Making confident decisions as a (post)doctoral researcher

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Target group: doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

Academic life involves constant decision-making – from choosing research directions to navigating career paths and personal priorities. This interactive workshop equips you with tools to make decisions with greater clarity and confidence. Participants will explore how to align decisions with long-term goals and values, assess risks and information effectively, overcome indecision and fear of failure, and balance logic, intuition and practical constraints. The workshop also highlights the role of mentors and peers in the decision-making process. Through interactive exercises and peer discussions, participants will apply these tools to their own situations and challenges.

Objectives:

  • Analyse academic and career-related decisions in relation to long-term goals, values, and practical constraints

  • Apply structured decision-making strategies to evaluate options, risks, and available information

  • Reflect on and justify decisions by integrating logical analysis, intuition, and input from mentors and peers

Facilitator: Dr Matthias Zach (Coaching und Training Dr. Matthias Schwarzkopf)

Diese Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt. // This event will be held in English.

Anmeldung

If you would like to participate in this event and it is already marked as fully booked, you are welcome to join the waiting list. It often happens that registered participants cancel their attendance, which creates available spots. Free spots are allocated in the order of waiting list registrations. If spots become available within 72 hours before the event starts, we will notify several registrants simultaneously. These spots will then be allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis.