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2019

September/October 2019

• The Equal Opportunities Committee promotes the participation of female students in the Master's programs of Faculty 02 who are interested in pursuing PhD studies. There are two possible conferences to choose from, namely: 1) The annual meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitik from 22.-25. September 2019 in Leipzig; and 2) The annual meeting of the International Corporate Governance Society from 11.-13. October 2019 in Essex. Please see the Announcement for details. 

June 2019

• European Central Bank: Women in Economics Scholarship. Deadline: June 19th. 

2018

August 2018

• The Equal Opportunities Commission encourages the participation of female M.Sc. students from the School of Business & Economics, who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D., in the annual conference of the European Economic Association (EEA) in Cologne from 27 to 31 August 2018.

April 2018

• 28 April 2018 - Whether a student, graduate, experienced specialist, re-entrant, manager or just simply ambitious - at women&work, Europe's largest trade fair exhibition for women, visitors will meet more than 100 top employers who are looking for female reinforcements in the future. Job interviews, lectures and an extensive conference programme help with personal networking and successful career planning. In the Career and Leadership Lounge, contacts can be made with almost 100 networks, consultants, coaches and experts. Career opportunities can be explored and information exchanged on what women's careers look like today and will look like in the future. Further information is available at www.womenandwork.de. 
• 25 April 2018 - The MArburg University Research Academiy (MARA) offers graduation scholarships for dissertation and habilitation projects with an outstanding scientific quality. The scholarships are addressed to highly qualified female junior academics who complete their doctorates or habilitate at the University of Marburg. The application deadline is 25 April 2018. The announcement and further information are available on the MARA website: https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/mara/funding.

2017

December 2017

• 5 to 6 December 2017 - CAREER Venture invites students, graduates, doctoral candidates and young professionals of all disciplines to CAREERVenture women 2017 at the Lufthansa Training & Conference Center in Seeheim-Jugenheim. This event offers the unique opportunity to conduct several pre-scheduled 45-minute individual interviews in just one day.

November 2017

• 25 November 2017 - The Equal Opportunities Committee cordially invites you to this year's International Day "No to violence against women". You can obtain further information in the flyer.

September 2017

• 28 September 2017 - Mentoring Hesse and the Goethe University host the innovative career conference "Change of Course" for (post) doctoral students on the Westend Campus of the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. The conference will present a wide range of career opportunities in business and industry, non-university research and other alternative fields.

For further information, please refer to the flyer or the website at www.kurswechsel-konferenz.de. 

• The report on the experiences of the participants of the annual conference of the Association for Social Policy in Vienna in September 2017, funded by the Equal Opportunities Committee, can be found here. 

July 2017

• 2 July - 6 December 2017 - The Equal Opportunities Committee cordially invites you to the film series "Strong Women - Strong Films". In cooperation with Marburg cinemas and TERRE DES FEMMES Marburg e.V., six films are to be shown about women who were particularly courageous and pioneering in their time or their environment and who had or have a lasting influence on the fate of women in their society.

You can obtain further information in the posted flyer.

June 2017

• 17 June 2017 - over 120 exhibitors will present themselves at women&work, Europe’s largest career event for women, and will be available to visitors for all questions concerning job entry and change, re-entry or the way to the top. Whether you are a student, graduate, experienced specialist, re-entrant, manager or are simply ambitious - at women&work, visitors can meet over 120 top employers and find out about alternative career paths in the Franchise Forum and the Continuing Education Forum.        

You can obtain further information at www.womenandwork.de. 

• 8 June 2017 - The Equal Opportunities Committee cordially invites you to Ladies’ Night. The Ladies’ Night will offer young female scientists the opportunity to exchange information informally with each other and with female professors from the Faculty about the situation with jobs, research, compatibility of family and career and other topics. Within the framework of the Ladies’ Night, there is the possibility to talk with representatives of the Equal Opportunities Committee about possibilities of promoting women at the School of Business & Economics.

You can obtain further information here.

March 2017

• 8 March 2017 - This year’s International Women's Day is calling a broad alliance with representatives from the university city of Marburg and the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf under the motto "We are many. We are strong" to a rally in Marburg.

You can obtain further information here.

February 2017

• The Equal Opportunities Commission encourages the participation of female M.Sc. students from the School of Business & Economics, who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D., in the annual conference of the Association for Social Policy (VfS) in Vienna from 3 to 6 September 2017. The participation will provide valuable insight into academic communication and offer opportunities to meet others and network.

Interested candidates may apply by 15 April 2017 by email to gleikom@wiwi.uni-marburg.de. For more details see here.

2016

December 2016

• 13 December 2016 - The Equal Opportunities Committee cordially invites you to Ladies’ Night. The Ladies’ Night will offer young female scientists the opportunity to exchange information informally with each other and with female professors from the Faculty about the situation with jobs, research, compatibility of family and career and other topics. Within the framework of the Ladies’ Night, there is the possibility to talk with representatives of the Equal Opportunities Committee about possibilities of promoting women at the School of Business & Economics.

November 2016

• The report on the experiences of the participants of the annual VHB conference in Munich in May 2016, funded by the Equal Opportunities Committee, can be found here.

August 2016

• 27 August 2016 - For the first time, the organizers of women&work, Germany’s largest trade fair conference for women, are offering a summer academy free of charge this summer. Enrolled students and graduates of German and foreign universities are eligible to participate. The webinar is in German. You can obtain further information here.

June 2016

• 4 June 2016 - At the trade fair conference women&work, ambitious women meet the who’s-who of German companies. Job interviews, speed mentoring, slam sessions and an extensive conference programme help with personal networking, successful career planning and strategic entry and promotion. You can obtain further information here.

February 2016

• The Equal Opportunities Committee encourages the participation of female M.Sc. students from the Department of Business Administration & Economics, who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in the 78th annual conference of the Association of University Teachers for Business Administration (VHB) in Munich, 18 – 21 May 2016. The participation will provide valuable insight into academic communication and offer opportunities to meet others and network.

Interested candidates may apply until 14 April 2016 by email to gleikom@wiwi.uni-marburg.de, and must provide an up-to-date transcript of records and a letter explaining the reasons for wanting to participate.

January 2016

• 13 January 2016 - The Philipps University cordially invites you to an informal meeting for student and doctoral parents. You can obtain further information here.

2015

November 2015

• 25 November 2015 - The Equal Opportunities Committee cordially invites you to this year's International Day "No to violence against women". You can obtain further information here.

October 2015

• 27 October 2015 - MArburg University Research Academy (MARA) invites all scientists to MARA DAY 2015 in "Landgrafenschloss". MARA DAY is an information and networking day for young scientists at Philipps University of Marburg. All Marburg postdocs, doctoral students and students are invited to the afternoon event shortly before graduation to find out about funding opportunities and qualification offers for young researchers. Within the framework of the evening event, MARA doctoral candidates and postdocs have the opportunity to present their research projects to a larger audience in a three-minute short lecture and/or a poster presentation. 

You can find the program here.

September 2015

• The report on the experiences of the participants of the annual conference of the European Economic Association (EEA) in Mannheim in August 2015, funded by the Equal Opportunities Committee, can be found here.

July 2015

• 8 July 2015 - The Women's Representatives of the Department of German Studies and Arts cordially invite you to a lecture entitled "Images of Femininity, Sexuality and Motherhood". Dr. Helga Krueger-Kirn presents female identities in the field tension between femininity discourse and materiality of the body. You can obtain further information here.
• 2 to 3 July 2015 - At the Women Career Lounge, you will learn more about A.T. Kearney first hand. You can obtain further information in the posted flyer.

April 2015

• 16 April 2015 - The Equal Opportunities Committee cordially invites you to the panel discussion on the mayoral election with the focus on women's and gender politics. You can obtain further information here.

February 2015

• The Equal Opportunities Committee encourages the participation of female M.Sc. students from the School of Business & Economics, who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D., in the Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association (EEA) in Mannheim from 24 to 27 August 2015. The participation will provide valuable insight into academic communication and offer opportunities to meet others and network.

Interested candidates may apply until 1 April 2015 by email to gleikom@wiwi.uni-marburg.de. For more details see here.

• 25 February 2015 - Mentoring Hesse and the Goethe University host the panel discussion "Career Perspectives" in the series "Career paths after the doctoral defence", Frankfurt am Main. You can obtain further information in the posted flyer.

2014

November 2014

• 19 January 2014 - The Philipps University cordially invites you to an informal meeting for student and doctoral parents. You can obtain further information here.

October 2014

• 29 October 2014 - Seven renowned investment banks invite you to a recruiting event "Women in Banking". You can obtain further information in the posted flyer.

September 2014

• The Marburg University Research Academy (MARA) of the Philipps University of Marburg awards dissertation projects of outstanding academic quality completion fellowships to particularly qualified young female academics who are completing their dissertations. Applications can be submitted electronically until 30 September 2014. You can obtain further information here.
• The report on the experiences of the participants of the annual VHB conference in Leipzig, funded by the Equal Opportunities Committee, can be found here.

June 2014

• 27-28 June 2014 - At the Women Career Lounge, you will learn more about A.T. Kearney first hand. You can obtain further information in the posted flyer.