It is our goal to create awareness among political bodies and decision takers for the situation and concerns of young scientists and express our required/desired changes to improve the precarious working conditions for young scientists. 

We have revised our statement on the proposed reform of the Act on Fixed-Term Employment Contracts in Academia (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG) and submitted it to the Committee on Education, Research and Technology
Assessment of the German Bundestag (November 11th, 2024). You can find our new statement in English and German below.

Community in Numbers

We conducted a survey in March 2022. Stay tuned for the results.

Career prospects

Career development

Here, you can find a collection of links concerning strategies/opportunities/programmes for the career development of young scientists e.g. Emmy-Noether, ERC, YIG. In addition, there are career training programmes like DPG Leading for tomorrow, project managing courses and more to help boost your career.

Job advertisement

As a member of yHEP, you can stay informed about upcoming job opportunities via mail. If you have a job opening and you are looking for a PhD student, Postdoc etc., please contact us and we will distribute the job advertisement to our members.

Future of HEP

Decisions in particle physics on today’s large projects reach back decades. Hence, we should discuss and shape our opinion on future projects in HEP like ILC, CLIC, IAXO, CepC, FCCee, etc. Further points to discuss include the importance of computing, good software development, R&D for detectors and the appreciation of these tasks in the field of HEP.