This newsletter provides an overview of all upcoming activities, either organized specifically for postdocs or for postdocs and PhD students combined, and links to other potentially interesting events or information.

More details on, and registration links for, upcoming activities are available on the website of the doctoral schools. When you enrol for a doctoral school activity, make sure to take our cancellation & no-show policy into account. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us at all times on doctoralschools@uhasselt.be.

1. Mindmapping

Takes place on 16/06/25 - 09:00-12:00
Registration possible until 25/05/25

2. Keeping things private: Processing sensitive text data using open-source large language models

Takes place on 23/06/25 - 10:00-12:00 (lecture) & 13:00-15:00 (workshop)
Registration possible until 01/06/25

3. Focusreading

Takes place on 26/06/25 - 09:00-17:00
Registration possible until 01/06/25

4. Summerschool 'Let's Talk Science, a taste of science communication'

Takes place on 01-03/07/2025 - 09:00-17:00

5. AI as a creative partner for science communication

Takes place on 04/09/25 - 09:30-12:30
Registration possible until 10/08/25

6. Speak your mind: Learn how to become more assertive

Takes place on 09 & 16/09 (09:30-12:30) en 07/10/25 (09:30-12:00)
Registration possible until 17/08/25

7. Ready for take-off: Establishing a good basis for PhD supervision

Takes place on 25/09/25 - 13:00-17:00
Registration possible until 12/09/25

8. Successfully dealing with stakeholders

Takes place on 02/10/25 - 13:00-17:00
Registration possible until 10/09/25

9. Does science need a friend? A mindful/mindset perspective on sustainability

Takes place on 07 & 21/10, 04 & 18/11 and 02, 09 & 16/12/25 (15:00-17:00)
Registration possible until 07/09/25

Details & registration

1. Critical junior scholar network (edition 2) (DS BSH)

Takes place on 04/06/25 - 13:00-16:30
Registration is required

2. Online lecture Jean-Luc Doumont: Conveying messages with graphs

Takes place (digitally) on 06/06/25 - 14:00-16:00
Registration is required

3. Pluriversal participatory action research (DS BSH)

Takes place on 10-13/06/25 - 09:30-15:00
Registration is required

4. Meet the jury seminar: Smart earth: Harnessing environmental DNA and artificial intelligence to transform ecosystem and climate management

Takes place on 11/06/25 - 10:00-12:00
Registration is required

5. OHDSI Europe symposium and pre-symposium workshops & tutorials (DS HLS)

Takes place on 05-07/07/25 - 09:00-17:00
Registration is required

6. Mind the GAP (Good Academic Practices)

Takes place online (permanently accessible)

Details & registration

1. Online career stories for (post)docs (DS HLS)

Takes place (digitally) on 25/06/25 - 09:30-12:00
Registration possible until 09/06/25

2. Career development: Gain insight into your talents and ambitions

Takes place on 17/9, 01 & 22/10, 05 & 19/11 (13:00-17:30) & 10/12 (13:30-17:00)
Registration possible until 24/08/25

3. Job shadowing

Takes place on 02/10/25 - 09:00-11:00 (compulsory online preparatory training & and a mandatory written debrief) - actual job shadowing between 06&17/10/25
Registration is required

4. Entrepreneurship: Can I do it? Why would I want to?

Takes place on 14/10/25 - 09:30-13:30
Registration possible until 25/09/25

5. Big interview: online training platform

Continuous offer
Registration is required

6. Individual career coaching

Continuous offer
Application is required

The doctoral schools partner with several other departments and organisations. Below is an overview of their upcoming activities. For more information regarding their course offer and acknowledgement in your doctoral school portfolio, please consult this webpage.

1. Education department

Most modules on education are organized in a demand-driven way which means that instructors/professors can 'order' a tailor-made workshop on a specific topic for a specific group of interested people. However, they also have a limited open course offer. These open courses can be found online.

Permanently accessible online learning modules:
- Wat maakt een groepswerk succesvol? (Dutch)
- De weg naar betrokken studenten: theorieën en kaders voor het activeren van studenten (Dutch)
- Inclusief onderwijs: Begin bij jezelf als docent (Dutch)
- Effectieve feedback: Hoe doe je het en hoe leer je het aan? (Dutch)
- Studenten aan het stuur: Faciliteer zelfregulerend leren (Dutch)
- The road to engaged students: Theories and frameworks for student activation
- What makes group work successful?
- Effective feedback: How to do it and how to teach it?
- First aid for education @UHasselt

2. Research data management (RDM)

All UHasselt researchers are expected to adhere to the UHasselt RDM policy plan and manage their data efficiently and with integrity. The RDM team can give you advice on data management planning, policies, best practices, tools, etc. You can contact them directly with your questions and/or follow one or more of their trainings. For their course offer, more information and registration, see their training calendar.

Tidy data part 2: How to document your data - 27/05/25
Electronic research notebooks - 05/06/25
Data anonymization: LEGO hands-on - 12/06/25

3. HR Department

Hasselt University encourages personal growth and development among its staff by offering a wide range of training courses and career support. This offer is also open to all PhD researchers and postdoctoral researchers.

4. School of Expert Education (SEE)

Training for professionals, built on academic expertise with the aim of creating a unique learning environment to refine and broaden your expertise. You can find their course offer here (courses are mostly in Dutch).

5. Flanders’ training network for methodology and statistics (FLAMES)

Courses on statistics and methodology, which take place throughout the academic year at all Flemish universities. The FLAMES summer school and courses organized at Hasselt University are listed in this newsletter; the others can be found on the FLAMES website.

Workshop on AI in Qualitative Research - 02/06/25 - 10:00-17:00
Introduction to JMP (digitally) - 05 & 12/06/25 - 09:00-12:00
Statistical modeling using R (digitally) - 16-30/06/25 - 13:00-17:00
FLAMES Summer School 2025 - 08-19/09/25

6. Interuniversity course offer for young researchers

The doctoral schools of Hasselt University partner with the other four Flemish universities which results in an interuniversity course offer open for young researchers of the five partner universities.

7. EURECA-PRO

The EURECA-PRO Alliance consists of 9 partners who joined forces to enable students, researchers and staff to study, teach and research in the field of responsible consumption and production with the long-term goal of a joined virtual and integrated European campus until 2040. They also organize regular activities for (young) researchers.

4th International conference on responsible consumption and production - 23-24/09/25 (paper submission deadline: 28/04/25)

8. Pitch Please

Pitch Please wil jongeren inspireren, informeren, uitdagen en ondersteunen om hun ondernemende kwaliteiten aan te scherpen. Een overzicht van de Pitch Please activiteiten kan je online terugvinden.

9. Flanders AI Academy (VAIA)

Courses and trainings on artificial intelligence for professionals and researchers in Flanders which take place throughout the academic year. In this newsletter only activities and trainings specifically organised or interesting for PhD students/postdocs are listed; the others can be found on the VAIA website.

10. Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC)