Coffee Connections

By Hanni Geist

I meet many students, researchers and other professionals during my travels representing the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). They come from diverse backgrounds, and their careers and fields o... more

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The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.

Coffee Connections episodes:

May 02, 2020 E12 – DAAD office insights I Career Development I Germany highlights
Today’s episode highlights include:
• Career Development opportunities through the Robert Bosch Fellowship
• Insights into the DAAD Bonn headquarter
• Higher education internationalization in Germany
• German office culture quirks
• This weeks travel suggestions include the Zeche Zollverein in Essen, the Bauhaus museum in Dessau and several cities in the former East.
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31min
April 25, 2020 E11 - Individual PhD I Cancer Research I Finding a Mentor and Lab I Kölle Alaaf!
Today’s episode highlights include
• How to obtain a PhD choosing the individual path
• Strategies to find a mentor and lab
• Cancer research
• Carneval in Cologne - Kölle Alaaf!
• And this week’s travel suggestions: Germany’s national parks and Düsseldorf.
You can get in touch with Lin via [email protected].
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29min
April 11, 2020 E10 – Immigrant Germany Experience I Community Support I Authentic Asian Food
Today’s episode highlights include:
• Vietnamese – American – German connections
• Refugees and how to support the community
• Fulbright Teaching – Diversity Program
• This week there are a few travel suggestions: Aachen, Monschau, Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf
For Monschau, I highly recommend you search for it online and virtually travel to this beautiful town.
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31min
April 04, 2020 E9 – Global Citizen I Culture Shock & Career Opportunities I Education Systems I
Today’s episode highlights include
• Growing up in Germany in a military family
• Culture shock, adjusting and professional opportunities as a global citizen
• The US and German education system compared
• The concepts of “where are you from” and “where is home”
• And this week’s travel highlights include Weimar, Eisenach, Garmisch
You can get in touch with Kati via [email protected].
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33min
March 28, 2020 E8 - Individual PhD I German identity post 1989 I German-Polish town Görlitz
Today’s episode highlights include:
• How to obtain a PhD in Germany via the individual track
• The German perspective on US and Canadian research
• Germany in the 21st century - reunification, immigration and national identity
• This week’s travel suggestion is the German-Polish city Görlitz/Zgorzelec – you may already know it from movies.
Today’s Coffee Connection is Swen Steinberg, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Queens University in Canada and one of our dedicated DAAD Research Ambassadors.
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33min
March 21, 2020 E7 - Green Germany I Individual responsibility I Work life balance I Career paths with German
Today’s episode highlights include
• How study abroad sets you apart to advance your career and career opportunities with German
• Funding opportunities for study and research through the German government
• Green Germany I public transportation I Individual responsibility and work life balance
• This week’s travel suggestion is Freiburg and the cities and countries nearby.
You can get in touch with Haley via [email protected].
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30min
March 07, 2020 E6 - US-German exchange I The not so awful German language I post 1989 Germany opportunities
Today’s episode highlights include:
• Why the German language isn’t so awful and what you can do with a German degree
• What German – American exchange programs are behind the acronyms GAPP and CBYX
• Germans: welcoming, well informed, and eco-friendly
• And the travel recommendations for today are: Goslar, Regensburg, Rügen
• Plus we hear about Vienna – not in Germany, but rich in Germanic history, culture and language
CBYX website: cbyx.info and get in touch with Daniel via [email protected]
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34min
February 22, 2020 E5 - Funding Research I Escaping the Archive Bubble I Family I Lost in Translation
Today’s episode highlights include
• Advice on applying successfully to a research grant
• Information for young families
• German directness in academia – and the benefits after the initial shock
• American/German lost in translation
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• And we have a travel recommendation: visit the Harz mountains for its local beer and witchcraft – and hear what’s to see in the town of Halbestadt.
You can get in touch with Jonathan Fine at [email protected].
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32min
February 08, 2020 E4 - German health care I (Science) curious Germany I Diversity I Travel Germany!
Today’s episode highlights include:

• German health care system
• Germany: small country with lots of different culture and language variation
• Renu’s tips on how best to connect with a researcher in Germany
• Renu’s interdisciplinary research at the Helmholtz Center and Max Planck Institute in Munich
• Travel highlights North, South, East and West
And today’s bonus: Renu talks about her TedX Berlin talk “Strike a Pose”.
You can get in touch with Renu Singh at [email protected].
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35min
February 01, 2020 E 3 – No German? No Problem! From RWTH Aachen to NASA I Student Life in Germany
Today’s episode highlights include:
• Aravind’s journey from undergraduate in India, to graduate student in Germany to postdoc in the US
• Living and studying in Germany not knowing any German
• What NASA and RWTH Aachen have in common
• Why Aravind believes Germany is the most student friendly country
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• Why Aachen should be on your list of places to visit
You can get in touch with Aravind at [email protected].
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25min

FAQs about Coffee Connections:

How many episodes does Coffee Connections have?

The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.