Dahlem Research School is dedicated to creating a safe and pleasant research environment for all. Navigating a doctorate as the first person in your family doing so can be challenging in many aspects. This is why our team prepared a season of episodes with a focus on first generation doctorates.

Listen in on interviews with doctoral researchers sharing their experiences as well as seasoned professionals discussing career paths and opportunities for first generation doctoral researchers.

Episodes

Episode 1: Interview with Jonathan Bär from support.points of the Freie Universität Berlin on Imposter syndrome for First-Gen doctoral researchers

Episode 2: Interview with Raphaël Létourneau, doctoral researcher at Freie Universität Berlin about the challenges of a First-Gen doctoral candidate as an immigrant

Episode 3: Interview with Alina Franziska Becker, doctoral researcher and member of the organization ArbeiterKind.de, on the topic of financing your doctorate as a First-Gen academic

Episode 4: Does your familial background influence your decision for/against a doctorate? An interview with Dr. Steffen Jaksztat

Episode 5: Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke, professor for historical education at the Free University of Berlin, talks about the challenges and opportunities for first-generation doctoral researchers

Episode 6: Lito Kyriakidou, member of the qualification team at Dahlem Research School and first generation doctoral researcher at Freie Universität talks about her path as an international researcher in Germany and about opportunities to connect with other first generation doctoral researchers in BUA