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03.07.2025 11:37

Awards for Outstanding Doctoral Supervision Presented

Sarah Batelka Hochschulkommunikation und -marketing
Universität Bremen

    For the fourth time, the University of Bremen has honored outstanding doctoral supervision. The two awards went to geochemist Gesine Mollenhauer and political scientist Klaus Schlichte. The University of Bremen’s Alumni Network donated the prize money of 2,000 euros each.

    “Many doctoral supervisors in all faculties at our university are passionately committed to supporting their doctoral candidates. With today's award ceremony, we want to honor this special commitment and raise public awareness of it," said Dr. Mandy Boehnke, Vice President for International Affairs, Academic Qualification, and Diversity, at the ceremony held at the Sparkasse Bremen Campus Space.

    “Always with our well-being in mind”

    In his speech honoring Professor Gesine Mollenhauer, winner of the award in the natural sciences and engineering, her former doctoral candidate Dr. Manuel Ruben said: “One of the qualities that makes Gesine Mollenhauer truly outstanding is her ability to adapt her supervisory style to the individual needs of her doctoral candidates. Instead of expecting us to follow a uniform approach, she tailors her support to each individual – always with our well-being in mind." Gesine Mollenhauer is a professor of organic sedimentology within the University of Bremen's Faculty of Geosciences. She has been researching and teaching at the University of Bremen since 2011 and is the scientific director of a laboratory for radiocarbon dating at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven.

    “Exceptional supervision leaves its mark”

    The prize in the humanities and social sciences went to Professor Klaus Schlichte, who has been a professor of international relations and global society within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bremen since 2010. He is also the spokesperson for the Institute of Intercultural and International Studies. Currently, he is conducting research on three topics: knowledge in German security policy, social dynamics in African societies, and armed conflicts. “Exceptional supervision cannot be measured in numbers,” stated his former doctoral candidate Dr. Ahmed Elsayed. “You can feel it in the growth of self-confidence, in the clarity gained, and in the personalities that are shaped as a result. Those who guide others with understanding and care leave their mark on people, not just in manuscripts.”

    About the Prize

    The University of Bremen's Award for Outstanding Doctoral Supervision is presented every two years to one person from humanities and social sciences and one from the natural sciences and engineering. The jury is comprised of the Bremen Early career Researcher Development Center (BYRD) advisory board and one representative of the prize sponsor, the Alumni Network of the University of Bremen. Young scientists who completed their doctorate at the University of Bremen no longer than four years ago can enter nominations. The University of Bremen’s Alumni Network donated the prize money of 2,000 euros per person. The money is restricted in its use and is available exclusively for projects that support doctoral candidates.


    Wissenschaftliche Ansprechpartner:

    Dr. Marie Saade, BYRD (Bremen Early Career Researcher Development), University of Bremen, Phone: +49 421 218-60327, Email: marie.saade@vw.uni-bremen.de


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    Political scientist Klaus Schlichte and geochemist Gesine Mollenhauer
    Political scientist Klaus Schlichte and geochemist Gesine Mollenhauer
    Quelle: Jens Lehmkühler
    Copyright: Universität Bremen / Jens Lehmkühler


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