Open Door Talk: Doctoral Research and Care Responsibility

Participation

For doctoral researchers with kids and those thinking about starting a family

Objectives and Content

Are you juggling doctoral studies and care work? Are you working on your doctorate and thinking about starting a family? This Open Door Talk, which is organized in cooperation with FU’s family office, will provide you with essential information on parental leave, allowances and childcare options. In addition, two doctoral researchers from different disciplines will share their experiences of simultaneously pursuing research and managing a family and are available to answer your questions.

Please note

You will not receive a certificate of attendance for your participation in this event.

For updates and announcements register to our DRS Newsletter.

Also check out workshops at the BUA partner institutions that are available for you free of charge: Graduate Studies Support Program.

For workshops held online, participation is allowed under the following conditions: a working camera that is turned on and a microphone to allow active participation in discussions and group work. Headphones must also be used to protect other participants from office eavesdroppers. In this context, we would also like to refer to the rules for digital courses at Freie Universität Berlin (Code of Conduct).

Further Information

Are you a doctoral candidate of the Freie Universität Berlin but not yet registered? Then go to https://www.drs.fu-berlin.de/user. Please keep in mind to use an institutional email address of Freie Universität Berlin and do so as soon as possible to be ready for booking. If you do not already have an institutional email address, please send us proof that you are pursuing your doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin. After registering it might take a few minutes before you can book a workshop.

You will not receive a certificate of attendance for your participation in this event.