Extensive knowledge and skills are required for the doctoral project. The challenges change at different stages of the doctorate. This season focuses on issues that you might face while working on your doctorate such as writer’s block, mental health as well as the creation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships with your department’s faculty.

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Episodes

Episode 1: Dr. Marlies Klamt, PhD coach and co-host of our podcast, talks about building and maintaining good supervision-relationships

Episode 2: Listen in to our chat with Dr. Anselm Spindler, writing coach and workshop facilitator, as we talk about academic writing.

Episode 3: Prof. Heberle discusses good scientific practice and his role as the Central Ombudsperson of the Freie Universität Berlin

Episode 4: Sandra Neumann, representative of the organization „Scholar Minds“, discusses mental health during the doctorate

Episode 5: Join us on our talk with Christine Eßmann-Stern, the Women’s Representative and Gender Equality Officer, where we discuss about power relations in academia

Episode 6: Stefan Skupien, co-ordinator for Open Science of the Berlin University Alliance, discusses the value of open science and how to research based on its principles from early on in order to make your research accessible both within and outside academia

Episode 7: Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke, professor for historical education at the Free University of Berlin, talks about the challenges and opportunities for first-generation doctoral researchers

Episode 8: Wendy Stollberg, central contact person for cases of sexualized harassment, discrimination, and violence at Freie Universität Berlin, discusses about what to do in cases of harassment of any form during your doctorate

Episode 9: Dr. Elisabeth Zschache discusses the problems of power dynamics in research and how these can influence the way research is conducted

Episode 10: Dr. Elisabeth Zschache offers tips on how to handle power imbalances in a supervisory relationship

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LINKS

• Ombuds Office and Central Ombudsperson at the Freie Universität – seeking help for academic misconducts

• Scholar Minds – mental health network for academics in Berlin
• Gender*Equality Team – establishing equal opportunities for people of all genders; counseling is open to all members, associates and guests of Freie Universität Berlin and can be booked here.

• Berlin University Alliance’s Open-X initiative
• Berlin Science Survey on how researchers think about Open Science
• Berlin-Oxford Summer school on Open and Responsible Research
• Transdisciplinary lab at TU Berlin
• Diamond Open Access Publishing in Berlin – information and counselling

• Information on foundations that offer scholarships for doctoral researchers
• Get help as a first generation academic here.

• No Means No – Freie Universität Berlin
• Make an appointment with Wendy Stollberg (Team geschlechter* gerecht) here.
• Talk on the topic: Mikroaggressionen im Hochschulalltag (in German)

• Dahlem Research School – Workshops for all phases of your doctorate: register and start booking here.