{"id":539,"date":"2024-11-14T12:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/?page_id=539"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:32:12","slug":"season-four-supervisor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/season-four-supervisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Four: Good Supervision"},"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:160px;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>A good supervisory relationship is crucial to the success of the doctorate. Dahlem Research School (DRS) is committed to supporting doctoral researchers in shaping their supervisory relationship. You can find the various offers on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fu-berlin.de\/en\/sites\/drs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year DRS presents the <strong>Award for Excellent Supervision<\/strong> to two professors at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin in recognition of their exceptional supervisory work. What makes this award unique is that doctoral researchers themselves nominate their supervisors. A panel consisting of doctoral researchers and staff members of Dahlem Research School evaluates the anonymized proposals and selects the award winners. The award includes a grant dedicated to the ongoing support of doctoral researchers. The distinct feature of this award is that it is based on nominations from the doctoral researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In interviews with the award winners we want to find out what qualifies them for the award, what they do differently, and if they have a secret recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about new episodes as they come out &#8211; sign up for our newsletter <a 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\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EPISODES<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2023\/11\/30\/s03-episode-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 1<\/a><\/strong>: Prof. Dr. Kevin Pagel, professor for Bio-Organic Chemistry at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (Supervisor Awards 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2024\/06\/06\/s03-episode-3-factors-for-success-in-supervising-doctoral-candidates-an-interview-with-professor-lammert\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 2<\/a><\/strong>: Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert, professor for Political Science with a focus on North American Political Systems at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (Supervisor Awards 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2024\/04\/29\/s03-episode-2-the-most-important-factor-is-not-to-lose-the-passion-and-enthusiasm-for-the-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 3<\/a><\/strong>: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Reiher, professor for Japanese Studies at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and vice director of FUB&#8217;s Graduate School of East Asian Studies (Supervisor Awards 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2025\/04\/30\/doing-a-doctorate-shouldnt-be-a-scary-and-uncertain-time-an-interview-with-prof-kretzmer\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Episode 4:<\/strong><\/a> Prof. Dr. Helene Kretzmer, professor for Computational Genomics at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (Supervisor Awards 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2025\/06\/05\/why-responsiveness-and-enthusiasm-matter-in-a-supervisory-relationship-an-interview-with-prof-dr-harald-wenzel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 5:<\/a> <\/strong>Prof. Dr. Harald Wenzel, professor for Sociology at the John F. Kennedy Institute of Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (Supervisor Awards 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2026\/03\/26\/you-need-to-fall-in-love-with-your-topic-at-the-beginning-an-interview-with-professor-hartmann\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Episode 6:<\/strong><\/a> Prof. Dr. Felix Hartmann, professor for Labor and Civil Law at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (Supervisor Awards 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/2026\/06\/10\/how-much-freedom-do-doctoral-researchers-need-an-interview-with-prof-dr-daniel-schubert-on-good-supervision\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Episode 7:<\/strong><\/a> Prof. Dr. Daniel Schubert, professor for Epigenetics of Plants at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (Supervisor Awards 2025)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good supervisory relationship is crucial to the success of the doctorate. Dahlem Research School (DRS) is committed to supporting doctoral researchers in shaping their supervisory relationship. You can find the various offers on the website. Each year DRS presents the Award for Excellent Supervision to two professors at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin in recognition of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/season-four-supervisor\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201eSeason Four: Good Supervision\u201c<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6863,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-539","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539","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\/6863"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1795,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions\/1795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/drs_podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}