The Elusive Art of Ph.D.’ing – A NextGATe Initiative

Environmental History Today Webinar Series 2021

The ESEH NEXTGATe team is launching a new series of events addressing some of the unarticulated, ubiquitous, covert aspects of being a PhD and early career academic. “The Elusive Art of Ph.D.’ing” (TEAP) will reveal the many secrets of academic life and bring the hidden curriculum out in the open. 

As a scheduled two-parter, this first event, “What is Supervision?” will tackle some of the professional and personal questions and considerations surrounding supervision. We are honored to be joined by Finn Arne Jørgensen, Professor in Environmental History and Co-director of the Greenhouse—an Environmental Humanities center at the University of Stavanger, who has extensive experience in supervision.  We will also get perspectives on being supervised by Lena Schlegel PhD candidate at the Rachel Carson Center in Munich. Together, we will explore perspectives from both sides of the table taking up themes like strategies, techniques, and skills, structuring the process, institutional considerations, as well as the peril of mental health issues related to work, such as burnouts or stress. 

We hope that it will be an inspiring and thought-provoking session including opportunities to share experiences. As such, there will be plenty of time to ask questions, share reflections, and discuss what makes a good PhD process.

Everybody is invited, experienced supervisors, inexperienced supervisors, people considering a PhD, those doing a PhD, and those already having a PhD. The event will take place online on Thursday, November 7th, from 15 to 16 CET

You can find the link here: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/64274447710?pwd=QT5fKgaa9SCY5uUNlitWShRLjDQjab.1