What is Successful Doctoral Supervision?
Workshop
- Date: Mar 5, 2026
- Time: 01:30 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Gitte Wichmann-Hansen
- Location: Online
- Room: online
- Host: IMPRS-STNS
- Contact: imprs@mpi-halle.mpg.de
The purpose is to inspire supervisors to apply a variety of strategies and tools to make supervision an enjoyable and effective process. The workshop is a kick starter for supervisors who are looking for concrete input and ideas in less time.
The workshop outlines research-based advice on how supervisors can collaborate with their doctoral candidates to ensure a highly effective supervision process. At the workshop, you will be introduced to concrete tools for:
- building positive work relationships with your candidates
- communicating effectively in ways that support research independence.
Preparation: No preparation.
Target group: Scientists supervising doctoral researchers
Group size: max. 30
About the lecturer
Dr. Gitte Wichmann-Hansen, Professor at University of Agder, Senior researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark, and owner of the consultancy “Academic Supervision”. Gitte Wichmann-Hansen is an established and publishing researcher within the field of supervision. She has 20+ years of experience with running high quality workshops for supervisors at all career stages across European Universities.