Specialist training courses offered by the centers and work areas

Discussion Series Doctoral Studies

The discussion series “Doctorate - complex and differentiated” offers the opportunity to exchange ideas with experts on various development paths as well as on conditions for success and opportunity structures in the doctoral phase and after the doctorate. The discussion series is aimed in particular at doctoral candidates

On June 10, 2025 from 14:00 to 15:30, we invite you to a discussion with Professor Dr. Michelle Witen.

Michelle Witen, Jr Professor of English and Irish Literature and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies, shares her experiences during her doctoral studies (UK, University of Oxford).

In the discussion series “Doctorates - complex and differentiated”, we address the question of how and whether doctorates that have been started are completed. With regard to diversity, little is known about different realities of life in the doctoral phase and the research situation is confusing. In this series of talks, we invite EUF researchers to look back on their doctoral phase and report on the conditions for success, opportunity and support structures, delays, crises and progress during the doctoral process. From your perspective, what factors influenced the completion of the doctoral project? In addition to discussing the content of the various factors for doctoral success, the focus will also be on supporting conducive relationships and structures, motivation and feedback as well as new impulses and support in this career phase.

We look forward to your participation!

Methods training and expertise

Expertise and advice on quantitative research methods

  • Florian Hertel: research design, categorical data analysis, especially loglinear models, logistic and linear multiple regressions, mediation analysis, sequence pattern analysis, hierarchical cluster analysis
  • Lara Minkus: Panel analysis, survey design (operationalization, sample, questionnaire construction etc.), causal inference, Stata, multiple regression
  • Martin Förster: Model building, operationalization and scaling, regression, moderation analysis, multilevel analysis
  • William Tarazona: Modeling, simulation: Monte Carlo, etc., regression models: OLS, logistic regression, multinomial logistic regression, probit, etc.
  • Mara Simon: Scale development and validation; attitude measurement

Courses offered by the Central Methodology Department (SAMS): Courses that can be attended by researchers in qualification phases.

  • Introductory and refresher course in statistics (course also open to doctoral students)
    • Module Preparatory Course in Statistics in MA EEM I every fall semester from 2024/2025, 4 SWS, 1x weekly.

Materials on MAXQDA (Training Instructor André Morgenstern-Einenkel)

Resources for MAXQDA Beginners (in English & German)

General resources

Resources for qualitative content analysis

Resources for teamwork

Resources available for a fee

Research centers for promoting early-stage researchers

The three flagship research centers at Europa-Universität Flensburg—the Center for Education, Teaching, School, and Socialization Research (ZeBUSS), the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies (ICES), and the Center for Research on Sustainability and Transformation Research (CREST) —represent, expand, and deepen the university's core research areas 1) education and socialization research, 2) interdisciplinary European studies, and 3) environmental sciences and sustainable development.

The qualification programs offered by the profile-building research centers at Europa-Universität Flensburg — ZeBUSS, ICES, and CREST — provide researchers in qualification phases with opportunities to sharpen their academic profiles.

The centers aim to promote research activities and early-career researchers and to strengthen national and international networking among EUF scholars.

ZeBUSS Zentrum für Bildungs-, Unterrichts-, Schul- und Sozialisationsforschung

ICES Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies

CREST Center for Research on Sustainability and Transformation

Continous Professional Development Hochschuldidaktik

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[Translate to 2-Englisch:] Logo der Hochschuldidaktik

The modular higher education didactics certificate program "ReflActive Teaching" offers all lectures at the EUF the opportunity to engage with questions regarding traditions, innovations, and routines in teaching across various formats, to design teaching and learning processes with a student-centered approach, and to further develop their own teaching competencies.

Lectures can either participate in individual workshops from the higher education didactics training program or, if interested, enroll in the full "ReflActive Teaching" certificate program and earn a Higher Education Didactics Certificate. The certificate program is modular in structure, comprises 180 working units, and complies with the recommendations of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hochschuldidaktik (dghd), by which it is officially recognized.

Area of responsibility: Vice President for Teaching and Learning

Academics Portal

Kompetenzzentrum Studium und Lehre
 

You can find training offers on the website of  Hochschuldidaktik.

Coaching-Program Equal Opportunity Office

The Central Committee for Equal Opportunity and Diversity offers a coaching program funded by the Female Professors Program of Federal and States Governments III to provide support for the gender-sensitive promotion of young female* doctoral candidates and female* postdocs. (Application initially until the end of 2024)

In addition, the program is also open in part to non-female doctoral candidates and postdocs at the EUF in order to generally improve the promotion of early career researchers.

The approval of the funds is handled by the  Central Committee for Equal Opportunity and Diversity. For more information and application please contact Martina Spirgatis

Zentraler Gleichstellungs- und Diversitätsausschuss
c/o Arbeitsbereich Chancengleichheit
Martina Spirgatis
martina.spirgatis@uni-flensburg.de oder
Campusallee 3
24943 Flensburg

International Center

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The International Centre provides advice and support on the development and enhancement of international qualifications.

Funding for stay abroadInternational Office

Language courses and writing workshops Zentrum für Sprachen

Research Data Management

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The Research Data Management - RDM@EUFAllgemeine working area provides information on the topic of “Research data (management)” and shows suitable consulting and training offers to support you in project and application planning as well as in competence development.

Research Data Management