PhD Representatives
The PhD representatives are the voice for the interests, wishes and needs of doctoral researchers at the institute. We act as a point of contact for all PhD-related issues and organise social events.
Shrey Dixit, Zofia Hołubowska, Caroline Jantzen and Sarah Sobotta currently represent the doctoral researchers of the institute. Sarah is also our external representative and works in close collaboration with Max Planck PhDnet, the doctoral network of the Max Planck Society. Shrey, Zofia and Caroline are internal representatives, as well as representatives for the IMPRS CoNI.
Our main goal is to optimise the working environment for doctoral researchers, ensuring their voices are heard within the institute. Therefore, we represent doctoral researchers in meetings at the institute and with external parties and offer information sessions on various topics.
In previous years, we advocated for mandatory employment contracts for doctoral researchers, ensuring equal payment and health insurance. We also initiated higher-level German courses offered by the institute.
We organise informal social gatherings for doctoral researchers, IMPRS welcome meetings, and summer school socials. We send around information regarding all our events via our local PhD mailing list and Minerva channel (called doctoral researchers). Please get in touch with us if you are not on the mailing list.
We meet every week on Monday, at 4 pm. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your life at the institute, please feel free to join our meeting or drop us an email (see contact details on the right). We are more than happy to hear from you!
