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problems and planned publications, conference attendance or expeditions. An assess-
ment of potential risks within the work plan, methodological approaches or external
factors was required to anticipate delays in the completion of the PhD.
Anonymous feedback was given to the PhD students during the monthly seminar
and a discussion was encouraged where the students re
ected on their individual
progress compared to the overall results of the assessment survey.
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5 Conclusions
Climate change and its regional to global impact on the Earth system is one of the
crucial questions in Earth and Climate System Sciences. Hence, PhD education in
Earth System Science in present times is focusing on a highly interdisciplinary and
herewith also on inter-institutional education programs. With this approach we
prepare young experts for scienti
c or industrial/economy careers or work in the
public sector. The integration of both, climate observation and climate modeling in
a research school entailed collaboration and networks of PhD students and experts
(supervisors) in a spectrum of subjects and timescales. Earth System Science
includes various disciplines and methods. The education program at the three
institutes/universities, cooperating within ESSReS is built on the connection of
scientists from the
field of Climate System Science.
ESSReS aims at the integration of research at the interface of Geology, Biology,
Physics, Geophysics, Mathematics and Informatics. It is therefore multi- and inter-
disciplinary in every aspect. The training, curriculum, and PhD research subjects are
closely located at the interfaces between the participating disciplines. This is guar-
anteed by interdisciplinary supervision of the PhD project, documented by the
members of the so-called
(advisory team; Grosfeld et al.
2013
).
The long-term goal is not only to enhance exchange and interaction between these
disciplines, but to enforce a newly integrated concept, where separation between
disciplines becomes more and more obsolete. Consequently, ESSReS provide a solid
base for a new generation of excellent scientists in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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