Workshop: Self-, Time-, & Project Management (all stages PhD students)

Wednesday, March 06, 2024 from 9am to 6pm
Thursday,March 07, 2024 from 9am to 6pm

(equivalent to 1 CP)

Short description:

Academia is an ultramarathon that we try to run as a sprint. We quickly run out of time and energy and can experience waning motivation, burnout, and a sense of failure. Although the environment certainly plays a role, we as individuals can address the way we approach academia to buffer us against stress and burnout, worry and fear. A healthier approach to research is possible!

•        We address the self-sabotaging thought processes that underlie perfectionism, imposter syndrome or worry and learn to reframe them.

•        We identify maladaptive coping strategies (e.g. avoidance and procrastination) and explore more effective (and healthier) strategies.

•        We discuss the need to fill your bucket and why balance in our lives is essential to creativity, insight, motivation, and our ability to deal constructively with feedback and rejection.

Please find the full course outline here.

Course fee: This course is 117 € for the entire course (please get the ok from your coordinator first).

Registration: Please ask your program coordinator if the fee will be covered by your graduate program before you register via e-mail to imprs-office@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de (include your program coordinator in cc). IMPRS-IDI students, please use the course booking tool in the student management system to register.

Please remember, if you register for a course, registration is binding. If you have to cancel due to a serious unforeseen reason, please contact us asap to give participants on the waiting list a chance to take your spot. If you do not show up for a course without prior notice (or a doctor's certificate), we will charge your course budget/your program budget and you will receive lower priority for further course bookings.

Academia is an ultramarathon that we try to run as a sprint. We quickly run out of time and energy and can experience waning motivation, burnout, and a sense of failure. Although the environment certainly plays a role, we as individuals can address the way we approach academia to buffer us against stress and burnout, worry and fear. A healthier approach to research is possible!

•        We address the self-sabotaging thought processes that underlie perfectionism, imposter syndrome or worry and learn to reframe them.

•        We identify maladaptive coping strategies (e.g. avoidance and procrastination) and explore more effective (and healthier) strategies.

•        We discuss the need to fill your bucket and why balance in our lives is essential to creativity, insight, motivation, and our ability to deal constructively with feedback and rejection.

Coach:

Desiree Dickerson, PhD (Dickerson et al. https://dickersonetal.com)