Basic Module

Management Skills for Research and University

Traget group: Postdoctoral researchers
Language: English
Duration of the program: 3 month

Program overview

The Basic Module “Management Skills for Research and University” equips postdocs and junior professors with fundamental and science-relevant methods and instruments of management. It includes four topics (workshops) in which participants strengthen their leadership, communication and project management skills. In addition, the topic funding is included as its own workshop. The program’s main idea is to go beyond general management principles by considering the nature of academic research, comprehensively bridging the gap between management skills on the one hand and research projects on the other hand.

Program goals

• Learning the basics of efficient projectmanagement
• Training how successfully raise third-party funding
• Strengthen communication and conflict resolution skills
• Strengthen leadership and team skills