Event Calendar

Below you can find an overview of upcoming events from workshops, seminars, Summer Schools and more.

 

Upcoming Events

09/29/2025

Busting Jargon. Tactics for Comprehensible Communication in Science

As a scientist, you regularly communicate your expertise to various audiences – not only to people from within your scientific community but also to collaborators from different fields, grant bodies,… Read more

10/09/2025

Getting Started. Die Promotion als Projekt

Der Weg zur Doktorarbeit steckt voller Herausforderungen. Doch wer sich von Anfang an eine kluge Herangehensweise überlegt, erreicht schneller seine Ziele und erhält bessere Ergebnisse. Der Workshop… Read more

10/15/2025

Workshop Strategies for a Successful Self and Time-Management

Young scientists like you often face an onslaught of daily challenges like teaching, research projects or administrative tasks. Given that academics are also often expected to be flexible and… Read more

10/23/2025

Good Research Practice (incl. Generative AI)

Researchers are responsible for ensuring that their own conduct complies with the standards of good research practice. The workshop will introduce basic issues of research integrity by addressing… Read more

10/23/2025

Public speaking – Kommunikation in öffentlichen Sprechsituationen

Erfolgreiche Wissenschaft entsteht nie im stillen Kämmerlein – und heute weniger denn je. Zusätzlich zu den „Klassikern“ wie Vorstellungsgespräch, Lehre, Vortrag und Konferenz können öffentliche… Read more

11/06/2025

Zielgerichtet bewerben. Systematisch zum Erfolg im Bewerbungsprozess

Eine erfolgreiche Bewerbung ist mehr als nur eine Formalität – sie ist Ihre Visitenkarte auf dem Weg zu Ihrem nächsten Karriereschritt und Ihre Chance, sich selbst, Ihre Kompetenzen und Ihre Stärken… Read more

11/12/2025

Projektmanagement in der Industrie

Ganz gleich, in welcher Branche Sie sich nach Ihrer Promotion etablieren: Ohne Projektmanagement geht es in der Regel nicht. Ob als Freiberufler oder als leitende Mitarbeiterin in großen Konzernen:… Read more

11/20/2025

"Was kann ich? - Was will ich?" - Wege zur Profilschärfung und Karriereorientierung

Die eigenen Kompetenzen erkennen und beschreiben zu können, ist ein wichtiger Schritt im Prozess einer gelungenen Karriereentwicklung. Um herausfinden zu können, welche Karriereziele zu Ihnen passen,… Read more

12/02/2025

Making decisions under uncertainty

Often, you have to make decisions during your projects based on limited information and in situations of uncertainty. Whether it is about keeping or killing a project, or deciding on resources or… Read more

03/10/2026

Ideas on Demand. How to Solve Problems More Creatively

Whether developing a research project or implementing one, problem-solving is the researcher’s daily business. However, finding solutions to problems – irrespective of whether they are of conceptual… Read more

Past Events

10/10/2024

Stressmanagement. Gelassener durch den Wissenschaftsalltag (zweitägig)

Stressmanagement ist heutzutage eine wichtige Kompetenz, um gesund und ausgeglichen die vielfältigen beruflichen und privaten Aufgaben und Anforderungen zu bewältigen. Vielleicht fühlen Sie sich… Read more

10/02/2024

Business Studies in a Nutshell (three-day)

The workshop provides a compact introduction to the basics of business administration for those who have not studied it. In addition to the explanation of typical economic thinking and theories, this… Read more

10/02/2024

HIU Seminar | Dr. Wan-Yu Tsai

Dr. Wan-Yu Tsai, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST): "Excellent Li+ ion conductivity of anion-immobilized single-ion solid-state electrolytes using covalent organic… Read more

09/30/2024

HIU Seminar | Dr. Hye Ryung Byon

Dr. Hye Ryung Byon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST): "Excellent Li+ ion conductivity of anion-immobilized single-ion solid-state electrolytes using covalent organic… Read more

09/30/2024

Workshop "Knowledge & Technology Transfer"

As part of the POLiS Technology Transfer, we invite you together with KIT Innovation and Relations Management to a knowledge and technology transfer workshop at the Karlsruher Research Factory on 30th… Read more

09/26/2024

Battery 2030+ Excellence Seminar | Prof. Dr. David Howey

Prof. Dr. David Howey, University of Oxford: "Battery systems engineering, from modelling to control". Read more

09/26/2024

Good Scientific Practice GSP 06 (two-days)

Plagiarism and falsification of data by researchers have been in the news repeatedly over recent years. The internet allows knowledge to become a mobile and easily re-packaged good. Even though… Read more

09/25/2024

POLiS Seminar | Prof. Dr. Ivana Hasa

Prof. Dr. Ivana Hasa, University of Warwick: "Sodium-ion Cells Containing Prussian White Cathode: From Material Properties to Upscaled Cell Prototypes". Read more

09/23/2024

Career development with PhD - Workshop with individual Coaching

What are my strenghts and weaknesses? Why self-analisis and planning? Who I am and who I would like to be? Strenghts and Potentials. How to develop your personality? Where do I fit (or not)? How could… Read more

09/18/2024

Präsentieren für Nachwuchsforschende (zweitägig)

Forschende müssen ihre Arbeit regelmäßig für verschiedene Zielgruppen präsentieren – auf wissenschaftlichen Konferenzen, in Laborsitzungen sowie bei Tagen der offenen Tür und anderen… Read more

09/11/2024

Introduction to Programming with R (three-day)

Are you ready to enhance your data analysis skills? Take the first step to make your research work more efficient and effective! Our "Introduction to R" course is specifically designed for doctoral… Read more

09/06/2024

A Journey into the World of Programming

Our workshop is designed for doctoral candidates and postdocs with no prior knowledge who want to acquire a solid foundation in programming. Read more

09/05/2024

GDCh Seminar | Prof. Dr. Yang Tian

Prof. Dr. Yang Tian, ECNU Shanghai: "Supramolecular probes for recognition of neurotransmitters". Read more

07/23/2024

Summer School 2024

The Summer School of the Graduate School Electrochemical Energy Storage (GS-EES) is happening yearly, mostly in July. The program features lectures by international experts on different topics related… Read more

06/05/2024

Workshop "From introduction to advanced research data management"

We would like to invite you to a workshop on Research Data Management with the title "From introduction to advanced research data management" taking place in June in Karlsruhe. Read more

04/08/2024

Block Course 2024 - Part 2

The Block Course "Materials, Functioning and Technology of Batteries" covers the full spectrum of electrochemical energy storage and conversion, from theory to engineering and from fundamentals to… Read more

03/04/2024

Block Course 2024 - Part 1

The Block Course "Materials, Functioning and Technology of Batteries" covers the full spectrum of electrochemical energy storage and conversion, from theory to engineering and from fundamentals to… Read more

09/11/2023

Workshop "Meet your Coach"

In autumn 2023, Meet your Coach – a special „speed dating“ event has been launched. Scientists at all career levels within the Cluster were invited to meet different coaches and make use of personal… Read more

04/22/2022

Workshop: Emerging Technologies - from research to manufacturing

The Cluster of Excellence POLiS offers its researchers a platform to transfer their developments into the industry. At the same time, POLiS benefits from the expertise of their industry partners to… Read more