The graduate school’s purpose is to ensure the quality of structured doctoral programs. Responsibilities and goals in particular include:
- supporting the ongoing development of structured doctoral programs in the faculty and involving the faculty
- promoting cooperation between Universität Hamburg and non-university research institutions within structured doctoral programs
- funding and promoting projects initiated and conducted by doctoral researchers at the graduate school
- promoting internationalization in structured doctoral programs
- promoting equal opportunity and the ability to combine a scientific career with family life
The graduate school’s bylaws set forth responsibilities and goals.
The graduate school has a board consisting of the school’s spokesperson, the heads of the externally funded research training groups, and 2 doctoral researcher representatives. The school’s spokesperson is the acting vice dean for internationalization and support for doctoral and early career researchers.
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martina Seifert (spokesperson)
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ivana Rentsch (Research Training Group Understanding Written Artefacts)
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kristin Merle (LFF-Research Training Group Krise – Kritik – Kohäsion)
- N.N. (Doctoral researchers’ representatives)