Career Event

 

25.03.2026 - 26.03.2026

// PLACE: BAGSS, FG1, Feldkirchenstraße 21, Bamberg

 

This extensive career event aims to provide you with resources for navigating your future after your time at the BAGSS. We will also invite the BAGSS alumni network to share their first-hand experiences and the External Academic Advisory Council to evaluate our Graduate School.

Timeline

09.00 - 10.30 am.

Session 1

Career Advice: Outside of Academia

- Federal Employment Agency (Janina Velme)

- Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Dr Anette Kremer + Guest)

11.00 – 12.30 am.:

Session 2

Career Advice: Staying in Academica

- Academic Career Paths & Third-Party Funding - Getting Started
  (Dr Antonia Widmer-Leitz & Dr Martin Rehfeldt)

- Funding for Female Graduates (Tatiana Kehr)

01.30 – 3.00 p.m.

Session 3

Navigating Future Challenges of Working in Social Science

- Guests tba. 


 

 

09.30 a.m. - 01.00 p.m. BAGSS Alumni Event 

09.30 - 10.10:

Panel 1 – University

Dr Levan Kakhishvili (ETH Zurich)

Dr Johanna Quis (University of Hannover)

Dr Alina Felder (Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona)

10.25 - 11.05:

Panel 2 – Research Institutes

Dr Zahra Kamal (Centre for Evaluation and Development & University of Mannheim)

Dr Isabel Winnwa (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

Dr Saikat Ghosh (Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories)

11.20 - 12.00:

 Panel 3 – From Research to Practice

Dr Pia Akkaya (Disctrict Youth Association Pinneberg)

Dr Linda Spielmann (Genossenschaftsverband Bayern)

Dr Tobias Henson Rausch (DLR Projektträger)

12.00 a.m.  Lunch provided by BAGSS
01.00 pm  Welcome Address by the Director Prof Dr Ulrich Sieberer
01.30 p.m. BAGSS Poster Session


3.00 p.m. 

Roundtable “Unofficial Biographies” with the Academic Advisory Council 

Prof Dr Thomas Bräuninger (University of Mannheim)

Prof Dr Carola Grunschel (University of Münster)

Prof Dr Stefani Scherer (University of Trento)

Prof Dr Moris Triventi (University of Milan)