On September 26, a meeting of doctoral student representatives from all over Germany took place in Berlin – we were there – to found the Bundesverband Promovierende e.V. [XY University] with a dissertation on .

The aim of the Federal Association of Doctoral Candidates is to fight for better working conditions for researchers in Germany. It emerged from a loose network of over 50 doctoral student representatives, in which around 60% of Germany’s doctoral students had joined forces to position themselves against the reform process of the WissZeitVG. Click here for the statement, in which we as a Mainz substitute were also involved: Statement WissZVG

This association will strengthen the voice of doctoral candidates at German institutions.