Support

TransforM supports outstanding doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and tenure track faculty through a variety of dedicated measures, which complement the proven suite of existing TUM-wide measures. 
Through these efforts, TransforM promotes a new generation of researchers and experts who combine excellence in the social sciences with deep knowledge of technological change in specific technology domains.

- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  • Diversity Opportunity Grants intended to support female researchers and researchers of minority groups in tackling structure disadvantages and hardships at the workplace. 

  • Mentoring: career guidance programme for female researchers and first generation researchers from non-academic families 

For more information or questions please contact the interim

TransforM DEI Officer

Caitlin Corrigan: c.corrigan@tum.de 

TUM Services

- Early Career Support

Doctoral Students

  • TransforM Academy: a suite of doctoral-level courses for TransforM doctoral researchers through the graduate centres of various TUM Schools and at LMU, complementing existing disciplinary offers  

  • Doctoral Summer School: invites outstanding doctoral researchers from international universities and different disciplines to Munich. 

  • Visiting Researchers: allows Doctoral students who have completed the summer school to join a research group or work on papers or a follow-up project proposal under the guidance of a TransforM PI 

Postdocs

  • TransforM emerging scholars retreat: where postdoctoral researchers and junior group leaders discuss their work in interdisciplinary settings, share experiences, and receive feedback from senior researchers. 

  • Development grants: one-year grants for establishing international collaborations on a specific topic or pursuing other career-supporting activities.  

  • Placement program: supports job search-related travel to scout interdisciplinary job opportunities inside and outside academia and beyond the usual disciplinary hiring cycles 

Faculty

  • Development grants: supporting research stays abroad and other carrier supporting activities.  

TUM Services

+ Data Management

TransforM pursues a state-of-the-art data collection, storage, and sharing strategy that follows DFG guidelines on research data management. All data collection, processing, analysing, and archiving as well as all advancements of models, methods, and metrics follow the FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) data principles.

+ Sustainability

The TransforM research agenda on the relationship between technological transformations (TTs) and societal change tackles sustainability head-on: How can we ensure that any technological transformation contributes to the sustainability targets we have committed to? How can we reduce the unintended consequences of technological transformations, particularly in terms of environmental and social sustainability?

TransforM’s work in living and community labs, engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders and diverse publics, integrates deeply with TUM’s overall sustainability strategy. Addressing sustainable innovation and socio-political responsibilities locally first can become a conduit for thinking about scale and global impact.

We will work closely with the TUM sustainability office to develop targeted measures to minimise our resource footprint while maximising community building and a sense of shared ownership of the transformative process.

See more at: www.sustainability.tum.de/en/nachhaltigkeit/homepage/