STAIRS Seminar

The STAIRS seminar gives doctoral researchers participating in the STAIRS program the opportunity of further interdisciplinary exchange.
In order to reduce the time effort, the STAIRS seminar only takes place once per semester. Moreover, the STAIRS seminar and the TRR research seminar will be arranged in a row on the same days at the same location. While attendance in person of all participating doctoral researchers is expected, a hybrid alternative may be offered upon request for members who cannot reasonably travel to the event.

As part of the STAIRS qualification program, each doctoral researcher will give several talks at different stages of their doctoral studies. While two of these talks will be held in the Topic Circles chosen by the doctoral researcher, one talk on current work in progress will be given in the STAIRS seminar. Another doctoral researcher will take over the role of the discussant. He or she will have to read the paper in advance and create slides with questions and feedback, based on which a discussion with the audience will take place. This way, the STAIRS seminar provides valuable feedback and support from other doctoral researchers.