The promotion of equity and diversity is of utmost importance for the RTG 2756. Together with the University of Göttingen we facilitate the RTG members' equal opportunities and protection against discrimination, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, religion and belief, disability and chronic illness, ethnic and social origin and irrespective of their different experience backgrounds, household and family constellations and life situations. The measures taken by the RTG 2756 include
Equality and diversity in research
Gender- and diversity-sensitive recruitement
The RTG 2756 aims to attract, select, and hire candidates in a way that actively promotes equal opportunities for people of different genders and diverse backgrounds. People from all backgrounds are welcome to apply. The RTG offers workshops and info meetings to clearly inform about the selection criteria and to give an opportunity to interact with the researchers of the current cohort and with the PIs.
The RTG 2756 offers a series of trainings and workshops on diversity awareness, bias and inclusive work practices with leading experts in the field to each cohort.
Apart from the general support provided by the Göttingen Campus, such as childcare options, kids holiday camps and mobile work, the RTG provides assistance in case of special personal circumstances (parental leave, long-term illness, etc.). We provide information and encourage our international researchers to participate in welcome events and workshops to facilitate their life in Germany. The RTG offers comprehensive individual support on administration and visa affairs, and works closely with Welcome Centre of the University of Göttingen.
The RTG offers a wide range of measures to support career development of structurally underrepresented members. This includes mentoring and networking with role models, represented both at the RTG PI level and among the guest researchers who are regularly invited to the RTG Seminar series. We promote the participation of our members in female science networking events, such as WoCaNet and Women for Quantum. Individual professional coaching is one of the other assets that can be used by doctoral researchers. The RTG organizes own soft skills courses and encourages its members to participate in the workshops of other research alliances and of the University Medical Center Göttingen. We offer our members to get additional professional trainings to acquire further theoretical and practical knowledge and boost their career prospectives, such as courses on Good Manufacturing Practise, Good Laboratory Practise, use of AI in various contexts, etc. Researchers with one or more diversity dimensions as well as female researchers are offered to attend an additional conference or research group of interest to explore a new sientific direction for their postdoctoral research.