Training Events Summer Semester 2025

15/04/2025 Induction Part A - Being a GSGS member

by Dr Karin Boessenkool

Date and times	15 April 2025, 09:30-12:00 CET
Location	online via zoom
Details	Min. 3, max. 12 participants. This workshop is a part of the compulsory GSGS induction module. Make sure that you attend all parts (A, B, C & D) once.
Registration	Register by sending an e-mail to gsgs-admin(at)uni-koeln(dot)de.

08/05/2025 Presenting with Impact: Engaging Posters, Confident Delivery, and Effective Q&A

by Lesley-Anne Weiling (Write English)

Date and times	08 May 2025, 09:30-16:00 CEST
Location	Zülpicher Straße 45, Rotunda (Rundbau), Lecture room 1 (Ü1, in KLIPS: room 302, ground floor, 0.16), 50674 Cologne
Details	Whether you’re presenting a full conference talk or delivering a poster pitch, how you communicate your research matters. This one day workshop provides practical techniques to help you structure your presentation, engage international audiences, and deliver with clarity and confidence. Through coaching and individual feedback, you will improve your confidence, your delivery skills and learn how to make a strong impact with your presentation. Aims: • Develop clear, engaging, and confident conference and poster presentations. • Improve verbal and non-verbal communication skills to connect with audiences. • Provide personalized coaching to refine delivery and handle Q&A sessions effectively. Content: • Finding the story in your talk and structuring presentations for clarity and impact. • Adapting presentations for international audiences. • Using rhetorical devices and body language to engage and persuade. • Managing nervousness and projecting confidence. • Handling Q&A sessions with ease. • Seated and short presentations. more information can be found here max. 10 participants
Prerequisite for participation	Bring a poster - it can be an older one or preferably one that you want to show at the Research Conference.
Registration	Register by sending an e-mail to gsgs-admin(at)uni-koeln(dot)de by 15 April 2025.

30/06/2025 Induction Part A - Being a GSGS member

by Dr Karin Boessenkool

Date and times	30 June 2025, 09:30-12:00 CEST
Location	online via zoom
Details	Min. 3, max. 12 participants. This workshop is a part of the compulsory GSGS induction module. Make sure that you attend all parts (A, B, C & D) once.
Registration	Register by sending an e-mail to gsgs-admin(at)uni-koeln(dot)de.

02/07/2025 Induction D - Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Eine praxisbezogene Einführung

by C³RDM (Cologne Competence Center for Research Data Management)

Date and times	02 July 2025, tba
Location	online
Details	Please note that "Induction Part D" is currently not organised especially for GSGS. Instead, make sure to partake in one of the workshops "RDM - a practice-oriented introduction" in English or "Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM/RDM): Eine praxisbezogene Einführung" in German. Both workshops are provided by the Cologne Competence Center for Research Data Management (C3RDM).
Registration & further Info	tba

14/07/2025 Induction Part B - Good Scientific Practice

by Dr Karin Boessenkool and Prof. Dr. Bernd Wagner

Date(s) and times	14 July 2025, 09:30-15:00 CEST
Location	Pohligstr. 3, Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, 50969 Cologne, lecture hall 4.001 - direct access to lecture hall 4.001 via Höninger Weg 100, 50969 Cologne.
Details	Min. 10, max. 20 participants. This workshop is a part of the compulsory GSGS induction module. Make sure that you attend all parts (A, B, C & D) once.
Registration	Register by sending an e-mail to gsgs-admin(at)uni-koeln(dot)de by 30 June 2025.

24/07/2025 Induction Part C - Cooperation and Self-Management

by Dr Karin Boessenkool and Dr Hannah Hartung

Date(s) and times	24 July 2025, 10:00 - 15:00 CEST
Location	Pohligstraße 3, 50969 Cologne, room 3.136
Details	Min. 8, max. 16 participants. This workshop is a part of the compulsory GSGS induction module. Make sure that you attend all parts (A,B,C & D) once.
Registration	Register by sending an e-mail to gsgs-admin(at)uni-koeln(dot)de by 10 July 2025.