Münster Centre for Emerging Researchers (CERes)

We would like to sincerely thank you for a wonderful year 2025. Your support, collaboration, and commitment have once again greatly enriched our work together – for this, we say thank you!
We wish you all a Merry Christmas, relaxing holidays, and a happy, healthy, and successful start to the New Year 2026.

Please note that CERes will be closed from 22 December 2025 to 2 January 2026. We will be back and available as usual from 5 January 2026.

Have you ever received a compli-diss – a compliment laced with critique – from a colleague, reviewer or supervisor? Assistant Prof. Le Anh Nguyen Long (University of Twente; University of Münster alumna) opened this year’s Take-Off Days with her own story of receiving one. She showed how mixed feedback can shake confidence yet spark growth drawing on self-efficacy to fuel motivation, persistence, and resilience in academic careers.  
 

Be part of it: Attend workshops on generic skills, good scientific practice or career development. Visit lecture and event series and profit from new formats such as coworking or digital information events. You can reserve your spot in our winter term 2025/26 events starting September 13, 7 p.m. via the in-house Professional Training Programme of the University of Münster.

What actually happens behind the doors of professorial appointments committee? Have excellent researchers ever met a Reviewer 2? Unwritten rules, unspoken expectations, unofficial standards, hidden messages – some call it the “hidden curriculum” or implicit knowledge. We bare all! Learn more about this hybrid series entitled “Spill the tea!”. 

Would you like to take a short break and network across faculties, but at the same time wish to spend some time outdoors and go for a walk? If so, our Walk & Talk series is the right choice for you!
We meet during lunch time and exchange ideas on chosen topics in a casual atmosphere while walking in the Botanical Garden. Find more information on our Walk & Talk series.