Activities
2023
January
Meeting and discussion with Jutta Allmendinger
Working Meeting of the Doctoral Program with Patrick Droß on data protection
2022
November
Annual retreat
September
1st panel discussion "Good Work in Brandenburg - Politics and Science in Dialogue" in the context of digitalisation in Potsdam
Working Meeting of the Doctoral Program with Dr. Laura Menze, Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin
May
Working Meeting of the Doctoral Program with Alessandro Blasetti on Open Access
April
Working Meeting of the Doctoral Program with Mathis Fräßdorf on research data management
March
Meeting and discussion with Jutta Allmendinger and academic supervisors
On March 24, the first workshop with the "Brandenburg Alliance for Good Work" took place in a very productive atmosphere.
Working Meeting of the Doctoral Program with the academic supervisors
2021
November
Workshop on literature management and knowledge organization
August
In a workshop entitled "Good Work in Brandenburg - Politics and Science in Dialogue" on August 16, 2021, the participants of the Alliance for Good Work and our doctoral program, with the participation of WZB President Jutta Allmendinger and Jörg Steinbach, Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor and Energy of the State of Brandenburg, exchanged views on important issues and possibilities for cooperation in the context of the second phase of the doctoral college.
June
The second college begins. It focuses on questions of "Good Work in a Transformative World."
2020
September
Signing of the second cooperation agreement between the Doctoral Program and the Brandenburg Alliance for Good Work by WZB President Jutta Allmendinger and Dietmar Woidke, Minister-President of the federal state of Brandenburg
2019
February
Interdisciplinary PhD conference 'Working on Work' in cooperation with the university Duisburg-Essen.
January
Panel discussion as part of the series 'Achtung: Demokratie' on: Die (un-)gewollten Grenzen der Wissenschaftsfreiheit in Deutschland"
2018
December
"Morgens halb zehn in Deutschland. Arbeitswelten der Zukunft"; A production of the puppet theatre Halle in cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
November
Panel discussion at the Junge Akademie on 'Good Work in Science' and presentation of the short film on 'Good Work'.
2nd Expert dialogue with the "Brandenburg Alliance for Good Work" on the topic "Diversity in the workforce: challenges and success factors"
October
The doctoral program 'Good Work' invited Eva Derous, Professor at the Department of Personnel Management, Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Ghent, to present a paper in the colloquium of the research unit 'Migration, Integration, Transnationalization' on: "When your resume is (not) turning you down: Modelling ethnic bias in resume-screening”.
September
The scientists of the doctoral program actively participated in the Labor.A platform of the Hans-Böckler-Foundation. Watch the session "Wie wird Forschung (be-)greifbar?" here (in German).
August
The doctoral program went on its annual retreat to reflect on the last year and plan for the next.
June
The doctoral program took part in the 'Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften', an open day at scientific insitutes in Berlin, by presenting various transfer projects and informing visitors about their PhD research.
The students of the doctoral program also organized a panel discussion in the framework of the WZB discussion series "Achtung! Demokratie" called "Arbeit: der blinde Fleck der Demokratie". You can view the video of the discussion here (in German).
May
Summer School on 'Good work in academia: Scientific, political and societal perspectives'. National and international doctoral students used the opportunity to exchange and discuss the issue in workshops, panel discussions and with keynote speakers over a period.
April
1st Expert dialogue with the "Brandenburg Alliance for Good Work" on the topic "Digitalization in the working world: Participatory company cultures and co-determination".
March
Evaluation of the WZB. The doctoral program is taking part with a presentation of various transfer projects.
January
Workshop for PhD students on 'Labour, Technology and Organization - How do work processes and organizations change in the context of automation and digitalization? to discuss important questions regarding the PhD-projects.
2017
October
Field Days: Trip to the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) in Dortmund to exchange scientific questions with PhD Students of BAuA and to visit the exhibition on German Occupational Safety
Beginning of the cooperation with students of the University of Arts as part of the Visual Society Program.
Start of the seminar on „Gute Arbeit“ at the University of Potsdam.
September
Official beginning of the cooperation with Brandenburger Bündnis für Gute Arbeit
Field Days: Trip to Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, to get information on modern industrial production and participation of workers.
July
Working Meeting of the Doctoral Program with members of the HBS-Project „Gute Arbeit bei eingeschränkter Gesundheit“ of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
June
Retreat of the Docotral Program at Chorin/Sandkrug
Discussion with Prof. Robert Bosch, Head of the Institute of Work and Qualification at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Attendance of Final Conference of the Expert Commission „Arbeit der Zukunft“ of the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
„Junge Wissenschaft trifft Politik“: Setareh Radmanesch discussed with Uwe Beckmeyer, Parlamentary State Secretary for Germany's Economy Ministry (BMWi) about chances and risks of the digitalisation of labor. Link to Vimeo here
May
Gute Arbeit Kolloquium: with Dr. Rolf Schmucker, Institute „DGB-Index Gute Arbeit“
Discussion with Martin Urban, CEO Berliner Stadtreinigung
Joint visit of „Junge Wissenschaft trifft Politik“ with Lars Hendrik Röller, Chief Advisor of the Chancellor in economic and financial matters
Attendance of the Career Day at the WZB looking at 'Career Paths after the Dissertation'
Attendance of the Preparation Meeting for the Wissenschaftsjahr 2018 “Zukunft der Arbeit“ at the organisation “Wissenschaft im Dialog“
Meeting with students of Murray State University, Kentucky
March
Celebration of the Kick-Off of the Doctoral Program
Bas Böttcher, Liebeserklärung an die Arbeit
February
Gute Arbeit Kolloquium: Presentation of PhD Projects
January
Workshop „How to write a good thesis“
Attendance of Webinar: Introduction to Citavi
Presentation of the Unit 'Personnel Development and Research Funding' Information on Career Advancement at the WZB
2016
November
Welcome Day for the PhD Students
Gute Arbeit Kolloquium with Christina Schildmann, Scientific Secretary of the Expert Commission “Arbeit der Zukunft“. Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
Joint visit of the event series „Junge Wissenschaft trifft Politik“ with Hermann Gröhe, Federal Minister of Health