impACTup! Foundational Course - PhDs
impACTup!: Academic Pathways to Impact and Innovation
Program information
- Audience
- Open for all PhD students and postdocs from all LMU faculties and disciplines
- Duration
- 2 days; Occurrence: Summer and winter semester
- Start
- TBA
- Cost
- Free of charge
- Format (e.g., Workshop, Coaching, Mentoring, Lecture, Talk, online/offline)
- Workshop (in person)
- Type of exam & ECTS points
- TBA
About
a. What is the program about?#
The course “impACTup!: Academic Pathways to Impact and Innovation” is the corresponding format to the course “impACTup!: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Better Futures”, designed for scientific personnel in form of a hybrid workshop. In addition to the fundamentals of impact-oriented entrepreneurship, we provide multiple examples that aim at promoting impact-oriented thinking in teaching and research and strengthening innovative ideas. Participants will receive a reader (see FAQs for further explanation), which acts as their personal toolbox towards impact-oriented thinking. The course has both online and on demand elements. The closing event is held live on-site at the university.
b. Benefits for the participants
- Gaining knowledge on impact awareness throughout the university ·
- Building an interdisciplinary community of doctoral students, professors (and students)
- Introduction into the mindset and toolkit needed to create a lasting impact as a PhD student or postdoc.
b. Program goals
- Raising awareness for the topic of impact entrepreneurship throughout the university
- Building an interdisciplinary community of staff, doctoral students, and professors
- Using the impact-oriented mindset and toolkit taught in own teaching to unlock hidden potentials of students
Application
a. Requirements
The course is targeted at PhD and PostDocs from LMU and University of Augsburg.
b. Application process
Please send us an e-mail, we will inform you about the upcoming registration deadlines.
FAQs
The course language is English.
Participants receive the reader after an online meeting with all participants. In the reader, there are videos and exercises embedded to learn from and explore. Participants can choose their own speed in which they want to finish the tasks in the reader. There will be a closing event on site, where insights and questions will be discussed. E.g., you receive the reader on Monday, on Thursday the closing event takes place.
It takes approximately five hours to watch all the videos and do every exercise.
Register Now for the PhD and Academic Staff Course “impACTup!: Academic Pathways to Impact and Innovation“!
Dear colleagues,
Join our next impACTup! course for PhD students and academic staff!
This course covers the basics of sustainable entrepreneurial activity in relation to starting a business, research, and working at the university with videos and tasks.
After a short digital kick-off on January 20th, 2025 and a self-working period of 10 days, there will be a in person closing event on January 30th, 2025 (BCM, Alter Postweg 101, 7th floor, 86159 Augsburg), with a keynote from Dr. Nils Mandischer on “Social Equity in Manufacuring Through Human-Robot Teams”, a discussion session of the participants in groups, and an overview of the startup infrastructure in Augsburg. After that, there is the possibility for interdisciplinary networking over food and drinks. The facilities are easy to reach via public transportation from Munich.
You only want to participate virtually? It is possible to attend the digital kick-off on January 20th and receive the impACTup!-Reader even if you are busy on January 30th for the closing event.
Please register via Eventbrite and select your corresponding ticket. Be quick since the available tickets are limited! The registration period ends on January 18th, 2025.
If you are a student in the MBR program: The attendance at the closing event is mandatory for LMU MBR students. Taking this course can allow you to get credits for your MBR as part of the B/I Module—or B/II if you already obtained all your B/I credits.
A participation certificate will be provided after the event.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Your impACTup! Team
Contact: impactup@som.lmu.de