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Academic Writing Workshop for PhD Students

The workshop offers doctoral candidates a structured and supportive environment to advance their academic writing projects. Under the guidance of an experienced writing coach, participants will refine their individual approaches to writing while learning practical strategies that can be applied immediately.

In the first phase, participants will assess the current status of their writing and reflect on the personal factors influencing their progress: Where am I in my writing process? What conditions allow me to write effectively and with motivation?

In the second phase, these insights will be directly applied to participants’ ongoing projects. New techniques for overcoming challenges will be introduced and practiced as needed.

By the conclusion of the workshop, each participant will have completed a section of their text and received detailed, constructive feedback to support continued development.

About the writing coach:
Dr Beate Richter is the founder of the Wissenschaftliche Schreibwerkstatt Berlin, where she has been offering a variety of writing workshops, coaching sessions and editing services to researchers and students from various disciplines since 2003. After studying physics, philosophy and literary studies, she earned her doctorate in educational science and has since taught in the fields of science theory and applied ethics. She has been working as a lecturer at the Free University of Berlin since 2016.