Die Open Door Talks der Dahlem Research School bieten einen Einblick in unsere Angebote von der Perspektive Promotion bis zu Fördermöglichkeiten für Postdocs.

Alle Interessierten sind herzlich willkommen!

Open Door Talks im Wintersemester 2025/2026

Open Door Talk Doing Your Doctorate@FU / Financing the Doctorate (online)

Date: 10 September 2025, 14:00-16:00 hrs / 2:00-4:00 pm Berlin time
Format: online @ Dahlem Research School
Language: English

Learn more about the different possibilities of doing a doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin, important administrative steps, potential challenges and how to find funding for your doctoral research.

Please pre-register if you want to receive the talk presentation after the event (see below).

→ Direct online access for the Open Door Talk:
meeting link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=m4f21dbd63ef3cfc8ef3e2a9952f673ae; Meeting number (access code): 2791 687 5868; Meeting password: kbPx5pJJt58 (52795755 when dialing from a phone or video system)

→ Please pre-register here to receive information after the event

Open Door Talk: "What's Next Doc?" by Research Division of Freie Universität (in person)

Date: 13. November 2025, 14:00-16:00 hrs / 2:00-4:00 pm Berlin time
format: in person @ Dahlem Research School, Hittorfstr. 16, 14195 Berlin, room 001
Language: English

Are you nearing the end of your doctoral project and planning a career in academia? Maybe you already are a Postdoc and need further orientation on how to finance your future research? In this Open Door Talk, the team of Freie Universität’s research funding service will inform you about funding options for postdoctoral research projects.

They will introduce funding opportunities for the various disciplines from a postdoc perspective and present a short overview of interdisciplinary and discipline-specific programs and their requirements as well as tipps and information regarding proposal writing.

Further information and registration

Open Door Talk: Publishing Your Dissertation in Open Access (online)

Date: 19. November 2025, 14:00-16:00 hrs / 2:00-4:00 pm Berlin time
format: online @ Dahlem Research School
Language: English

In this Open Door Talk, participants will receive an overview of the publication modalities of dissertations, taking into account individual copyright aspects. At the same time, participants will be informed about the financing options for Open Access publishing of academic publications and the funding opportunities offered by the University Library as part of the publication fund for books.

Further information and registration

Open Door Talk: Die Publikation der Dissertation im Fachverlag: Q&A mit Verlagsvertreter*innen (online)

Die Moderator*innen und Teilnehmer*innen treten in den Dialog mit Vertreter*innen dreier geisteswissenschaftlich ausgerichteter Verlage und können alle Fragen loswerden, die sich ihnen rund um die Publikation der Dissertation in einem Fachverlag stellen, z. B. zu Anforderungen, Verlagsleistungen, Kosten und Druckkostenzuschüssen.

Termin: 26. November 2025, 14:00-16:00 hrs / 2:00-4:00 pm Berlin time
Format: online @ Dahlem Research School
Sprache: Deutsch

Weitere Informationen und Anmeldung

Open Door Talk  AI & Research Integrity: What to do and what to avoid (online)

Date: 13. January 2026, 14:00-16:00 hrs / 1:00-3:00 pm Berlin time
format: online @ Dahlem Research School
Language: English

New technologies cause uncertainty – this is especially true for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Meanwhile, researchers find a huge array of AI-based tools at their disposal with new opportunities emerging almost daily. Our rulebooks on good research practice can hardly keep up with this development. Accordingly, many questions arise: Can I use AI tools for my dissertation? Should I make it transparent, which AI tools I use and, if so, how? How shall I document the use of AI? When publishing, can AI assist me or even be an author?

Further information and registration

***up-coming: new offer in Summer Term 2026***

Open Door Talk Research Environment for Doctoral Candidates – Central Services and Individual Support @ Freie Universität Berlin (online)

Onboarding info-talk for new doctoral candidates: Learn more about the research environment at Freie Universität Berlin including research-related policies and guidelines and information on available services, support structures and current training and workshop offers.

Date: 22. April 2026, 14:00-16:00 hrs / 2:00-4:00 pm Berlin time
format: online @ Dahlem Research School
Language: English

Please pre-register if you want to receive the talk presentation after the event; further information, registration and online access link to be announced.

Vergangene Veranstaltungen

18. June 2025, 4-5pm: "Go-Out-Tag: Going Abroad – Options for Doctoral Researchers", hybrid event online and at Seminarzentrum Silberlaube, room L115, Otto-von-Simson-Straße 26, 14195 Berlin

Learn about different (funding) opportunities of spending time abroad during your doctorate. In cooperation with the FU International Affairs Division. No registration required. 

→ To participate online, please click here

20. Mai 2025, 10-12:00 Uhr: "Doctoral Research and Care Responsibility"
(online @DRS, Language: English)

For doctoral researchers with kids and those thinking about starting a family
Are you juggling doctoral studies and care work? Are you working on your doctorate and thinking about starting a family? This Open Door Talk, which is organized in cooperation with FU’s family office, will provide you with essential information on parental leave, allowances and childcare options. In addition, two doctoral researchers from different disciplines will share their experiences of simultaneously pursuing research and managing a family and are available to answer your questions.

→ Further information and registration