Coaching Program for Doctoral Researchers

Coaching Program for Doctoral Researchers (Image: Michael Bause/TH Köln)

The doctoral process is rarely straightforward. As a doctoral researcher, you are undertaking a complex research project with high intellectual demands, a high level of responsibility and a risk of failure. At the same time, you develop scientific and professional skills that lead to a coherent career plan.

Perseverance, goal-oriented behavior, methodical research approaches and a motivating working environment are of great importance during the doctoral process. It also aims to strike a balance between the different areas involved in the doctorate process. In addition, a balance should be achieved between the different areas of responsibility involved in the doctoral process.

The coaching program supports you in the process of a doctoral project

• Early identification of potential challenges
• Structuring processes with foresight
• Mobilizing resources
• Developing competencies
• Change of perspective

The coaching offers you the opportunity to look at your doctorate from different perspectives and to analyze the process on a meta-level. The collegial coaching format also implements a structure that allows you to generate individual and joint solutions in the group along the doctoral phases and challenges that arise. Moreover, group counseling also encourages participants and empowers them to tackle and overcome challenges. By reflecting on the coaching process, you will have the opportunity to develop successful self-management to optimize your individual success, leading to successful career planning, along with the added value of networking.

Registration
 

Interested?

Then please register for the coaching program by email, indicating the title of your doctoral thesis, and the name of your supervisor(s). Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. For more information on the coaching program, please see the announcement in the box on the right.