Past Events

Mindful Movement - A Yoga Workshop for Curious Minds

  • Date: Jun 16, 2026
  • Time: 05:00 PM - 06:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Laura Halbach
  • Host: Mental Health Working Group
  • Contact: mentalhealth@postdocnet.mpg.de
Join us as we reflect on the role of mental health in everyday (academic) life and explore how mindfulness practices can help cultivate grounding, focus, and resilience. The workshop includes gentle movement, mindful breathing, and relaxation. [more]

Unified in Perspectives – Beyond One Voice

  • Date: Jun 10, 2026
  • Time: 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Host: Max Planck Society
With Unified in Perspectives – Beyond One Voice, the Max Planck Society celebrates this year’s Diversity Day and is launching its first joint, institute-wide online event dedicated to exploring diversity, inclusion, equity, belonging, and social justice through a scientific and intersectional lens. Open to all members of the MPG community - across research and administration, and all career stages - this event offers a space for exchange, shared learning, and new connections, placing MPG research and perspectives at its core. [more]

Navigating the German Healthcare System: A Practical Guide for International Researchers and Staff Members

  • Date: Jun 9, 2026
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Justine Peutrich
  • Host: Mental Health Working Group
  • Contact: mentalhealth@postdocnet.mpg.de
The Mental Health Working Group (MHWG) of the Max Planck PostdocNet, in collaboration with Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), warmly invites you to an online seminar featuring an interactive presentation by Ms Justine Peutrich (Customer Consultant, TK). [more]

PostdocNet Town Hall Meeting on the MPG Postdoc Program

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PostdocNet Town Hall Meeting on the WissZeitVG Reform

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Handling stress and crisis – Strategies and tips

  • Date: Apr 14, 2026
  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr Samy Egli
  • Host: Mental Health Working Group
  • Contact: mentalhealth@postdocnet.mpg.de
The Mental Health WG warmly invites you to an online workshop with Dr Samy Egli on the topic "Handling stress and crisis – Strategies and tips." [more]
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German Postdoc Network Annual Conference 2026

  • Start: Mar 12, 2026
  • End: Mar 13, 2026
  • Location: Helmholtz Center Munich
  • Host: German Postdoc Network
The first annual conference of the German Postdoc Network will be held on March 12-13, in Munich! This conference is open not just to Max Planck postdocs, but to all postdocs across Germany. The program includes workshops, networking opportunities, and opportunities to share you research. [more]

2025 PostdocNet General Meeting

  • Start: Nov 18, 2025
  • End: Nov 20, 2025
  • Location: Berlin
Save the Date: 6th Annual General Meeting [more]

2024 PostdocNet General Meeting

  • Start: Nov 4, 2024
  • End: Nov 6, 2024
  • Location: MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences
Join us as we celebrate PostdocNet's 5th anniversary! This year's General Meeting will be held in person at the MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, with an online option for those who cannot attend in person. [more]

2023 PostdocNet General Meeting

  • Start: Oct 9, 2023
  • End: Oct 10, 2023
Join us at our yearly general meeting! This year's meeting will be held in person at the MPI for Psychiatry in Munich. As well, there will be a virtual option for guests who cannot attend in person. [more]

Still a stigma? Social background and careers in academia

IDEA Seminar
A person's social background has a profound impact on their career prospects—especially in academia. Students from non-academic backgrounds face tougher challenges when they try to build a career at university. They often feel “stuck-in-between” their families, who do not understand their wish to continue on a path of financial insecurity and the university sphere that has many invisible rules and often feels unwelcoming. I will also talk about these challenges as well as the ways our non-profit organisation "Erste Generation Promotion"/ "First Generation Doctorates" advocates for more equity in higher education. [more]

Causality for ethical ML: Promises, challenges & open questions

IDEA Seminar
In this talk I will give an overview of the role of causality in ethical ML, and in particular, in fair and explainable ML. In particular, I will first detail how to use causal reasoning to study fairness and interpretability problems in algorithmic decision making, stressing the main limitations that we encounter when aiming to address these problems in practice. Then, I will introduce some technical solution to address these limitations in realistic scenarios where the causal knowledge is only limited. [more]

Hierarchies. The Max Planck Society in Gender Trouble

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Mental Health Initiative 2023

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"Coded Bias" Film Screening and Discussion

IDEA Seminar
The film will be available to watch freely the last week November, and then we will meet for a panel discussion featuring several researchers currently working in the area of algorithm development. [more]

ASTROMOVES: Astrophysics, Diversity, Mobility

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: Oct 12, 2022
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Jarita Holbrook
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2022

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PREVAIL Meeting/IDEA Seminar - Family leave, parenting, law and practices

PREVAIL Meeting
  • Date: Sep 21, 2022
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Susanna Münich-Rieger and Dr. Alice Margaria
  • Host: Steering Group
  • Contact: steering@postdocnet.mpg.de
This meeting will be a talk followed by an interactive discussion panel. We will look at an overview of the legal regulations on maternity protection and parental leave in Germany, and following this have time for questions and discussion. [more]

Compatibility & Work-Life Balance in the Scientific Context

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: Aug 31, 2022
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Daniela Elsner
  • https://www.daniela-elsner.com/
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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Postdoc Dinner - Third-party funding from the advisor's perspective

  • Date: Aug 18, 2022
  • Time: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Chenbo Guo
  • Host: Career Development Working Group
  • Contact: career@postdocnet.mpg.de
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Microagressions in Research Spaces

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: Aug 10, 2022
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Sonya Faber & Prof. Dr. Monnica Williams
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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PREVAIL Meeting - WissZeitVG Update

PREVAIL Meeting
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Postdoc Lunch - Topic TBA

  • Date: Jul 26, 2022
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Host: Career Development Working Group
  • Contact: career@postdocnet.mpg.de
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Postdoc Dinner - Science Management

  • Date: Jul 14, 2022
  • Time: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Martin Blaser
  • Host: Career Development Working Group
  • Contact: career@postdocnet.mpg.de
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Introducing MPQueer, the queer network of the Max Planck Society

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: Jul 13, 2022
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: MPQueer Steering Committee
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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Unconscious bias in academia

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: Sep 8, 2021
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Kimberly Mason
  • Equal opportunity officer, NeuroCure/Charité Berlin
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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Institutional racism in higher education

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: Aug 18, 2021
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Natasha A. Kelly
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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The challenging postdoc stage

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: Jun 9, 2021
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Elena Hassinger
  • Dept. Physics, Technische Universität München
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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Doing Science Like a Woman

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: May 12, 2021
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Maya Schuldiner
  • Dept. Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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How can we make home office more equal?

IDEA Seminar
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Trans & Gender Diversity in Scientific Environments

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: Mar 10, 2021
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Max Nicolai Appenroth
  • Trans activist and diversity consultant
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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Diversity and Diversity Management @ Max Planck

IDEA Seminar
  • Date: Feb 10, 2021
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Frauke Logermann
  • Officer of talent, gender and diversity affairs Department of human resources development and opportunities, Max Planck Society
  • Host: Equity and Diversity Working Group
  • Contact: equalitydiversity@postdocnet.mpg.de
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