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The Educational Program of the Earth
System Science Research School (ESSReS)
Helge Meggers, Matthias Buschmann, Klaus Grosfeld
and Stefanie Klebe
Abstract The Earth System Science Research School (ESSReS) is an international
and interdisciplinary research school for 23 PhD students at the Alfred Wegener
Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and their partner
universities: University of Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen. ESSReS com-
bines observations, modelling, and data analysis in order to decipher the Earth
s
complex climate system. Structured training, international exchange and supervi-
sion support interdisciplinary research at an early stage of the scienti
'
c career.
Keywords Post-graduate education
Earth System Science
Research school
Progress assessment
1 Introduction
Post-graduate education in Germany has changed a lot over the past decades.
Formerly, PhD students generally did not have the option to attend formal classes
and lectures and were expected to conduct their independent research, including
occasionally teaching courses for students. Since the introduction of bachelor and
masters studies with the Bologna Process in the late 90th, the higher education in
Europe has been harmonized, leading to more structured and focused studies at the
expense of a broad and universal disciplinary education. At this same time, special
fields such as Earth System Science became more interdisciplinary. In consequence,
universities and research institutes have established so-called research schools and/
or graduate schools, offering speci
c courses and training alongside the doctorate.
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