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InFokus: Supervising Doctoral Researchers

 

Details

Date: Tue, 11 February & Wed, 12 February 2025, each day 9:00–15:00 h, plus 3 hours pre-workshop activities
Location: online via Zoom
Target group: Junior Faculty of the UA Ruhr universities (Habilitation Candidates, Junior Research Group Leaders, Junior Professors); max. 12 participants
Trainer: Dr. Thomas Koch
Registration deadline: 28 January 2025
Contact for organizational questions: Simon Kresmann (Graduate Center Plus)

Description

The program supports doctoral supervisors in developing and reflecting the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to guide a diverse range of candidates to successful and timely completion. It explores the changing roles and responsibilities over the doctoral life cycle and provides hands-on tools and recommendations to establish and maintain a positive working relationship – not only with doctoral candidates but also masters’ students and postdocs.

By participating in the workshop, you will be better equipped to:

  • Understand the evolving nature and purpose of doctoral education
  • Build working relationships with both candidates and co-supervisors
  • Support doctoral research projects and monitor progress
  • Scaffold professional and personal support to individual needs
  • Prepare effectively for thesis completion and examination
  • Develop your supervisory practice

This highly interactive workshop employs presentations and plenary discussions, individual and small group work, experience sharing and expert advice.

Trainer 
Thomas Koch is a research management consultant and certified business trainer and coach. He provides hands-on workshops and individual guidance for researchers to realise their career objectives and research ideas. He also supports higher education institutions and research consortia in implementing strategic initiatives and preparing grant proposals. Holding a PhD in physical chemistry from the UK, he builds on 10 years of international experience as a researcher and 12 years of professional experience as a research manager and senior administrator at universities in Bochum (RUB) and Munich (LMU).

* In order to provide you with a comfortable registration process, we use registration forms of our service partner eveeno®. Please note the information on the allocation of places on the program overview page.