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PhD, Graduate School Environment, Society and Global Change (ESGC) at University of Freiburg

University of Freiburg, Germany

Programme overview

Graduate school established in 2002 within the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Freiburg. It supports doctoral students to become strategic researchers, motivated self-managers, excellent communicators and capable interdisciplinary collaborators, and promotes science communication, the visibility of the faculty's research, and inter- and transdisciplinary research.

Faculty: Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources  |  Study mode: full-time; doctoral (structured programme)  |  Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Doctoral research is complemented by optional offerings: onboarding workshop for new PhD candidates, academic writing series, Thesis Studio writing retreat, data visualisation, good research practice, data management, publishing and review process, and disputation training. Community formats include Golden Days writing days, peer coaching groups and a statistics cafe, and annual events Three Minute Thesis and Night of Sciences. Participation is voluntary.

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