Research Officer
Research officers are people who initiate, advise, support or coordinate research activities.
They are mostly employed as employees in scientific institutions (universities, technical colleges, research companies and institutes, etc.), but also in companies, as well as research-promoting and research-advising institutions. In most cases they do not carry out any research work themselves in this function. Often they have extensive personal experience as researchers. You work in scientific institutions with scientists, with the institution management and the administration. The fields of activity cover a wide spectrum and in some cases have close interfaces with technology consultants, the areas of work for supporting young academics and transfer as well as science managers.
education
Research consultants usually have a university degree and not infrequently receive the academic degree of a doctor through independent scientific work.
The network of research and technology officers at German universities includes over 1000 research officers. Every year the network organizes a two-day conference with more than 300 participants, as well as numerous regional and specialist working groups. In order to do justice to the wide-ranging job description and the work content, which integrates a great deal of specialist knowledge, the research officers cooperate with the relevant actors in the science system via the network.
Training opportunities
In cooperation with the network of research and technology consultants, there are relevant training and further education opportunities via the Center for Science Management Speyer (ZWM), the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences (MBA University and Science Management ) and UP Transfer GmbH at the University of Potsdam .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Job profiles in focus: Research Advisor - academics. In: www.academics.de. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
- ↑ BERUFENET - find job information easily. In: berufenet.arbeitsagentur.de. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Home. In: www.forschungsreferenten.de. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .