More than 1,000 former DBU doctoral fellows who are now working professionally in various fields, such as science, business or politics.
The goal is:
The activities of DBU-Alumni.de are intended to facilitate, simplify and animate contact, exchange and communication among alumni, between former and current scholarship holders, between DBU-Alumni.de and the individual CEE country networks as well as the DBU itself, so that an international network of environmental experts is created.
The Advisory Board, which represents the alumni network in the Doctoral Fellowship Program, includes 12 members (9 elected former DBU doctoral fellows and three appointed DBU staff members from the Doctoral Fellowship Program, 2 of whom are alumni representatives). The advisory board meets twice a year and exchanges information with the spokespersons of the respective doctoral scholarship years.
Example activities/measures:
The Alumni Advisory Board can be contacted at alumni-beirat-promotion@dbu.de.
Current scholarship holders and alumni are invited once a year to the scholarship holders’ and alumni meetings in the run-up to the presentation of the German Environmental Award and the Week of the Environment, which takes place every four years. In addition, graduation events are held annually to honor alumni who have successfully completed their doctorate that year with a certificate. Furthermore, a summer academy on a selected topic is held annually.
Furthermore, it is possible for current doctoral fellows and alumni to organize a colloquium on a specific topic. For more information, see the guide below.