Gießener Graduiertenzentrum Naturwissenschaften und Psychologie (GGN)

The aim of this workshop is to help you communicate clearly and to strengthen your ability to address and resolve conflicts constructively, particularly within an international academic work environment, but also in private interactions. You will be introduced to communication models and explore what it takes to foster a positive communication culture within teams. The workshop will also support you in staying capable of action in challenging situations, in communicating with clarity and purpose, and will show you how to approach difficult conversations.

Goals of the workshop
• Introduction to key models and concepts of communication
• Different communication types within teams
• Giving and receiving positive and constructive feedback
• Identifying reasons for misunderstandings and strategies for clarification
• Theory of conflict and conflict behavior
• Addressing critical topics constructively to prevent or resolve conflicts

Your trainer:
The workshop is led by Dr. Martina Kolb. Martina holds a PhD in biology and works as a mediator and coach for teams in biotech and science. She helps people to communicate with clarity and empathy, resolve conflicts constructively, and supports teams in building ways of working that are not only effective, but also fun. You can find more information about her on her website or on LinkedIn.

Open Science has become increasingly important across many scientific disciplines. In some academic appointment procedures, a strong orientation toward Open Science is now even considered a desirable qualification for professorships. But what exactly does Open Science mean, and what are its core principles? What are questionable research practices, and how can preregistration help to document transparent and methodologically sound research?

These questions will be addressed during the first session of this two-part workshop. The second session focuses on different forms and structures of preregistration as well as a hands-on preregistration exercise using the Open Science Framework (OSF). Finally, participants will discuss the opportunities and limitations of preregistration. This workshop is intended for students and researchers from all disciplines who would like to learn more about Open Science and establish preregistration as a natural part of their research process.

The Instructor:

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gisch is Professor of Nutritional Psychology at JLU Giessen. She works in a research field in which transparent, traceable, and reproducible research is becoming increasingly important. Through her academic experience, she is highly familiar with the challenges of modern research practice, including issues related to bias, reproducibility, and methodological quality.