Workshop for doctoral candidates and postdocs
- Want to build sustainable habits that protect your wellbeing before things get hard?
- Curious how to navigate the pressures of academic research with more ease?
- Ever feel like science is easy for everyone else but you?
- Do you feel guilty every time you put down your work just a little bit?
Whether you're looking to strengthen your resilience proactively, or you're already noticing self-doubt, imposter feelings, or work-life imbalance creeping in — this workshop is made for you.
This semester's program is offered for all doctoral candidates and postdocs at the University of Regensburg and includes a three-part workshop in English.
Each of the workshop sessions contains a short introduction of the key concepts and practical exercises that you can apply to your individual experiences. You may attend individual parts, but we recommend that you attend the entire sequence.
Trainers: Alexandra Otto, Yih-Shiuan Lin, and Robin Scharnagl
Sessions in the winter semester 2026-27
Your trainers
Alexandra (Alex) Otto is a psychologist working in forensic psychiatry in Parsberg, with a focus on addiction and personality disorders. She is a former postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, a psychotherapist in training, and a former doctoral representative at WIN.
Yih-Shiuan Lin is a Taiwanese postdoctoral researcher focusing on understanding human vision through optical illusions. She is also a former doctoral representative at WIN. She has been a mental health advocate since the early stage of her academic career and now also a mental health first aider.
Robin Scharnagl is a psychology student and currently doing the master‘s program in clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the University of Regensburg. He is a working student at the chair for clinical neuropsychology and the associated outpatient clinic.
University sports programmes
Note
As a doctoral candidate or postdoc, you can choose which group you feel you belong to most. If in doubt, please ask for advice at the Sports Centre.
All courses in these two health promotion programmes are free of charge for members of the University of Regensburg. A sports card and registration are not required. Further information and contact details can be found on the linked pages.
Contact us
WIN – Centre for Graduate & Postgraduate Researchers
- E-mail address: win.info(at)verwaltung.uni-regensburg.de (opens your email program)
- Location: Sammelgebäude, 4th floor, 4.14 to 4.18
- Important information: by arrangement via email
