Career counselling for female early career researchers

Identifying career perspectives in academia and beyond
We would like to accompany you on your professional journey with our career advice for UDE's female early career researchers – regardless of whether you are striving for a career as a researcher, a Higher Education manager, or beyond academia.
During an individual appointment, we will explore your goals and options as well as how to develop your strengths accordingly and systematically. The one-to-one consultation can include your personal circumstances if you wish.
Content of the counselling
Possible topics are:
- 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
- Reconciliation of family and working in academia

Your contact
Stephanie Sera
E-Mail: stephanie.sera@uni-due.de
Fon: +49 201-183-3054
Consultations by appointment

Further services and programmes of the UDE (not only) for women
During your studies
- ArbeiterKind.de (support for first generation students)
- Autonomous office for LSBTIQ* students of the AStA
- Autonomous women’s affairs office of the AStA
- Careers Service of the ABZ
- ChanceMINT.NRW Programme (female students in STEM)
- Equal Rights Representative for students
- Financing
- OMBUD service for students
- Programme DiMento (Mentoring programme for master's and doctoral students in transition from university to starting work)
- Representative of Social Inclusion for students with disabilities and/or chronic disease
- Social Policy Unit of the AStA
- UDE-Stipendium (Scholarship of the UDE)
During PhD
- “Feuerwehrtopf” (emergency fund for childcare)
- Funding and financing
- Further training courses in personnel development
- Interdisciplinary qualification offers of the Graduate Center Plus (GC Plus)
- Interdisciplinary qualification offers courses and career events of the Research Academy Ruhr (RAR)
- mentoring3 (Mentoring programme for female researchers)
- Programme DiMento (Mentoring programme for master's and doctoral students in transition from university to starting work)
During Postdoc
- “Feuerwehrtopf” (emergency fund for childcare)
- Dual Career Service
- Funding and financing
- Further training courses in personnel development
- Interdisciplinary qualification offers of the Graduate Center Plus (GC Plus)
- Interdisciplinary qualification offers courses and career events of the Research Academy Ruhr (RAR)
- mentoring3 (Mentoring programme for female researchers)

Central consultation services of the UDE
- Equal opportunities officer of the UDE
- Equal opportunities officer of the faculties
- Family service office (for employees)
- On-boarding for professors and junior professors
- Representative for severely disabled persons
- Staff council of scientific and artistic employees
- Social contact persons (Soziale Ansprechpartner)