Scientific heads
JuDocS is led by a scientific head who is an institute director and a scientific deputy head who is an experienced supervisor at Forschungszentrum Jülich. They make all landmark decisions for JuDocS and maintain communication with the Board of Directors.
JuDocS Council
To include the perspectives of all internal stakeholders on the JuDocS activities, we have the JuDocS Council with representatives of the 11 FZJ institutes, interest groups of doctoral researchers as well as supervisors, graduate schools, human resources and works council. The JuDocS Council meets twice a year to discuss current topics and can form committees to actively participate in shaping JuDocS measures. Thus, there were and are various topic-specific committees, e.g. for:
- Counselling in Supervision Conflicts (ongoing)
- Support Measures for Supervisors (ongoing)
- FZJ Supervision Guidelines (completed)
JuDocS Advisory Council
With the JuDocS Advisory Council we seek to establish a direct exchange with our most important university partners. The Advisory Council meets once a year and includes representatives from the rectorates and faculties of various universities from the region. There we discuss strategic topics related to doctoral processes like digitization, standards for qualification measures and supervision standards.
JuDocS Office
The JuDocS Office is responsible for the operating business of JuDocS. For example, it organizes the transferable skills curriculum, the support measures for supervisors, implements and maintains our IT tool DokMS and supports all committees.
