10. Apr 2026
Mastering Time and Focus for PhDs (June 01-02, 2026 | onsite)
Starting a PhD is overwhelming. How do you break the immense work load into manageable tasks and milestones? How do you manage the available time and resources so you finish on time and stay healthy? What to do when things go wrong?
In this workshop, you learn key skills to tackle these challenges and lead their project to success.
Specific Topics
Day 1 – Time management challenges in research life
How to plan a multi-year project:
- Goal setting
- Phases of a PhD project
- SMART targets (and more)
- Backward planning
- Create your individual PhD roadmap
Manage your resources:
- Time boxing
- Prioritization
- The 60/40 rule of planning your time
- Intelligent scheduling
Tool clinic: Setting up your personal planning system
Day 2 – Resilience, Focus & Advanced Strategies
Focus & energy management:
- Ultradian rhythms
- Active breaks
- Overcoming procrastination & perfectionism
- Workflow mapping exercise: identify bottlenecks
in the PhD process
Collaboration & Boundaries:
- How to manage supervisors, co-authors, and
meetings - How to say no
Dealing with Crisis:
- Building resilience
- Reframing failure
- Pivoting strategies
Peer Consulting Clinic: Structured problem-solving in small groups
Target Audience
Doctoral Students
Terms and Application
- June 01 and 02, 2026: 9 am – 4 pm
- Format: on-site at MLU
- Location: Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, SR: 5.10 (roof level)
- Group size: maximum 12
- Workshop-Language: English
- Applications are considered in chronological order of receipt. You get information.
Registration | Waiting List
Trainer
Dr. Andrea Perino received her PhD in conservation ecology from the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (magna cum laude) in 2019. Her research is published in high-impact disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals and has been covered by a large range of broadcast media. From 2019 to 2024, she served as a Science-Policy Coordinator of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in Leipzig. Since 2021 she is certified as coach by the Coach Training Alliance (CTA). As trainer and certified coach, it is her mission to equip young scientists with skills and to empower them to create and share research to advance science and boost their individual careers.
