PhD Representatives

The PhD representatives are the voice for the interests, wishes and needs of PhD students at the Institute. We act as a point of contact for all PhD-related issues and organise social events.

Unnur Andrea Ásgeirsdóttir, Sasha Brenner, Zofia Hołubowska, Agata Patyczek, Lisa-Marie Pohle and Elias Reinwarth currently represent the doctoral researchers of the institute. Agata is our external representative and works in close collaboration with the Max Planck PhDnet, the doctoral network of the Max Planck Society. Zofia and Elias are representatives for the IMPRS CoNI.

Our main goal is to optimise the working environment for PhD candidates, ensuring their voices are heard within the institute. We identify the most pressing issues and work to find solutions to address them.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your life at the institute, please feel free to drop us an email (see contact details on the right). We are more than happy to hear from you!

We organise an informal social gathering for PhD students. We send around information regarding these and other events via our local PhDnet mailinglist. Please get in touch with us to be added to this list.

We look forward to meeting you!

Helpful Resources

Doctoral Researchers Guide (work in progress!)

This leaflet, prepared by the PhD representatives, contains some useful information for doing your PhD at the MPI CBS. For example, it contains sections on the thesis advisory committee (TAC), PhD funding with working contracts vs. stipends, social events, and important contact persons.

Mental Health

Free immediate counselling services for employees and scholarship holders of the Max Planck Society more

Contracts vs. Stipends

Do you want to know the difference between funding your PhD with a work contract versus a scholarship (stipend)? Find more information on p. 3 of this issue of PhDnet’s Offspring Maganzine. more

PhDnet

The PhDnet is the network of all PhD candidates and PhD representatives of the Max Planck Society. The PhDnet-Portal serves as a platform for the exchange among doctoral researchers and their representatives in the Max Planck Society. more

N²

N² [nsquared] unites more than 16.000 doctoral researchers of Germany’s non-university research organizations to discuss the future of science – its working conditions, career perspectives and impact on society. more