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Podcast "Taking Your Academic Career Abroad"

Podcast "Taking Your Academic Career Abroad"

Ein professionelles Mikrofon auf einem Tisch. – A professional microphone on a table. Ein professionelles Mikrofon auf einem Tisch. – A professional microphone on a table. Ein professionelles Mikrofon auf einem Tisch. – A professional microphone on a table. © GA/LUH

Joint Podcast from the International Office and the Graduate Academy

Are you interested in an academic career abroad? Have you always wanted to know what the tenure track in the Anglo-American world is all about, what perspectives other countries offer beyond the professorship and how you can even immerse yourself in foreign scientific cultures after your doctorate? This joint podcast offers insights into different academic cultures worldwide.

Joint Podcast from the International Office and the Graduate Academy

Are you interested in an academic career abroad? Have you always wanted to know what the tenure track in the Anglo-American world is all about, what perspectives other countries offer beyond the professorship and how you can even immerse yourself in foreign scientific cultures after your doctorate? This joint podcast offers insights into different academic cultures worldwide.

Episodes

  • Episode 3: ...to Italy - Dr. Matteo Ardini (32 min)

    Our third interview was a special one, as we had it with a postdoc from one of the EULiST universities: Dr. Matteo Ardini.

    He is postdoc and researcher in Biochemistry, Structural Biology and Bionanotechnology – and told a lot about the Italian academic system. Especially the position as a „tenure track postdoc“, but also less funding than in Germany and the national scientific ‚habilitation‘ which differs a lot from possible qualifications for a professorship in Germany were part of the interview. We talked, moreover, about the L’Aquila and the university – enjoy listening to it!

  • Episode 1: ...to the US - Prof. Dr. Hannes Schniepp (35 min)

    With the first episode of this new podcast series, we take a look at the USA. Together with Professor Hannes Schniepp, Professor of Applied Sciences at the College of William & Mary, we look at typical career paths in the American academic system. Of course, the American tenure track is also explained.

    The interviewer in this episode is Stephen James Sechrist, Regional Coordinator for North America, Australia and New Zealand at the International Office of Leibniz Universität Hannover.

  • Episode 5: ...to Germany - Dr. rer. nat. Kerstin Schäfer (34 min)

    The fifth episode does not go abroad….it rather deals with the academic system in Germany and the particular site of the EULiST network, the Leibniz University Hannover. So, all who are interested in getting to know how to tackle or pursue an academic career in Germany, you are more than welcome to listen to our half-hour episode!

    For this episode, we interviewed Dr. Kerstin Schäfer who is now an assistant professor in the Netherlands, but she used to be a PhD student and a postdoc at Leibniz University and knows a lot about the university and the academic system in Germany.

    With Kerstin, we spoke about her experience in strategically starting and planning a postdoc career, her prestigious funding, her time abroad and the offers she has used while being first in Gießen and then in Hannover. So enjoy listening!

    Host and interviewer of the episode: Nadine Pippel

  • Episode 2: ...to India - Prof. Dr. Sriram Venkatachalam (28 min)

    In the second episode of "Taking your academic career abroad", we take a look at India. Together with Sriram Venkatachalam, Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai, we take a look at typical career paths in the Indian academic system. Professor Venkatachalam was an assistant and associate professor before his current professorship and, as a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, is familiar with the German academic system, which serves as a background foil.

    Host/interviewer: Dr. Balasubramanian Ramani, Programme Coordinator India, International Office, LUH.

  • Episode 4: ...to France - Prof. Dr. Amélie Fau (31 min)

    For our fourth interview, we went to France, Paris, and met our guest there, at least virtually….: Amélie Fau is ‚maître de conférences‘ which is a special position in France and at the Ecole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay which is one of the French top universities.

    In our talk, we spoke about this kind of university, the teaching and researching position of a ‚maître de conférences“ and much more, so enjoy listening!

    Host and interviewer: Nadine Pippel