1 to September 30). Workload: 60 ECTS credits. Admission requirements: Bachelor’s degree plus 1 year of professional experience. … Weiterlesen
For the third time Prof. Mark Gergen from the UC Berkeley School of Law will come back to Göttingen in May 2017. Kindly supported by the Hannover Rück-Group and invited by Prof. Dr. Torsten Körber he will introduce American Contract and Tort Law. The english lecture allows the students to broaden their horizons beyond German law, … Weiterlesen
Photo: Tsinghua University
At the beginning of December 2016, a new agreement with Tsinghua University, Beijing, was signed in the interdisciplinary area of “Social Networks and Big Data”. Executing institutions are the Sino-German Institute of Social Computing on the Göttingen side and the Center for Social Network Research, Tsinghua University, on the Chinese side. At the University of Göttingen, … Weiterlesen
This EU-funded mobility program enables technical and administrative staff of the University of Göttingen to take part in a one- or two-week exchange with European partner universities. The spectrum ranges from thematic workshops to job shadowing and individually furnished professional exchanges of experience. The program also aims at strengthening the applicants’ personal intercultural competence and her or his foreign language skills. … Weiterlesen
Strengthening the Indo-German research landscape in academic cooperation and research
The University of Göttingen and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune in India officially inaugurated the Göttingen Pune Outreach Center (GPOC) at IISER Pune on November 25, 2016.
The inauguration event included four public lectures that were free and open to all. … Weiterlesen
Research institutions in Germany can apply for funding from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to support threatened researchers, in the context of the 3rd call for applications of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative. Successful institutions will receive funding to grant research fellowships to threatened scientists and scholars for research stays in Germany of up to 24 months. … Weiterlesen
This year again, Chinese doctoral students have the opportunity to apply for a scholarship from the China Scholarship Council (CSC). The programme for joint doctoral training of the University of Göttingen and the CSC encompasses all subjects offered at the University of Göttingen. The Chinese doctoral students receive a CSC scholarship for a period of up to 48 months. … Weiterlesen
To support the mobility of young researchers and lecturers to realize bi-national research projects, the DAAD offers funding for short stays abroad, including travel expenses, within the framework of the “Programmes for Project-Related Personal Exchange (PPP)” again in 2017. The official release of the calls varies with destination. Already in April 2017 PPPs for Australia, Brazil, … Weiterlesen
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awarded Dr. Symphorien Ongolo Assogoma, as guest researcher, along with Dr. Lukas Giessen and Prof. Max Krott, as supervising and host scientists based at the Department of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy, a two-year postdoc scholarship. Within the young researchers group “International Forest Policy” Dr. Ongolo will identify, analyse, and compare regional policy initiatives on the protection and use of forests in sub-Saharan Africa, … Weiterlesen
German Network was guest at the University of Göttingen
Highly qualified and ambitious people usually live together with equally qualified and ambitious partners, for whom their career and prospects are also important. Moving to Göttingen from other countries or regions of Germany following a job offer is only possible, even thinkable, if the partner can find the same opportunities for career development. … Weiterlesen
Photo: National Chengchi University
On December 1, 2016, a delegation of the National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, led by the NCCU president Prof. Dr. Edward H. Chow, visited the University of Göttingen. The NCCU is our most important partner university in Taiwan. After a visit of the Göttingen State and University Library and a joint lunch, … Weiterlesen
Photo: China Office
In October 2016, the University of Göttingen, via its China Office, participated in the European Education Fair Taiwan (EEFT) for the first time. The numerous, very interested and in many cases well-prepared visitors made the education fairs in Taipei and Taichung successful events. In addition, the opportunities for doctoral and research stays in the fields of life sciences and chemistry at the institutions of the Göttingen Campus were promoted during a “Research in Germany” workshop in Taipei. … Weiterlesen
From January 16 to January 20, 2017, the Winter School on Intercultural Competence took place at the U4 partner university Groningen. Dr. Janet Bennet, director of the Intercultural Communication Institute (Portland, Oregon) joined the event, as well as Alexandra Schreiber (director of the Center for Intercultural Competence at the Department for Intercultural German Studies, Göttingen).
This week-long workshop was coordinated by Michaela Carrière (Centre for Language and Culture, … Weiterlesen
On January 13, 2017, the German Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Colombian counterpart, María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, launched the German-Colombian Peace Institute (Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz), which also includes the University of Göttingen, with a festive kick-off event at the National Museum in Bogotá.
Legal experts from Germany accompany the peace process in Colombia. … Weiterlesen
An exciting doctoral project and three minutes to present it to an audience – that were the rules of the Coimbra Group’s “Three-minute thesis competition” that took place on February 2, 2017. Eight PhD students from Göttingen accepted the challenge and tried to win over both audience and jury with interesting and entertaining presentations. The evening was filled with a broad range of fascinating topics, … Weiterlesen
Every semester, the University of Göttingen organises the “Introductory week for international students”. This winter semester 2016/17, it took place from October 4 to October 10, 2016, at the Central Lecture Hall, at the Platz der Göttinger Sieben, under the motto “Introduction to Studying and Life in Göttingen”.
The Introductory Week helps international students to become familiar with the University and the city of Göttingen and meet other international students. … Weiterlesen
Dr. Jens Gruber and Nicolás Lemus from the Medical RNA-Biology Research at the German Primate Center (DPZ) met the Colombian ambassador María Lorena Gutiérrez Botero during her one-day visit at the University of Göttingen. The meeting took place within the talks around the German-Colombian Peace Institute in Bogotá, in which the University of Göttingen prominently participates. … Weiterlesen
On December 1, 2016, the University of Tartu (Estonia) has awarded an honorary doctorate to Prof. Dr. Eberhard Winkler (Seminar for Finno-Ugrian Studies, Göttingen), recognizing his outstanding research on Finno-Ugrian languages, as well as the longstanding and fruitful collaboration between the University of Göttingen and the University of Tartu.
The honorary degree was conferred on Prof. … Weiterlesen
Since January 1, 2017, Mrs. Janja Mohorko, of the International Office (Göttingen International) has assumed responsibility for the coordination of the Erasmus+ Key Action 107 (KA107) funding scheme, “Mobility with Partner Countries”.
As coordinator of this programme, she is responsible for all aspects of the mobilities and will be happy to provide further information on the different exchange possibilities within this programme, … Weiterlesen
The International Office is happy to welcome Dr. Anne Sennhenn, who joined the department in January 2017 as a funding advisor for DAAD programs. Besides the advice about DAAD funding possibilities and current calls, she also provides support for the administrative processes, from the first application up to the implementation of the project. In order to improve the funding advisory service she will work closely together with the Regional Coordinators. … Weiterlesen
