DocLounge

The “Gemeinsame Arbeitsausschuss der Doktorand*innenkonvente“ of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität of Freiburg is offering workplaces for PhD-students in the Erbprinzenstr. 12, first floor.
The workplaces will be given to PhD-students, to whom no workplace is provided at the university and which have unsuitable working conditions or no workplace at home.

Application timeframe:

Applications are open from 20.02.205 to 28.03.2025! send the application documents via email.

Application requirements:

PhD students at the University of Freiburg may apply if the following criteria are met:

• No workplace is provided by the department chair/supervisor
• The PhD-student may not be employed at the University of Freiburg (e.g. research associate/”Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter”) at the same time

Selection criteria:

1. PhD-Student status (scholarship etc.)
2. Future involvement in the DocLounge: What future position could you imagine? (Speaker, IT-, Infrastructure-, Kitchen-, Financial-Supervisor)
3. Individual situation based on the following:

• Family circumstances
• State of the dissertation
• Reason why PhD student cannot work from home

Documents to be submitted:

• Confirmation of the supervisor/the professor that no workplace can be provided by the chair of the faculty and confirmation of the supervisor/the PhD-student, that the applicant is not employed at the university (Please complete the enclosed attachment).
• Document in which you describe your family situation, the state of your dissertation and your current workplace. Give a justification for why a workplace is needed and why it is not possible for you to work from home.

Time frame of workplace:

The workplaces for PhD-students will be granted for each semester. There will be a waiting list. Simplified reapplication for the upcoming semester is possible approximately eight weeks before the end of the  semester. A new call for applications will be circulated, with the application deadlines and award periods to be announced before.

Required documents:

• Application document (see requirements here)
• Confirmation by supervisor

Submission:

Please direct your application as PDF file as an e-mail attachment to
gaa-vorstand[at]mail.uni-freiburg.de