The Centre for Advanced Researcher Development (CARD) offers postdoctoral researchers and professors at the University of Freiburg tailored support to advance their careers and skills following the career stages defined by the European Framework for Research Careers.
Learning & Development Open workshops & coaching for individual skills development on the topics of career planning, management, leadership, research practice & communication
AdvanceMent Mentoring programme for career development inside and outside of academia
CORA Coaching programme for women and FLINTA researchers in academia
Learning & Development Open workshops & coaching for individual skills development on the topics of career planning, management, leadership, research practice & communication
CORA Coaching programme for women and FLINTA researchers in academia
Tenure Track Office Consulting and support for Junior- and Tenure Track-Professors
UFR | lead & supervise Certificate programme for postdoctoral researchers on leadership and supervision in academia
UFR | führen & betreuen Profs Offers for established professors on personnel management, strategy & change management, supervision, management of research networks [ger] (coming soon)
UFR | führen & managen Rektorat & Dekan*innen Offers and counselling for members of the Rectorate and Deans on leadership, strategy development & change, leadership exchange [ger] (coming soon)
Peer Consulting Meetings for small groups of professors to discuss leadership topics
Individual Leadership Coaching Individual coaching for professors on leadership and supervision topics with external coaches
To register for the CARD programmes for postdoctoral researchers (postdocs, group leaders, and junior and tenure-track professors), you will need the ‘Postdoc’ role in HISinOne.
Additional development programmes and services for researchers at the University of Freiburg can be found on the University of Freiburg’s central Academic Personnel Development page
Doctoral candidates conducting research with the support of academic supervisors. Doctoral candidates at the University of Freiburg can find target group-specific training opportunities at the Graduate Centre (GraCe). In addition, our mentoring programme AdvanceMent is available to advanced doctoral candidates and (early) postdocs.
Researchers with a doctorate who are supported in their research and teaching as well as in the acquisition of third-party funding by experienced researchers.
Experienced researchers with a doctorate, including junior research group leaders and junior/tenure-track professors as well as researchers in permanent positions who are independently consolidating their research and teaching experience and developing leadership and management skills.
Professors who are recognised by their peers as leaders in research and teaching.
A Focus on Career Stages
Customised skills development for every target group
Each stage of an academic’s career demands they have many different skills. So here at the Centre for Advanced Researcher Development (CARD) we offer programmes and services tailored to each career stage as set out in the European Framework for Research Careers. CARD is designed for all postdoctoral researchers, whether early postdoc (R2), established researcher (R3) or professor (R4). At the CARD we offer the AdvanceMent mentoring programme for advanced doctoral researchers (R1) in the transition to the early postdoc phase (R2).
We regularly refine our services and always tailor them to the individual
At the Centre for Advanced Researcher Development we offer workshops, coaching and mentoring programmes and individual advice. From leadership and management through communication skills to academic practice – we can give you the tools for the next step in your personal development whether in academia or beyond. We routinely quality-control and refine our services, to ensure that you always benefit from the latest and most relevant content.
Language Tandem for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers
Would you like to extend your foreign language skills? Or learn a less commonly spoken language? Or improve your pronunciation?
The Graduate Centre offers offers researchers at the University of Freiburg a professional search service for language tandems. Two people share their language skills (native speakers or at least level C1) with one another and help each other to learn the foreign language.
Do you have any questions about the academic system, the University of Freiburg, about career planning, our services, or any other matter you’d like to discuss?
Organization, quality assurance and further development of the interdisciplinary “Learning & Development” qualification programmes for doctoral researchers
Dr. Marco Tomaszewski [he/him]
Deputy Head of the Academic Personnel Development unit Personnel development and onboarding for researchers
Conceptualisation and organisation of onboarding services for the academic sector Contact person for newly appointed professors and new academic staff Coordination of leadership training for newly appointed professors
