TU Berlin Center for Junior Scholars (TUB-CJS)

proMotion support

proMotion support is the supporting program to proMotion training with events for all female doctoral candidates at the TU Berlin. proMotion support offers informative lunchtalks on topics related to doctoral studies and career planning, individual coaching and offers for collegial support during the doctorate.

If not specified otherwise, the proMotion support events are held in German.

Events

Defining the research question

15 May 2024,  09:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (online)
Format: Workshop

This workshop will be held in English.

When writing a paper or thesis, PhD students often experience lack of motivation and procrastination. This may be due to several reasons, one of them being the lack of a clear aim of the study. As a clear aim combined with a precise research question facilitates manuscript planning and writing, we will focus on defining the research question or hypothesis in a precise way, with regard to content and style. You will have opportunity to work with your ongoing writing and/or research projects and will get to know strategies to efficiently start planning your manuscript.

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Overcoming writer's block

19 June 2024, 09:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (online)
Format: Workshop

This workshop will be held in English.

When writing a paper or thesis, PhD students often face several challenges such as addressing the target readership, structuring the manuscript in a logical way and writing in a precise and concise style. Such a complex writing project can be overwhelming, leading to feelings of disorientation, lack of motivation and enhanced procrastination. In this online workshop we will discuss how to overcome individual writing obstacles and how to avoid writer´s block. You will have opportunity to do writing exercises on your ongoing writing and/or research projects. Furthermore, you will be supported in optimizing your individual writing strategy.

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