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Kristin Vielberg

Kristin is a geodesist and passionate solution finder. She received her PhD two years ago at University of Bonn. After continuing her research on the non-gravitational force modeling for Earth observation satellites as a PostDoc, she changed careers to improve well-being in academia. Kristin is co-founder of PhDpositive providing workshops and peer groups for young researchers with a focus on mental health and self-management. Picture of Kristin taken by Sinja Hemke.

Climbing Through a PhD – Mental Health on the Way to the Summit

and October 10, 2025
Climbing Through a PhD – Mental Health on the Way to the Summit
The climb of the PhD Mountain. Figure created with ChatGPT.

Imagine you are going on a long mountain tour. Your backpack is heavy, the path is steep, and although you have been walking for hours, all you can see ahead of you is the next climb. Doing a PhD is like climbing such a mountain. It can feel exhausting, there is always the next challenge ahead and the finish line seems to never get closer. Self-doubt and the feeling of not doing enough accompanies ...[Read More]

The EGU mentoring programme: Experiences from mentor and mentee perspectives

, , and March 13, 2025
The EGU mentoring programme: Experiences from mentor and mentee perspectives
Finding your way through a conference using the EGU Mentoring Programme (Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç)

The EGU mentoring programme: Experiences from mentor and mentee perspectives Each year, EGU offers a mentoring programme to pair a more experienced conference “veteran”, defined as having participated in a General Assembly (GA) at least two times, and a conference “newbie”. As we’re getting closer to the GA period, the submission deadline for the mentoring programme is on 17.03.25, and the ultimat ...[Read More]