Leipzig is a hub for science and research, characterised by a high density and diversity of universities and non-university research institutions, offering great potential for interdisciplinary and cross-institutional research. The Leipzig Science Network (LSN) is the joint network of universities and research institutions in Leipzig and the surrounding area. It promotes cooperation, develops synergies in research, transfer and infrastructure, and strengthens the national and international visibility of Leipzig as a centre of science.

What is being funded?

The LSN is a platform for developing new research topics across institutions that have the potential to grow into larger collaborative projects. With the pilot call for proposals ‘LSN NetzWerkstatt’, the LSN is promoting the initiation of research collaborations. The aim of the funding is to connect researchers from corresponding subject areas and to develop new joint research topics. Topics that are relevant to as many departments and institutions as possible are particularly welcome.

Funding is available for workshops that serve to promote cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary networking and bring together researchers from LSN member institutions to discuss an innovative research topic. Funding covers a maximum of EUR 2,000 for event costs (e.g. room rental, catering, fees).

If funding is approved, the approved amount is not paid out to the applicants as a cash sum. Instead, the LSN finances the measures planned and approved in the application directly in consultation with the applicants.

Who can apply?

Applications are open to postdoctoral researchers from institutions that are full members of the Leipzig Science Network. Applications must be submitted jointly by individuals from at least two different full members of the network. Applications involving more than two full members may be given priority in the selection process.

Required application documents

Information about the applicants (CV, contact details)
Brief description of the project (German or English, max. 600 words)
Time and budget plan, including details of the funding amount requested

Deadline

Applications can be submitted until 31 March 2026. Please contact the managing director of the LSN, Dr Kathleen Schlütter, in advance for a brief consultation: 0341/22304303 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please also send your application documents to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Research institutions in Leipzig stand against anti-democratic sentiment and right-wing extremism and for academic freedom, human rights and democracy

The research institutions in the Leipzig region take a firm stand against attacks on our democracy. Respect for the dignity of all people, the free democratic basic order, pluralism, tolerance, international exchange, and diversity are prerequisites for our common life on campus, for successful research and the best study conditions.

The fact that anti-democratic movements are on the rise and misanthropic rhetoric is gaining support fills us with concern. People from all backgrounds and all over the world study and work at our scientific institutions, contributing every day to solving problems and answering pressing questions about the future of our society. Only in freedom can we reflect and work together in this way.

Hatred and marginalisation do not produce solutions. They create fear of discrimination and stifle innovation. We call on people inside and outside our research institutions to defend the fundamental values of democracy at all times and to take a stand against right-wing extremism.

The research institutions in the Leipzig region will continue to bring together people from diverse cultural, geographical, religious and social backgrounds at our cosmopolitan region. We will continue to engage in discussion and conduct our research in an open, fact-based and unbiased manner. These values are essential to us.

Signatory Institutions

Academy of Fine Arts
Agency for Innovation in Cybersecurity
Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI
Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW
German Biomass Research Center - DBFZ
Hochschule Merseburg University of Applied Science
Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research
Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Lancaster University Leipzig
Leibniz Institute for History and Culture of Eastern Europe - GWZO
Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow
Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, IfL
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research - TROPOS
Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
Leipzig University
Leipzig University of Applied Sciences - HTWK Leipzig
University of Music and Theatre »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy« Leipzig - HMT

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Diversity Lectures
BIAS

Film Screening and Discussion

Events in 2023

Film: BIAS (2020)

English with German subtitles

Discussion (English)
Robin Hauser (Director and Producer)
Dr. Stephen James (Washington State University)
Prof. Dr. Immo Fritsche (Leipzig University)
Anna Becker (Leipzig University)

Tuesday, June 6th, 2023, 7 pm
Bibliotheca Albertina, Vortragssaal, Beethovenstraße 6, 04107 Leipzig

The toxic effects of bias make headlines every day: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. As humans, we are biased. Yet few of us are willing to admit it. We confidently make snap judgments, but we are shockingly unaware of the impact our assumptions have on those around us. The documentary BIAS follows filmmaker Robin Hauser on a journey to uncover her hidden biases and explore how unconscious bias defines relationships, workplaces, our justice system, and technology. BIAS contemplates the most pressing question: can we debias our brains?

Events in 2022

May 5th, 2022; 10:00am-12:00am

online; (German and Englisch)

Speaker: Nursemin Sönmez

Racism is anchored in our society and in our daily life. Racism still has an effect today even where one might least suspect it: in science and research. The lecture illustrates the causes and manifestations of individual, institutional and structural racism in everyday life and in the workplace, especially in institutions of education and research. It focuses in particular on academic racism in science and research. However, the lecture also shows what possibilities we have as a community, as individuals, and as a research institution to counter racism in its various forms. The speaker Nursemin Sönmez is a systemic organizational consultant and diversity trainer. She has many years of experience working with universities, political foundations and educational institutions. Her presentation is intended as an impulse for a stronger exchange and structural implementation of a discrimination-free environment in our research institutions. The event will be held bilingually (German and English).

Doctorate – and then...?
Exploring nonacademic career paths for doctorate holding scientists

Post-doctoral career paths can vary widely, both within and outside academia.

The event series “Coffee Conversations” offers you the opportunity to discuss career options with former scientists, who pursued a career outside of academia. Invited speakers will reflect on their career paths and experiences, and will explain their approach to career planning after finishing their dissertation.

After a brief presentation by our guest, we will give you the opportunity to ask your questions. We will discuss goals and experiences related to the time after defending a dissertation. All questions about career ideas and choices are welcome.

This series is organized by the Leipzig Science Network and Leipzig University (Academic Staff Development at the Department of Research and Transfer & the Initiative TalentTransfer at the Career Services).

Events in 2024

1st Date

Presentation on June 13th, 2024 16:00 – 17:30

Location: Leibniz-Intitut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa

Speaker: Dr. Stefan Weppelmann

Dr. Stefan Weppelmann is Director of the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig. He studied art history and communication sciences at the University of Münster and completed his doctorate on Spinello Aretino and 14th century Tuscan painting. Before coming to Leipzig, he worked for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. He usually deals with art from the Renaissance to the present day as part of major and international exhibitions. His perspectives and methods draw equally on the past and the present, exploring points of contact and analogies. In his museum work, he is concerned with creating connections through art. Opportunities that arise from a diversity-sensitive approach and participatory projects for the institution and its development also play a key role.

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Events in 2023

1st Date

Presentation on March 21st, 2023 17:00 – 18:30

Location: Online

Speaker: Dr. Angela Loschke

Dr. Angela Loschke studied cultural studies, communication and media studies, and political science in Leipzig and Paris. She then completed her doctorate in Global Studies at the University of Leipzig on the history of South Africa in the United Nations. Research stays took her to New York, Oslo, Stockholm and South Africa. She gained work experience at the Goethe-Institut in Shanghai and as a project manager for EU capacity building projects with third countries at TU Dresden. In 2019, she joined the Federal Foreign Office and graduated from the Higher Diplomatic Service in 2021. Since then, she has been a desk officer in the European Union's Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) unit at headquarters in Berlin.

Events in 2022

3rd Date

Presentation on September 21st, 2022 17:00 – 18:30

Location: Sächsische Aufbaubank, Gerberstraße 5, 04105 Leipzig

Speaker: Dr. Katrin Leonhardt

Dr. Katrin Leonhardt has been Chairwoman of the Executive Board of Sächsische Aufbaubank-Förderbank- since July 2020. Previously, she worked for KfW Bankengruppe in Frankfurt a. M. and Berlin for 20 years, including as Director and Head of Individual Financing & Public Clients from 2018 to 2020 and as Director and Division Head of KfW Mittelstandsbank from 2013 to 2018. Her first professional position took her to the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior in Dresden from 1994 to 2000, where she worked as an officer and head of department for housing promotion. In 1996, Katrin Leonhardt received her doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) from Leipzig University, where she had previously graduated with a degree in economics. She also earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Sussex in 1991.

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2nd Date

Presentation on May 18th, 2022 17:00 – 18:30

Location: Online

Speaker: Dr. Sarah Maier

Dr. Sarah Maier studied Communication and Media Studies, Romance Studies and French Studies in Leipzig and Paris, completed the structured PhD program in Translatology and Applied Linguistics and received her PhD in co-tutelle de thèse. After working at the department as a research assistant, she worked at pioneer communications GmbH as a PR consultant for international and national clients. In 2019, she moved to GISA GmbH and worked there as Campaign Manager and Lead Digital Channels. Since April 2022, she has been responsible for Corporate Communications & Marketing as Unit Director.

1st Date

Presentation on February 9th, 2022 17:00 – 18:30

Location: Online

Speaker: Dr. Christoph Leuze

Dr. Christoph Leuze is director of the Visualization Core at the Stanford Wu Tsai Institute where his research focuses on virtual and augmented reality technologies for medical applications, and founder of Nakamir, a company aiming to enhance first responder training capabilities with augmented reality. He founded the Stanford Medical Mixed Reality program, an institute-wide initiative to bring together academia, clinic and industry to establish and improve virtual and augmented reality applications for patient care. During his work Dr. Leuze is working closely with engineers and clinicians to understand how virtual and augmented reality can enhance a clinician's capabilities and improve patient care by visualizing critical information directly in the user's field of view. Dr. Leuze has studied at Leipzig and Chiba University and received the Otto Hahn medal of the Max Planck Society for his PhD thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig.

Events in 2021

1st Date

Presentation on February 17th, 2021 17:00 – 18:30

Location: Online

Speaker: Dr. Doychin Stanchev

Dr. Doychin Stanchev studied pharmacology in Sofia, Bulgaria. He obtained his doctorate from Leipzig University (Faculty of Medicine, Rudolf Boehm Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology). Afterwards, he worked as a post-doc at the University of California San Francisco and the University of Tübingen. He is the owner of the pharmacy Hulb Apotheke, Böblingen.

2nd Date

Presentation on April 28th, 2021 17:00 – 18:30

Location: Online

"A conversation between PD Dr. Ronny Grunert and Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger"

PD Dr. Ronny Grunert is co-founder of Next-3D, an enterprise that produces patient-specific 3D-printed implants and instruments. They received the IQ Innovation Award Leipzig in 2019. Already in 2007, together with a colleague, he founded Phacon GmbH, finalist of the 2010 German Founders‘ Prize, creating anatomy models for surgery training. PD Dr. Grunert studied Physics Technology / Biomedical Technology with a specialization in medical physics. Together with Prof. Dr. Winkler he is leading a research group at the “Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurochirurgie” at Leipzig University.

Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger is leader of the International SEPT Competence Centre (Small Enterprise Promotion + Training) and professor for Development Economics at Leipzig University. He is particularly interested in the area of growth promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany and world-wide. His work focuses on innovation in SMEs, innovation policy, entrepreneurship promotion, and internationalization. In 2006, he founded “SMILE – die gründerinitiative” at Leipzig University, which has already supported more than 572 newly founded companies originating from the scientific community in Leipzig.

3rd Date

Presentation on July 14th, 2021 17:00 – 18:30

Location: New Town Hall Leipzig

Speaker: Dr. Annika Gröger

Dr. Annika Gröger studied law in Halle (Saale) and Paris. She received her doctorate from the Chair of Criminal Law and Philosophy of Law/Legal Theory at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on the subject of the right to inspect files, taking into account the European Convention on Human Rights. The second state examination led her to Leipzig. There she first worked for the Mayor for youth, social affairs, health and schools, then led an education management project for five years. Since 2015, she has been an advisor to the Mayor of the City of Leipzig.

4th Date

Presentation on December 7th, 2021 17:00 – 18:30

Location: Online

Speaker: Dr. Brigitta Triebel

Dr. Brigitta Triebel studied Cultural Studies, Political Science and East and Southeast European History at Leipzig University and at Comenius University in Bratislava. She received her doctorate in European Studies at Leipzig University. Her dissertation focused on the foreign cultural policy of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia towards countries in Africa and Asia. Since 2019, she has been the director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Office in Kharkiv (Ukraine).

Events in 2020

1st Date

Presentation on June 10th, 2020 17:00 – 18:30

Location: Online

Speaker: Dr. Markus Streicher

Dr. Markus Streicher studied physics and computer engineering in Leipzig, Bremen and Prescott/Arizona. He obtained his doctorate for research conducted at the MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig. He currently works as an engineer at the R&D department of Swiss Timing, a company of the Swatch Group, in Leipzig.

2nd Date

Presentation on September 23rd, 2020 17:00 – 18:30

Location:: Online

Speaker: Dr. Ulrich Meyer

Dr. Ulrich Meyer studied mechanical engineering at TU Braunschweig. He obtained his doctorate in sanitary and environmental engineering at TU Darmstadt. He started his career at Veolia Wasser GmbH in Leipzig. He advanced to senior management level before becoming the technical managing director at Leipziger Wasserwerke (municipal waterworks)..

Doctorate – and then...?
Exploring academic career paths for doctorate holding scientists

Post-doctoral career paths can vary widely, both within and outside academia.

The event series “Tea Time” offers you the opportunity to discuss career options with scientists, who pursued a career in academia. Invited speakers will reflect on their career paths and experiences, and will explain their approach to career planning after finishing their dissertation.

This series is organized by the Leipzig Science Network and Leipzig University (Academic Staff Development at the Department of Research).