Qualifizierungsportal der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

The last big milestone in a PhD is the oral defence of the dissertation, which brings particular challenges in communication. This workshop is aimed at doctorial candidates, who want to engage in intensive preparation for their disputation.

Based on the individual experiences of the participants, presentation techniques and defence strategies are developed in the workshop. This includes appropriately interpreting scientific study results during the course of the disputation as weil as adequately reacting to possibly critical questions in response.

Strategies for convincing argumentative as weil as rhetorical positioning during the disputation are conveyed. The PhD candidates actively implement these in the most important part of the workshop - the disputation simulations. During the one day training two to three participants will have the opportunity to simulate their thesis defence.
 
Objectives

• You will getan overview what to expect for your thesis defence.
• You know typical questions which may occur in your thesis defence.
• You getan individual feedback concerning your rhetorical performance.
• You train to show your scientific expertise in an appropriate way.
• You can implement different communicative strategies that allow you to react to difficult questions in a calm and professional way.