Prepare for the Doctoral Defense

Graduate Academy, Mommsenstraße 7, seminar room 02 (ground floor)

This workshop for last-year PhD students, offers a comprehensive preparation for the doctoral defense or doctoral viva voce. The workshop will guide you through your last steps 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 condense or select your research, pinpoint the research gap and deliver your innovative results in an appealing manner. How can you design an interesting and fascinating research narrative? You might also be required to expand your focus on a variety of subject matters or even other fields, depending on your PhD regulations.

This seminar addresses all issues pertaining the doctoral defense, how to efficiently prepare your presentation, how to competently work with killer questions, what questions to anticipate, and how to deal with stress. The workshop gives three PhD candidates the opportunity to prepare a mock exam (approx. 20 minutes presentations, you need to send in a two page abstract (1000 words) in advance).

REGISTRATION

With your registration you are required to accept the terms and conditions for participation.