Prepare for the Doctoral Defense

This is a workshop for last-year doctoral candidates, offering a comprehensive preparation for the defense or doctoral viva voce, your last step towards finishing your doctorate, besides the mandatory publication. After years of specializing in your dissertation‘s subject, methods, and theoretical framework, of focusing on the written word, you are required to actually speak up and deliver your condensed or selected research findings and deliver them in a nutshell, or to expand your focus on a variety of subject matters or even other fields, depending on your PhD regulations.
After discussing the general aim of doctoral defense, the main focus will be on efficient preparation of the defense, time and self-management in the preliminary preparation stage and dealing with exam anxiety and „stage fright“ as well as with killer questions etc. One or two students will have the chance to simulate the doctoral defense to gain some practical experiences. Didactic elements are: group work and plenary discussions, trainer input, role play.

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