Mid-term Workshop
With the Mid-term Workshop for doctoral candidates in the final phase or at mid-term of their PhD, we would like to provide information on various topics and questions and talk to doctoral candidates and responsible persons from different organisational units (supervisors, doctoral committees, personnel department, library, etc.).
The content will cover various aspects of the final phase of the doctorate, the submission of the dissertation and the disputation. With this workshop, we would like to create an offer that takes up and answers questions on the following topics:

• Timetable/time management for the final phase - tips and suggestions
• Self-motivation
• Contract situation in the final phase/contract extensions; experiences and legal basis
• Important deadlines for the final phase
• Assessment/review of doctoral theses, tips for the defence
• Publication and dissemination of the dissertation

Scientific posters – vividly summarised – are the ideal form of presentation to effectively
communicate research to a conference audience, stimulate discussion and make important contacts.

To draw your audience in, you need a clear content structure, a text format optimized for
best readability and well-chosen graphics. Above all, you need to think carefully about how to organize
your research contents on the required A0-paper format.

Basic principles of graphic design and layout techniques will help you to present your research
visually perfectly organized and eye-catching. The course will equip you with both the concepts
and the practical design skills to compellingly design your own poster during the practise session.
At the end of the workshop, you receive useful feedback from group and trainer, in order to know how to further improve, optimize and finalise your poster draft.

Part 1 | 13 Juni 2024 | 09:00 – 16:00 |
Conceptual considerations | basic elements of design: typography, colour, image | key principles of graphic design | corporate design and templates | the use of grids |
practice session poster layout | feedback and analysis | tipps how to work on |

Part 2 | Online Feedback Follow-Up | 23 August 2024 | 09:00 to 16:00 |

• Poster evaluation with all participants
• Revision and finalisation of the posters, preparation for printing
• Individual corrections and counselling

Participants are asked to bring material (text, images, graphics etc.) of their current research work or recently designed posters.
Please bring your laptop equipped with PowerPoint or the application that you prefer.

Dozentin: Birgit Lukowski | Communication Designer | Berlin
designspace.suedstern-grafik.de