Events and Workshops

Let's meet over lunch

We would like to invite you to meet women studying and conducting research in your department.

If you would like to take part,

Please register by May 15 on our website: https://www.apps.tf.fau.de/anmeldung/lets-meet/
Please provide your status group and your department when you register.
We will place you into a group of between three and four people
and send you contact details.
You arrange to meet – for example for lunch – during week 21 (May 22 to May 26).
Each group is responsible for agreeing on a date and time to meet.

We hope that you enjoy getting to know each other and have inspiring conversations.

I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

2023/2024 Digital workshop series

Beating Imposter-Syndrom

03 April 2023, 9am to 1pm; online

only for female doctoral canditates at the Faculty of Engineering

Language: English

Registration:

Please send your registration to tf-frauenbeauftragte@fau.de with the following information:

Name
Proof of doctorate at the TF by means of a document from DocDaten “Confirmation of doctorate at FAU” or copy of enrolment card
Field of study
Status of doctoral thesis (beginning, in the middle, near completion)

Registration deadline: 28 March 2023, maximum of 14 participants

First come, first served! There is a waiting list.

After the workshop, you will…

Utilize strategies for reframing criticism and the inner-critic
Have techniques for combating self-doubt
Create a mission statement that will act as an anchor in time of stress and pressure
Use tools to help you transform stress and pressure into energy and motivation

Covered Topics:

The Roles Women Play / Making Yourself Pressure-Proof:

Identification of the roles and narratives people subscribe to
Alignment of values with professional goals
Re-writing one’s personal and professional narrative
Imposter syndrome

Transforming the inner critic

Identifying what triggers our inner-critic
Reframing criticism and negative energy
Techniques to overcome stage fright and performance pressure

Transforming the outer critic

Techniques for dealing with Q&A’s and criticism

About the Trainer

Francesca Carlin is an American communication trainer and personal coach. For over a decade she has helped professionals improve their public speaking, develop their presence, and apply the practice of mindful communication. She has worked in Russia and the U.S. and is currently working in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Francesca is a trained actress and studied theater at Boston and Harvard University. Over the years she has found that using acting techniques and exercises helps people to overcome personal barriers and to become more effective communicators. With her background in the performing arts, she has created a unique approach to her workshops and trainings, in which she incorporates and implements the best practices from both the world of communication skills development and theater.

Career Planning

17 / 20 / 24 / 27 April 2023 – Four appointments each from 3 pm to 5 pm

only for female doctoral canditates at the Faculty of Engineering

Language: English

Registration:

You register for all 4 dates. This means that please only register if you can attend all 4 dates.

Please send your registration to tf-frauenbeauftragte@fau.de with the following information:

Name
Proof of doctorate at the TF by means of a document from DocDaten “Confirmation of doctorate at FAU” or copy of enrolment card
Field of study
Status of doctoral thesis (beginning, in the middle, near completion)

Registration deadline: 03 April 2023, maximum of 12 participants

First come, first served! There is a waiting list.

After this course you …

have a better understanding of your life and career goals
have analyzed your skills and competencies
are aware of career options within and outside academia
have designed your individual career development plan

Organisational information

This course consists of four webinars (two hours each) that take place over the course of two weeks. Participants should allocate time for self-study in between webinars. Course content and exercises for the self-study part can be accessed via an online course platform.

About the Trainer

Dr. Iris Köhler is a career coach and experienced scientist. She studied agricultural sciences and received her doctorate at the Technical University of Munich in 2013. After a postdoctoral stay at the University of Illinois, she switched to science management and coordinated the graduate school of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig. She’s passionate about supporting young scientists and therefore in 2018, she decided to found her own coaching and training company “The Scientist Coach”. Because of her scientific background, she knows exactly the challenges that young scientists are facing when it comes to career planning. And as a trained career coach and experienced course instructor, she has the right tools to help young scientists tackle those challenges, develop their own career path and discover their competencies!

14.09.2023 Gender and power structures in academia

As part of the WomenInScience@TF series our next event on the topic

“Gender and power structures in academia”

will bei held on Thursday, September 14, 2023.

All female students and scientists are cordially invited.

Venue: H11, Cauerstr. 11, 91058 Erlangen
Language: English

Binding registration is required by September 10, 2023 due to free catering.
https://www.apps.tf.fau.de/anmeldung/women-in-science/

Please note: By participating, you agree that photographs and film footage in which you may be recognizable may potentially be published in various media for purposes of event coverage and general publicity.

1:00 pm Lecture

Melanie Bittner

Leaky pipeline, glass ceiling, rush hour of life, work-life-balance, …

There are many concepts and metaphors to explain the lasting under-representation of women as university professors. Beyond numbers, women – especially women of color, first generation academics and women with disabilities – experience numerous challenges when following their career path in academia. The presentation will help you understand the interrelationship between gender and power structures at universities today.

What are the structural causes for the under-representation of women?

How neutral and objective is academia when it comes to hiring and promotions?

What can universities do to sustainably promote gender equality and diversity?

„I work with and for people who want to exercise their power to shape organizations.“

Freelance consultant for gender, diversity and anti-discrimination culture since 2011

Holds a degree (Magistra) in educational science and gender studies
Research assistant and teaching positions at various universities
Publication of a textbook analysis on gender stereotypes and the representation of gender and sexual diversity (2011)
Most recently, staff member at Freie Universität Berlin in the “Gender and Diversity in Academic Teaching Toolbox ” (2016 to 2022)
2022 Foundation of gender*sternchen with Sabine Blackmore – offers for gender equality actors and supporters.

More information:

https://melaniebittner.de

https://gendersternchen.org

2:00 pm Coffee break

3:15 pm Panel discussion

Moderation: Annika Briegleb (EEI)

Guests:

Melanie Bittner, (Freelance consultant for gender, diversity and anti-discrimination )
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andrea Büttner, (Faculty of Science)
Prof. Rebecca Fahrig, Ph.D. (INF, Siemens Healthineers)
Prof. Dr. Annette Keilhauer, (Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology)
Dr. Marlene Reuschel, (AIBE)

Binding registration is required by September 10, 2023 due to free catering.
https://www.apps.tf.fau.de/anmeldung/women-in-science/

16.03.2023 Career paths in science - How are they compatible with familiy?

10:00 am Opening

Prof. Dr. Barbara Kappes,

Faculty women’s representative of the TF

10:15 am Prof. Dr. Amelie Hagelauer
“Superpower? How being a mother, professorship and institute director can be combined”

https://mtt.org/profile/amelie-hagelauer/

11:15 am Coffee break

11:45 am Prof. Dr. Heather Hofmeister
“So, you want to have a life AND work in academia? Let’s talk!”

Why do (especially German) academic careers seem to insist on “either-or” tradeoffs among life domains? And what can we do about it? We’ll look at how our inherited academic culture of long hours and exclusive devotion to science developed, how it’s being re-designed, what stands in the way of the processes of change, and what we can do individually and collectively to move our careers in directions that serve our lives instead of our lives existing to serve our careers.

https://www.heather-hofmeister.com/

12:45 pm Lunch break

2:15 pm Panel discussion
“Work, life and family in academia”

Moderation: Prof. Heather Hofmeister

Panel guests:

Prof. Dr. Amelie Hagelauer (TUM)
Prof. Dr. Philipp Beckerle (TF, EEI)
Dr. Silvia Budday (TF, MB)
Dr. Sarah Linz (Siemens Healthineers)
Emanuel Sizmann (TF, EEI)

15.09.2022 - Networking

10:00 am Opening
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Barbara Kappes, faculty women’s representative of the TF
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Björn Eskofier, Vice Dean Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering

10:15 am Lecture and subsequent discussion in English
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Doris Segets
Bridging the valley of death: from colloids process engineering to scalable electrode manufacturing in electrocatalysis?

11:15 am Coffee Break – Networking

11:45 am interactive lecture in English
Dr. Lisa Horvath
Why you need a network – and how it makes you happy and successful

Having a diversified network is a key factor for success in academia, as various studies show. Due to different barriers to career opportunities, it is even more important to female scientists to actively and continuously engage in networking. However, networking is sometimes considered ambivalent and difficult to manage – especially by women: some feel conflicted about instrumental networking, even while recognizing the importance of being well-connected.
Which (gendered) beliefs, systematic boundaries or structural conditions could hold women back from searching for new ties, maintaining existing ties and increase thereby their social ressources? In this talk, we have an evidence-based and interactive look at this question and analyze where potential points of shifting these beliefs and boundaries are. Furthermore, we discuss strategies and forms of networking to develop our social and professional networks in size, diversity and cohesiveness – for our own – and other women’s – happiness, empowerment and success.

12:45 pm Lunch Break – Networking

2:15 pm Panel discussion in German
Networking – intra-institutional (TF, FAU) and inter-institutional (national, international)
Moderation: Dr. Lisa Horvath

Guests: