German Postdoc Network Online-Event: Exchange on the German Science and Humanities Council’s Vision for Academic Personnel Structure Reform (March 26, 2026)
The German Postdoc Network's?lunch talk series Improving Research Culture offers a comprehensive overview of the latest discussions, reforms, and initiatives aimed at improving research culture in Germany.
In July 2025, the German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat, WR) published a position paper calling for a fundamental transformation of academic personnel structure in Germany – aimed at making the structures more transparent, attractive, and internationally competitive. Now, the GPN invites you to a lunch talk with Dr. Insa Gro?kraumbach from the WR’s Head Office. In this session with ample room for exchanging thoughts, she will explain the key points of the 2025 position paper and elaborate on the discussions that followed its publication thus far.
About?Dr. Insa Gro?kraumbach
After completing her PhD and working at a Collaborative Research Centre (Sonderforschungsbereich) in Contemporary History, Insa Gro?kraumbach transitioned from academia to science management and, more precisely, science policy. She first joined the German Science and Humanities Council’s Research Department, later became Deputy Head of the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】icine Department, and has headed the Council’s Department of Tertiary Education since June 2024. The Department covers a broad range of higher education policy issues, including academic career paths.
