Leadership in Science - Innovative and sustainable leadership concepts for female professors

Cross-university modular advanced training for female professors to build and expand their own leadership portfolio.

 Zwei Frauen stehen nebeneinander und schauen sich gemeinsam Unterlagen an.  Zwei Frauen stehen nebeneinander und schauen sich gemeinsam Unterlagen an.  Zwei Frauen stehen nebeneinander und schauen sich gemeinsam Unterlagen an.

Start: 24 October 2025, presence at Bielefeld University

As part of the cross-university modular ‘Leadership in Science’ training course 2025/26, female professors will be given the opportunity to professionalise as academic leaders against the backdrop of innovative, sustainable, gender- and diversity-sensitive leadership concepts. The training programme focuses on concepts and practices of sustainable, gender-equitable and diversity-sensitive leadership that are suitable for everyday use, the clarification of central positioning and career planning issues and cross-university networking with colleagues who want to act in a focused manner in the academic leadership context in research, teaching and management.

The professionalisation of one's own leadership practice creates space for new things and allows participants to (re)find the peace and strength to concentrate on the essentials and the resulting creative joy: This enables participants to reflect on their own self-image and their own (leadership) goals in the system and organisation, and to take an in-depth and at the same time pragmatic look at their own leadership practice. This includes central questions and challenges of resource-orientated self- and employee leadership, visibility strategies and possibilities for conflict prevention and resolution.

Registration: If you are interested in participating, please send us an email to info@chancenvielfalt.uni-hannover.de. We will then arrange a detailed telephone conversation with the trainer Alexandra Busch to identify your learning needs and fields and to arrange a constructive group composition for the training series.

Dates and the detailed program description can be found here. The programme will be held in German. 

  • Concept of the training programme

    Duration: 10 months

    Target group: (newly appointed) female professors and junior professors in or after interim evaluation who are employed at a university or higher education institution

    Methods: Keynote speeches by the trainers, group and individual work, discussion and reflection in plenary sessions, methods of peer counselling, systemic individual coaching Reflection on all topics, taking into account gender issues and topics as well as diversity perspectives, is a natural part of all workshops.

    Certification: The organising institution of the training series issues the participants with a meaningful certificate after participation in 6 of the 8 event days.

    Coaching: All participants are entitled to 5 coaching sessions. These are arranged directly with the coaches and can take place in person or online.

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Jana Pannicke
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Wilhelm-Busch-Straße 4
30167 Hannover
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Jana Pannicke
Address
Wilhelm-Busch-Straße 4
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
204