We at CERes... tell your stories!

How was the moment when the oral examination took place? What tips are there for successful networking at conferences? Are there any empirical conclusions on specific funding formats for doctoral researchers? Is it worthwhile to go abroad during the doctoral research or postdoc phase? Is it possible, in research, to combine a career with having a child?

We want to make your voice heard, if you have stories to tell, experiences to report, across all the faculties, with all the backgrounds and goals you had and have in your life. For this reason, we are here publishing reports, interviews, videos and podcasts with and by emerging researchers.

Do you have a story you’d like to share? Mail us at: muenster.ceres@uni-muenster.de

CERes Take-Off Days 2024
© Roland Baege

Expect the Unexpected: Preparing and tuning in to new career phases together

Would you have guessed that it took James Dyson more than 5,000 prototypes to create a working bagless vacuum cleaner, or that Albert Einstein’s dissertation was initially rejected? With these and further examples from his keynote speech on the topic of expectations, Jun.-Prof. Philipp Schäpers opened the event week for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. Learn more.

Video series
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© Peter Leßmann

What's next? Portraits of doctoral researchers and postdocs

Nine videos – nine stories – nine glimpses at a researchers’ everyday lives … which could hardly be more different from one another. This series of videos, produced by the University’s Communications and PR Department in 2020/2021, shows you more about research and everyday life in the Clusters of Excellence, research institutes and faculties. Look over the shoulders of doctoral researchers and postdocs, learn about their exciting projects and prepare to be surprised at all the things that make up a researcher’s day.