1. Diploma: quo vadis ? Dr. Thomas Hertweck Markus Treml and you !

2. Your future…? BSc MSc / Diploma PhD / Dr. Academic career (...  Prof. ? ) Industry (geophysics vs. IT, other ?) Own small business Unemployed (Taxi driver :-) Parenthood Stay in own country vs. go abroad

3. Search result, today, 08:43 page 1 of 1 (three hits) (www.arbeitsamt.de)www.arbeitsamt.de (Suchbegriff Geophysiker)

4. Dead end german research ? „12 years regulation“: –6 years before PhD –6 years after PhD  permanent position or kicked out ! Permanent positions ? „Brain drain“ of good young researchers

5. Industry… few typical geophysics jobs (at least not in Germany) usually better salary compared to academic institutions less freedom more commercial / marketing permanent positions additional benefits

6. My own experiences Internship (D) Diploma (D) PhD (D) PostDoc (D) Industry (UK)

7. Where do people go ? university public research institutions (BGR, GFZ,…) service companies (banks, IT, consulting) small geophysics companies big business (oil: Schlumberger, Shell, …) unemployed  Motherhood …

8. Questions, Discussion

9. Your future…? BSc MSc / Diploma PhD / Dr. Academic career (...  Prof. ? ) Industry (geophysics vs. IT, other ?) Own small business Unemployed (Taxi driver :-) Parenthood Stay in country vs. go abroad