1. Mental health
1.1. How Corona affects persons mental health?
1.2. How is mental health affected by pressure / expiring contracts / power abuse etc.?
1.3. How do we approach the working group of prof Lentz at the association?
1.3.1. Someone from the SC should take this on and connect it to the WG
1.3.2. Should we conduct a meeting to consolidate an idea of where we wonna go?
1.4. Which measures do we want to pursue?
1.4.1. Can we support/Do we want to implement network-wide "coffee break sessions" to talk about struggles?
1.4.1.1. What other formats could be used?
1.4.2. Pushing for persons of trust system for these issues
1.4.2.1. we need a clear concept that relates this to ombuspeople
1.4.2.2. We need data
2. Sustainability
2.1. How can we push the sustainability of research?
2.1.1. Reach out to collect information
2.1.1.1. Depending on results: prepare a position paper?
2.2. How can the Leibniz PhD Network enhance that institutes themselves are more sustainable?
2.2.1. "Nachhaltigkeit" over "Wirtschaftlichkeit"?
2.3. How can we build a network with PostDocs and the Leibniz Association to work on these topics?
2.4. Can we include sustainabitilty questions in the survey?
3. Corona
3.1. Support infrastructure / digitalization
3.2. How is the situation at different institutes? Common problems?
3.3. How can we support people to do home office? What can the institutes do?
4. Prevention of power abuse/ sexual harassment
4.1. Lecture about Power Abuse
4.2. Power abuse in times of Corona?
4.3. How can we get inolved in the activities of the WGs on raising sexual harrasment awareness?
4.3.1. Serhii thought about becoming a contact person
4.4. How do we arrive at implementable measures?
4.4.1. Request a battleplan from the WG
4.5. How do we get information from the institutes?
4.5.1. SC helping with the communication based on questions from the WG
5. Event organisation
5.1. GA 2021
5.1.1. Pankhuri/Emilio
5.2. Small Event Fund
5.2.1. Quarterly calls
5.2.2. Our side just involves deciding on funding and send out calls
5.2.3. Subscription for hopin etc to provide virtual infrastructure?
5.2.3.1. problem is diversity of platforms used
5.2.3.1.1. We should propably wait for first returns to the calls
5.3. N2
5.3.1. Jan/Philipp
5.4. Seminars by WGs?
5.4.1. Asking WGs for plans and encouraging them to hand in ideas
5.4.2. Soft skills workshops
5.5. Future Workshop
5.5.1. Ask organising team from the 2020 future workshop to do a 2021 workshop digitally adapting their previous concept
5.5.1.1. May/June
5.5.1.2. Philipp/Sandy/Matthias collect info
6. Contracts extension
6.1. COVID-related delays: Should institutes give out extensions in general or only if needed?
6.1.1. How is funding secured for these extensions funding?
6.1.1.1. There was an open letter by the Leibniz Association to the institutes demanding some action
6.1.1.1.1. Trying to get a follow up form the president which is more concrete
6.2. Position Paper - distributing it to institutes as well as funding parties ? -WG communication?
6.2.1. There is also the problem of lag: for many people, the extension will only be necessary in a year or even later
6.3. If there is a way to provide stipend holders with social security that contract holders get.
6.3.1. I believe it can be implemented only for those, who get scholarship from the institute...
6.4. Do we need an extension committee at the institutes instead of supervisor discretion?
6.4.1. Tricky business, not sure how much Leibniz can interfere.
6.4.1.1. I guess it pretty much depends on funds and where they come from
6.5. How do we get 4-years contracts to be the default?
7. Survey 2021
7.1. Section for Corona issues?
7.1.1. Could we have a quick additional survey on corona?
7.2. Does is begin in October ? Do we do preparation only ?
7.2.1. Yes and Yes
7.3. how can the SC support the WG Survey?
7.4. Should it be harmonized with N² again?
7.4.1. Yes, but additional question can be possible
7.5. Data analysis pipeline ?
7.5.1. Unclear so far inhowfar we need to get involved inbuilding it.
8. Implementation of PhD Agreement
8.1. contacting reps in how far agreement is implemented ?
8.1.1. PhD reps can do short presentations about the PhD Agreement.
8.2. Is it legally binding for institutes/PIs?
8.3. How can we push institutes to implement the PhD agreement?
8.3.1. Can it be mandatory for institutes? Like graduate schools for example