Tuesday July 1, 2025
10:30 - 12:00 (CET)
Online event
Registration deadline: Tuesday June 24, 2025 by 5pm (CET)
Workshop description
This interactive workshop provides a safe and welcoming space for PhD candidates to connect, share, and reflect on their experiences. Centered on the theme of joy in academia, the workshop encourages participants to examine the factors that influence their happiness and overall well-being throughout the doctoral journey.
We focus on three topics that can significantly impact ones’ positive experiences within the PhD journey:
- Work-life balance, and the importance of recognizing the importance of maintaining a healthy equilibrium between professional responsibilities and personal well-being.
- Milestones and achievements, from the first read academic article, to the first presentation, all the way up to defending the final dissertation.
- Relationship with colleagues and supervisor(s), and how to foster positive interpersonal relationships.
For some, these themes will already feel positive, bringing them happiness, while for others these might resonate with difficult experiences and obstacles. Divided in smaller groups, participants will share their perspectives, discuss eventual challenges, and brainstorm on how these potential obstacles can be overcome to ultimately achieve joy. This collaborative process aims to draw the focus to the positive aspects of pursuing a PhD and to reflect on how obstacles can be turned around in something positive.
Join the online workshop by registering through the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1U7kR0KQcCNrwvWLxfSjKvLjdye9Qn1cSWbhCx4Un-0g/viewform?edit_requested=true