GSGS Doctoral Council

Four doctoral council members sitting at a table and smiling into the camera — Doctoral Council 2025 - from left to right: Ajeng, Gibson, June, Arindam; not in the picture: Felix, Alexander, Hendrik, Kim and Yizhen ©June Piasecki

Doctoral Representatives on the GSGS Steering Committee

Since the introduction of the GSGS statutes (Ordnung) on 12 February, 2021, its doctoral candidate members are represented by two Doctoral Representatives on the GSGS Steering Committee; one is an academic staff member (>49% contract) and one has 'student' status (<50% contract, scholarship, etc.). They (and one deputy each) are elected during the annual General Assembly (see the page Organisation for further information).

Social Activities

Report of the GSGS student get-together at EGU, Vienna

28 April 2025

All doctoral candidate members of the GSGS jointly constitute the GSGS Doctoral Assembly. The GSGS Doctoral Council is a self-governing body that sends representatives to various higher-level representative bodies, such as the Faculty's Doctoral Representative Council. If you would like to join the Doctoral Council please contact them via gsgs-council(at)uni-koeln(dot)de. You can join at any time.

The GSGS Doctoral Council has regular meetings with one of the GSGS coordinators to keep each-other informed.

For activities organised by the Council, please check the gsgs-wiki-pages.

The current members of the doctoral council are:

Geography

Geology & Mineralogy and Crystallography

Geophysics and Meteorology

Contact: For questions or comments the GSGS Doctoral Council can be reached via gsgs-council@uni-koeln.de.

Past GSGS Doctoral Council members

Find a list with all past GSGS Doctoral Council members and their terms of office here.

Structure and Governance of the GSGS

Find more information about the structure and governance of the GSGS here.