Doctoral Students’ Association

We’d love to get to know you and support your interests as doctoral students. So please feel free to contact us by email at any time with specific requests or even vague enquiries. 

If you are interested in pursuing a doctorate you are also welcome to contact us at any time with your questions or any concerns you may have. We’re happy to share insights into everyday life as a doctoral student.

Konstantin Goertz

• Position: research assistant in the NeGeV research project, Faculty of Design (Hildesheim) and Faculty of Engineering (Göttingen)
• Current doctoral phase: Doctoral position within the research project (duration: 01.09.2023 to 30.04.2026), followed by an individual doctorate
• Ideas and wishes for doctoral students: Strengthen interdisciplinary interfaces and improve networking between faculties. Unfortunately, the HAWK Graduate School is not perceived in the same way by all faculties.  

Sylvie Fleur Göttsche 

• Position: Midwife, nursing educator, and research assistant in Midwifery at the Health Campus Göttingen
• Current doctoral phase: Project "Zukunft-FH Prof" (duration: 01.04.2024 to 31.03.2027)
• Ideas and wishes for doctoral student: Exchange via a dedicated platform where advanced trainings, workshops, and courses for doctoral students as well as interesting links can be shared

Andrea Kurz

• Position: Physiotherapist (M.Sc.) and research assistant in the Department "Organisationsentwicklung" in Hildesheim within the program "Gemeinsam HAWK gestalten"
• Current doctoral phase: Doctorate within the research project "POET-Pain" at Faculty Social Work and Health in Hildesheim (duration: August 2021 to June 2025), followed by an individual doctorate
• Ideas and wishes for doctoral students: Record, communicate, and represent the needs and wishes of doctoral students; foster cross-faculty networking; create structures for financial support of doctorates beyond the end of project funding