Workshop "PhD supervision"

Career Center Workshop

Datum: 24.01.2025
Uhrzeit: 09:00 - 17:00
Vortragende(r): Prof. Carmen Ulrich, Golin Wissenschaftsmanagement Berlin
Professor Dr. Carmen Ulrich, Wuppertal, is a consultant for internationalisation and quality management at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal and a freelance lecturer, author, and business coach with more than 20 years of experience at various universities in Germany and abroad. Her fields of professional activities include academic teaching [literary and cultural studies], project management, personal and scientific advice, and training. She works primarily in the areas of interculturality, diversity, conflict coaching, leadership and team communication, time management and career counselling.
Ort: virtual
Raum: Zoom
Gastgeber: IPP
Kontakt: careercenter@ipp.mpg.de

The supervision of doctoral candidates is a challenge, an opportunity and a privilege all at once. But how to ensure productive supervision?

registration via https://plan.events.mpg.de/event/278/

With some fundamental strategies for doctoral supervision in place, it’s possible to provide supervision and advice professionally and to reach the goals set in each case. This includes clarifying expectations for both parties through discussion, assigning responsibility and tasks clearly, and overcoming challenging situations both psychologically and regarding content. In this way, good supervision will serve as an important factor for a successful doctorate.
In this workshop, participants deal with their individual circumstances of supervision and advice. Through exercises they will familiarise themselves with established techniques for supervising doctoral candidates and train their skills of communication with regard to good and co-operative supervision and advice. The workshop contents in detail are as follows:

Basics of supervision: Goals and benefits for both sides
Varieties of supervision: The diversity of available practices
A doctoral degree – yes or no? Criteria for accepting those interested in doctoral research
Managing expectations and supervision agreements: Mutual responsibility, establishing roles and imposing limits
Nothing is achieved without discussion: Preparing – execution – follow-up
When the going gets tough: Difficult situations – conflicts –dealing with power
From finding a topic to the final phase – all to plan? Accompanying doctoral candidates through the doctoral process
Supervision of doctoral candidates: My next steps