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  • International Summer University "Transmedia Storytelling/The Culture of Climate Change" - Starting 17 June 2019

    In the International Summer University, environmental and sustainability scientists work together with practitioners from film, new media and storytelling. Their goal: to open up access to new media and innovative communication formats for people who are professionally concerned with the communication of sustainability and climate issue. Site: Campus Karnitz, Germany.

    Deadline for registration: 16 June 2019

    Save the date! There will be a course "Medientraining" on 7 & 8 November 2019. Details will be announced soon.

     

     


(Photo: Jaroslav Obu)

POLMAR research stays abroad

Full solar eclipse on the 20 March 2015 as seen from Adventdalen, Spitsbergen / Svalbard (Photo: Jaroslav Obu)

EGU Vienna 2012 (Photo: M. Itkin)

Family support by POLMAR

Polona Itkin (former POLMAR member) had been able to attend seminars and made business trips thanks to the POLMAR family support programme. There is no minimum age limit for becoming a marine scientist!

Sven Kranz, Nina Keul (New York City)

POLMAR alumni

Our former POLMAR members Nina Keul and Sven Kranz had gone to the US for a postdoc position. Meanwhile, Sven accepted an assistant professorship at Florida State University and Nina is back in Germany at the Institute of Geosciences at Kiel University.

Alaska, USA (Photo: L. Selyuzhenok)

Exploring Alaska (Valeria Selyuzhenok)

The research stay at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) was one of the best parts of my PhD studies so far. With great support of the sea ice group at the Geophysical Institute, I made a good progress investigating the mechanisms of landfast ice development in the Laptev Sea. Apart from invaluable feedback and the scientific experience I got, I also had a great time exploring Alaska. All in all, I came back to Germany with new ideas, lots of motivation and inspiration to continue my work on sea ice.

Oxford University/ UK (Photo: J. Wolter)

With kith and kin to the UK (Juliane Wolter)

In summer 2014, I worked at the Long-Term Ecology Laboratory at the University of Oxford. The two month research stay was funded by a POLMAR Outgoing Scholarship, which also included financial support for childcare. Taking my daughters with me started as a necessity, but soon turned out to be beneficial for all of us. The experience of working in the highly inspiring working environment of Oxford University and living abroad with my family was excellent and I encourage all PhD students to use the great opportunity to apply for a POLMAR Outgoing Scholarship!