Selfmanagement for Early Career Researchers - online

The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) is an alliance of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Together, they are pursuing the goal of creating and shaping an integrated research space in Berlin. This alliance aims to establish Berlin as a leading international science location. All workshops and events offered by the Graduate Studies Support Program are funded by the BUA and therefore free of charge.

 

Participation

Doctoral researchers (all disciplines) of the Berlin University Alliance.

Before booking a workshop, please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration. Please check our terms and conditions.

 

Objectives

In this webinar, techniques and methods are presented on how to succeed in self-structured work on the doctoral thesis with motivation and productivity

Dealing with changing external conditions makes it difficult for many to maintain focus and design efficient work processes that can be individually tailored for different learning types and to accommodate individual attitudes to time and work.

 

Content

•  Self-management and self-organisation in turbulent times (motivation, discipline in the home office, spatial, temporal, emotional boundaries between work and leisure)

• Mindset and mental techniques to focus and relax in times of stress and worries about the future

• Basics of time management - practical planning of one's own dissertation according to the rules of time management

• Setting priorities - the art of agile rescheduling

• Productivity tips - achieving more in less time - the 4-hour day principles of order and simplification

• The new hybrid forms of collaboration - tools that facilitate planning in teams and individually

 

This seminar includes a variety of interactive methods for individual reflection, pair exercises and group discussions.

 

Further Information

Postdocs are welcome to participate if spots are available.