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Online Workshop:
Inviting demons in for tea: Overcoming problems and handling the PhD with new courage
Dr. Vera Leberecht | April 14th 2025 | 10:00 a.m. (s.t.) - 04:30 p.m. | Zoom-Link: t.b.a.
Academic writing isn’t a matter of genius; it’s a craft. As PhD writers, we are responsible for securing time, space, and energy for our research project regularly. This can be difficult amidst all other duties, tasks, and calls for our attention and time. At times, we might even feel paralysed by expectations, fantasies, or even myths about what constitutes great academic work.
This online workshop gives you an opportunity to invite these demons in for tea (to borrow a phrase from writer Joli Jensen). We think about what it really means to be a successful researcher, and to write a good PhD thesis. We question common beliefs about doing good scientific work, and explore principles and tools that can help us get back on track with new energy and courage.
At the end of the day, you have:
- discussed common difficulties in long-term writing projects;
- identified your resources and ways how to use them;
- reflected on how to plan more realistically;
- defined your next steps so you can be successful and stay mentally healthy.
In this workshop, we work with individual writing exercises, circles of trust, powerful questions, peer coaching, and short trainer inputs.
Trainer:
Dr. Vera Leberecht (Maastricht/NL) studied Linguistics, Intercultural Communication and Theology in Germany and Finland. She worked at Maastricht University Language Centre for several years before starting her own training and consulting business in 2008. She is enthusiastic about empowering professionals to communicate with reason and resonance, in academia and beyond.
This workshop addresses:
Doctoral researchers in the middle or advanced stages of their dissertations
Maximum number of participants: 15
Registration by: April, 3rd 2025.