1. 1 Summer school “Physics and Philosophy of Time”, Saig, 28.7.13 How to get a postdoc Michael Esfeld Université de Lausanne Michael-Andreas.Esfeld@unil.ch

2. 2 How to get a postdoc  Experience in research: publications  Experience in mobility: conferences, stages at foreign universities  Experience in teaching  Flexibility

3. 3 Experience in research  PhD Thesis  European continent: publish PhD Thesis as a book (good publishers that publish for free)  refereed papers in good journals (ESF rating international I or II)  achieve good balance between central, broad topics and new topics, avoid too much specialisation

4. 4 Experience in mobility  participation in conferences: big conferences as well as workshops on area of specialisation  experience at foreign universities: stages during or after PhD Thesis

5. 5 Experience in teaching  teaching assistant  tutorials  supervision of projects

6. 6 Flexibility  apply to all positions in your domain  include statement about your future research projects in application  do not limit your applications to one particular country  be not disappointed if you are not immediately shortlisted

7. European Research Organisations  Switzerland: www.snf.ch  Germany: www.dfg.de  www.humboldt-foundation.de  www.volkswagen-stiftung.de  Austria: www.fwf.ac.at  France: www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr  www.cnrs.fr  UK: www.newtonfellowships.org, British Academy postdoc fellowships www.britac.ac.uk  Belgium – Flanders: www.fwo.be  Netherlands: Royal Academy www.knaw.nl, NWO www.nwo.nl 7