SUND karrierekursus (2026)

Career course for PhD students - career paths and inspiration on how to work with your career

Join us for a day with a focus on career inspiration for all different paths after your PhD. You will hear from Phd alumni about the impact the PhD has had on their career paths. Learn about how to navigate your career in relation to your own values, motivation and skills.

Program

9:00-9:30 Introduction Pascal Madeleine & Salome Kristensen

9:30-10:15 Leaving Academia for Industry. “I did it my way” Christian Gammelgaard Olesen, CEO Wolturnus A/S & Chairman of the Board at Danish Care

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:30 Clinical work after your PhD. Jette Kolding Kristensen and Mads Skipper - (Department of Clinical Medicine & Aalborg University Hospital)

11:30-12:15 Career (inside) and outside academia.  Kasper Leerskov, Co-founder af Rebility

12:15-12:45 Lunch

12:45-13:45 Round table 2: Career inside academia. Lars Børty Nielsen, Janusiya Anajan Muthulingam, Emma Elisabeth Scully Balkin.

13:45-14:15 Career planning: Taking care of you career - Values, motivation and what matters Kristian Østergaard

14:15-14:30 Break

14:30-15:00 Exercise: Discussion and experiences from the presentations.

14:45-15:00 Takeaways and ongoing process

When: August 20 2026

Where: SUND - Room to be announced

Deadline: August 21

ECTS: 1