Here you will find events, information and offers relevant to intermediate staff.
Academic Career
The new portal supports researchers from doctoral candidates to assistant professors with information on the career stages at the University of Bern. It also offers resources on career development, Transferable Skills, funding, and advisory services. Discover the portal!
Work-life-balance
Balancing studies, work, and caring for family members presents many employees and students with unique challenges. This new joint event series from the Universities Bern, Basel, Zurich and ETH Zurich provides a framework for gaining inspiration and engaging in dialogue.
UniBE Funding Schemes
Up to CHF 10,000 to advance, validate and refine ideas into innovative products or services.
May 8, 2026
08:30 − 18:00
UniS
Data Science Lab
The Data Science Lab (DSL) and the Bern Data Science Initiative (BeDSI), in collaboration with the Digitalization Committee (DigiK), invites you to the 5th Bern Data Science Day. This event brings together researchers from all faculties of the University of Bern and data enthusiasts for a unique conference on Data Science.
Scholarship
The scientific politics scholarships enable graduates of Swiss universities to experience the political processes in the Swiss Parliament “live.” The scholarship holders work for one year in the Federal Parliament in Bern for the Parliamentary Services. They support legislative committees by working as part of a committee secretariat team. Very good knowledge of at least two Swiss official languages is essential.
May 4, 2026
13:00 − 17:30
A-124, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern
Kurs - Abteilung für Chancengleichheit
Sexuelle Belästigung und Machtmissbrauch treten im Hochschulalltag oft in subtilen und schwer einzuordnenden Formen auf. Angehörige des Mittelbaus befinden sich dabei häufig in komplexen Rollen zwischen Betreuung, Lehre, Abhängigkeiten und institutionellen Machtverhältnissen. Dieser Workshop richtet sich gezielt an sie und vermittelt grundlegendes Wissen, Sensibilisierung und praxisnahe Handlungskompetenz. Im Fokus stehen Prävention, der konstruktive Umgang mit Situationen im Graubereich sowie konkrete Handlungsmöglichkeiten aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven: als betroffene Person, als Bystander und als (potenziell) übergriffige Person.
Sexual harassment and abuse of power often manifest themselves in subtle and difficult-to-define ways in everyday university life. Intermediate academic staff frequently find themselves in complex roles that involve supervision, teaching, interdependencies and institutional power dynamics. This workshop is specifically designed for them and aims to provide fundamental knowledge, raise awareness and equip participants with practical skills. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
until May 9, 2026
08:00 − 19:00
Schloss Münchenwiler
Münchenwiler Seminar
Das Münchenwiler Seminar des Collegium generale bietet den Mitgliedern der Universität in jedem Frühjahr eine Plattform, um über gesellschafts- und hochschulpolitisch aktuelle Themen zu diskutieren. Das Seminar wird dieses Jahr auf Englisch abgehalten und richtet sich an Angehörige des Lehrkörpers und des Mittelbaus der Universität Bern. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos.
At the Münchenwiler seminar 2026 we aim to discuss the confines within which scientists’ engagement with wider society can be fruitful and legitimate. We have invited speakers from a variety of academic disciplines to reflect on their experience and their self-perception. The seminar is open to all members of the teaching and research staff including doctoral and post-doctoral researchers at the University of Bern. Participation is free of charge.
University Library of Bern UB
Since 1 January 2026, the University of Bern no longer has a read-and-publish agreement with the publisher Springer Nature. Here you will find information on how researchers can publish open access despite the lack of a contract.
University of Bern
The University of Bern provides its members (students and staff) with a wide range of advisory services. The Advisory service guide provides information on offers, advisory centers and points of contact at the University, and on options for how to proceed.
August 25, 2026
until August 26, 2026
09:00 − 17:00
Universität Bern, UniS
Supervision
The two-day block course "Training for PhD Supervisors" addresses the goals, challenges, and content of effective supervision of doctoral candidates.
Academic Career Planning
Would you like to boost your employability and the effectiveness of your research? The Vice-Rectorate for International and Academic Careers offers the ‘Transferable Skills’ course programme free of charge. You will receive individual feedback from experts, learn intensively in small groups and network with others across disciplines.
