Münster Centre for Emerging Researchers (CERes)

Welcome to the website of the Münster Centre for Emerging Researchers (CERes). In 2023, the former WWU Graduate Centre became a research centre. As such, we continue to accompany you as an internal academy, dear doctoral researchers and postdocs, on the paths you take in your training. In close proximity to research, as well as working closely with the faculties – and also with a view to a variety of career paths – we contribute to a research culture which lives up to its responsibilities to society, makes emerging researchers strong and raises their visibility.

New format

Sharing informal knowledge

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!”.

Digital information event

Paths to the doctorate

You are considering to pursue a doctorate at the University of Münster? We regularly offer initial interdisciplinary information for those interested in a doctorate. Get a first overview, ask your questions and gain insights into everyday life of research by listening to doctoral researchers sharing their own stories.
Upcoming dates: August 21st 2024, 4-6pm (in German) and September 12th 2024, 12-2pm (in Englisch) via Zoom.
Further information

Walk & Talk Sessions in the Botanical Garden

Exchange with peers - in motion

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.

Workshops, event series and more

Our programme is online!

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 register for our winter semester programme from 13.09.2024 at 7 p.m. via the internal training programme of the University of Münster.

Call for applications

WiRe Fellowships 2025

For the year 2025, the International Office is once again looking for outstanding international female researchers who would like to complete a research stay at the University of Münster as part of WiRe. The call for applications for the WiRe Fellowships has now started! The application phase ends on September 20, 2024. On the WiRe website you will find further information on the admission criteria and the application procedure.
Also, check out and follow the LinkedIn channel to stay up to date. Plus find out more about current and former WiRe Fellows, their research and experiences in Münster on the blog.

Workshop invitation

Slow Science – A way out of the academic hamster wheel?

On September 17th, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the ZIN-project LATERNE will host an introductory workshop on the topic of “Slow Science”.
The workshop considers the concept of “Slow Science” as a radical alternative and opens a safer space for researchers at the University of Münster in order to stimulate an exchange on current conditions of scientific work and possible alternatives.
If you are interested, please register by September 15, 2024 by email (name, position and institution) to julia.wiethuechter@uni-muenster or fynn.schmidt@uni-muenster.de.