Qualification
We support our researchers with a wide range of services at every stage of their careers and promote academic staff development. Tailored training programmes are offered by the Research Department and the Graduate Academy of the Baden-Württemberg Universities of Education, which is based here in Karlsruhe.
Current training opportunities
As part of our academic staff development programme, the Research Office and the Graduate Academy offer an ongoing range of training opportunities for researchers. These include, in particular, courses focusing on research and methodological skills.
Graduate Academy
train – network – inform
The Graduate Academy is a joint initiative of the universities of education in Baden-Württemberg aimed at supporting early-career researchers. Our university is home to the Academy’s administrative office, which is why we play a key strategic role in the training of early-career researchers in the field of educational research.
Organisation
Karlsruhe University of Education
Building
1
Room
111
Phone
Availability
By arrangement
The Academy offers early-career researchers an inter-university training programme that prepares them for the complex challenges facing the worlds of academia, business and society. At the heart of this programme are three recurring events.
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Find out moreWinter Academy
A two-day training event featuring workshops on qualitative and quantitative research methods and on cross-disciplinary and key skills relevant to academic research. It takes place annually during the semester break in Bad Herrenalb.
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Find out moreSummer School
A two-day training event featuring workshops on qualitative and quantitative research methods and on cross-disciplinary and key skills relevant to academic research. It takes place annually at the end of the summer term, alternating between the various universities of education.
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Find out moreFuture Forum on Educational Research
A subject-specific and interdisciplinary conference for early-career researchers organised by the Graduate Academy, providing a platform for the presentation and discussion of participants’ own academic work and for cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary networking. The forum takes place annually in late autumn, alternating between the various universities of education.
Mentoring
As a tried-and-tested and effective tool for career development, mentoring – alongside professional development programmes – is a key element of sustainable staff development for researchers during their early career.
m.powerment – the cross-PH mentoring programme
Since July 2022, the universities of teacher education in Baden-Württemberg and the Graduate Academy (graPH) have been offering a joint mentoring programme. This programme is aimed at postdoctoral researchers pursuing an academic career, as well as those holding a junior professorship or a tenure-track professorship at a university of education in Baden-Württemberg. The fifth round of the programme (2026 to 2028) began with a launch event on 17 July 2026 at our university.
The m.powerment programme comprises four components:
- m.tandems: one-to-one mentoring between mentee and mentor for targeted career planning, networking within the academic community and the further development of personal skills;
- m.peer: exchange within self-organised peer mentoring teams to deepen understanding and share experiences and challenges;
- m.point: an annual networking event bringing together all participants from the new, current and concluding programme cycles;
- m.pulse: a supporting programme featuring workshops to reflect on career-related potential, opportunities and framework conditions.
Updated on 8 October 2026 by Kordula Manegold