{"id":32,"date":"2023-01-31T17:02:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:50:12","slug":"season-two-doing-a-doctorate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/season-two-doing-a-doctorate\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Two: Doing a Doctorate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/files\/2026\/05\/icon-Podcast.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1443\" style=\"width:162px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/files\/2026\/05\/icon-Podcast.png 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/files\/2026\/05\/icon-Podcast-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/files\/2026\/05\/icon-Podcast-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/files\/2026\/05\/icon-Podcast-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/files\/2026\/05\/icon-Podcast-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;s block, mental health as well as the creation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships with your department&#8217;s faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about new episodes as they come out &#8211; sign up for our newsletter <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lists.fu-berlin.de\/listinfo\/drs-open-newsletter\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lists.fu-berlin.de\/listinfo\/drs-open-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episodes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2024\/04\/29\/s02-episode-6-building-a-good-relationship-with-your-supervisor\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 1: <\/a><\/strong>Dr. Marlies Klamt, PhD coach and co-host of our podcast, talks about building and maintaining good supervision-relationships<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2024\/02\/22\/season-2-episode-4-academic-writing-with-dr-anselm-spindler\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 2<\/a>: <\/strong> Listen in to our chat with Dr. Anselm Spindler, writing coach and workshop facilitator, as we talk about academic writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2023\/05\/21\/s02-episode-2-good-scientific-practice-a-chat-with-the-central-ombudsperson-at-the-fu\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 3:<\/a> <\/strong>Prof. Heberle discusses good scientific practice and his role as the Central Ombudsperson of the Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2023\/06\/26\/s02-episode-3-mental-health-during-the-doctorate-with-scholar-minds\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 4:<\/a><\/strong> Sandra Neumann, representative of the organization &#8222;Scholar Minds&#8220;, discusses mental health during the doctorate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2024\/08\/09\/s02-episode-9-the-womens-representative-and-gender-equaliy-office-abuse-of-power-is-definitely-at-the-top-of-the-list-this-means-that-academic-staff-and-postdocs-are-discriminated-against\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Episode 5:<\/strong> <\/a>Join us on our talk with Christine E\u00dfmann-Stern, the Women\u2019s Representative and Gender Equality Officer, where we discuss about power relations in academia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2024\/12\/12\/the-value-of-open-science-and-accessibility-of-scientific-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Episode 6<\/strong>:<\/a> 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2025\/09\/17\/what-to-do-in-cases-of-harassment-or-discrimination-an-interview-with-counsellor-wendy-stollberg\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 7:<\/a><\/strong> Wendy Stollberg, central contact person for cases of sexualized harassment, discrimination, and violence at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, discusses about what to do in cases of harassment of any form during your doctorate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2025\/11\/06\/power-dynamics-in-science-accessibility-selection-of-research-topics-and-privilege\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1101\"><strong>Episode 8:<\/strong><\/a> Dr. Elisabeth Zschache discusses the problems of power dynamics in research and how these can influence the way research is conducted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2025\/11\/10\/power-dynamics-in-academia-supervisory-relationships\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1170\"><strong>Episode 9:<\/strong><\/a> Dr. Elisabeth Zschache offers tips on how to handle power imbalances in a supervisory relationship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\/\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s block, mental health as well as the creation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships with your department&#8217;s faculty. Learn about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/season-two-doing-a-doctorate\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201eSeason Two: Doing a Doctorate\u201c<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7050,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7050"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}