Training, Workshops, and Seminars
Formats for researchers and leaders at every career stage
Training & Workshops for Academia and Research
My workshops are for doctoral researchers, postdocs, and professors – and equally for everyone who designs programs for them: graduate academies and graduate schools, DFG Research Training Groups, staff development units, and German scholarship foundations (Begabtenförderungswerke). Whether as a single workshop or a recurring annual program for each new cohort, every format is tailored to your institution, your audience, and your timeframe, and can be booked in German or English.
The program is organized by career stage – from starting a PhD through the postdoc phase and professorship appointments to leadership and supervision, complemented by core skills relevant at every stage. That means the workshops cover career stages R1 through R4 of the European Framework for Research Careers (First Stage Researcher through Leading Researcher), the same framework graduate academies and staff development units use, for example under HRS4R.
On Course Through Your PhD
PhD · R1
Setting Course: Starting Your PhD Well
Staying on Course: A Structured Checkpoint at the Midpoint of Your PhD
Thesis Defense Training: Master Your Defense with Confidence
Postdoc Phase & Career Development
Postdoc to Professorship · R2–R3
Career Paths In and Beyond Academia: Find Clarity and Choose Your Direction
The Path to Professorship: Build Your Professorship Readiness and Navigate the Appointment Process
Grant Proposal Development: From Research Idea to a Convincing Proposal
Leadership & Supervision
Leadership Roles · R3–R4
Leadership: The Role Shift from Expert to Leader
Supervising Students and Doctoral Researchers: Good Supervision as a Craft
Core Skills
All Stages · R1–R4
Time Management: Focus, Prioritize, and Work Productively
Project Management: Plan, Steer, and Deliver Successful Projects
Presenting Your Research
Creativity in Research
Tailored to You – Finding the Right Format
Every format is tailored to your goals, your team, and your context. Whether a compact online workshop or an interactive in-person event – we design the optimal format together. Here's how we work:
- Analysis – We clarify goals, audience, and context together
- Planning – Content, methods, and materials are developed individually
- Delivery – Interactive, hands-on, and grounded in academia
- Feedback – A joint review to secure lasting transfer
For change that lasts beyond the workshop day, many formats can be extended with guided peer-coaching follow-up sessions – turning the first spark into a lasting work practice.