Career counselling for female early career researchers

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Identifying career perspectives in academia and beyond

With our career advice for UDE's female early career researchers, we would like to support you and give you some guidance during your professional journey. Regardless of whether you are striving for a career as a researcher, a higher education manager, or a position outside of academia.

During an individual appointment, we will explore your goals and options and analyse how to develop your strengths accordingly. Your one-on-one consultation can take into account your individual career goals, as well as your personal circumstances if you wish.

Possible topics and content of the counselling sessions

Orientation within the consultation offers of the University of Duisburg-Essen
Exploring options based on your CV and personal interests
Identifying strengths and potentials
Decision-making
Compatibility of family and working in academia

About Viktoria Niebel:

Viktoria Niebel is a social scientist and is responsible for career counselling for female early career researchers and the promotion of equal opportunities at the Graduate Center Plus. She also coordinates the tenure track mentoring programme for junior professors.

Previously, she worked at the Ruhr University Bochum as a research assistant at the Chair of Social Theory and Social Psychology (specialising in inter- and transculturality and intercultural competence) and as a local project manager of the international, Horizon 2020-funded equality project 'RESET - Redesigning Equality and Scientific Excellence'. In this role, she designed gender equality goals and strategies at universities in Europe and advised project partners on the strategic implementation of their gender equality plans and measures.

Her experience in promoting the careers of female academics is based on her work as a former central equal opportunities officer for academic staff and her own academic career, which gives her counselling work a broad understanding of the needs and challenges of equal opportunities and diversity in the qualification phases.

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