TOGETHER.
FOCUSED.
PRODUCTIVE.
Remote coworking – doctoral thesis on schedule!
Remote coworking for PhD students
Joy and progress are infectious when working together!
All other members are working fully concentrated – so you’ll be naturally focused!
Through fixed appointments and goal setting, coworking makes you more productive!
Use this flow for your doctoral thesis and stay on schedule!
Coworking offers
Remote Coworking
- Coworking without time limit together with other members.
- Joint start of the week: Every Monday morning, 08.00 to 08.30 h, moderated by Professor F. Rosenberger. Here, you meet all members an set your weekly goals.
- Monthly reflection: Every last Friday afternoon of the month, 16.00 to 17.30 h, moderated by Professor F. Rosenberger. Here, you reflect on your goals and way of working (e.g. what is good for you and what is not). For unloved or postponed tasks, you can find “frog session” partners, or you can decide for coworking with coaching.
- Membership for 1, 3 or 6 months.
- Our offer is new!
The first 50 interested students get a 3-month coworking membership for free!
Remote coworking with coaching 2 days
- 2 days (9 hours) in compact form: Friday 19.00-22.00 h, Saturday 10.00-13.00 h and 14.00-17.00 h
- Coaching: You have a moderator at your disposal who is an experienced scientist herself, has worked as a supervisor and reviewer of doctorates at several universities and now works as a professor. She supports you and has a big heart for your questions!
- Ideal for making particularly good progress, completing difficult, unloved or postponed tasks (“frog sessions”) or getting back on track after a break.
- Procedure and upcoming dates: Find out more here.
How it works
Enjoy your coworking and make a good progress with your dissertation!
Your CoPro team
Why coworking works
The following scientific findings can help you to write your thesis easier and more successful:
Precommitment
When using our coworking offers, you can plan your working hours and fix appointments in our CoPro calendar. Therewith, you make a specific and concrete commitment to yourself and other CoPro members. Through this precommitment, you avoid procrastination (postponing upcoming tasks through other activities) and reliably dedicate yourself to your doctoral thesis (Branch et al. 2016, Ariely & Wertenbroch 2002).
Secific definition of tasks
By setting concrete goals for each single coworking session and sharing them with the other CoPro members, you will be working more productive. Your goals should be named specifically, concretely and realistically. Numerous studies on setting goals and objectives demonstrade that spedific and goals have positive effects on productivity (Kurth-Nelson & Redish 2012, Branch et al. 2016, Ariely & Wertenbroch 2002).
Hack your brain – reduce the pain
- Dopamine gives you satisfaction. In coworking, you make use of dopamine by dividing the productivity process into smaller goals, each of which stimulates the release of dopamine.
- Serotonin praises you for your work. Coworking stimulates serotonin by helping you to perceive your performance more easily and more often – after each completed coworking session you appreciate yourself and members appreciate each other for the work they have done.
- Oxytocin creates connection and trust. Coworking gives you a real connection with other CoPro members. When working in silence, side by side, there is a deeper connection than most people feel with their fellow students or with their colleagues at work.
The flow effect
Flow is an exhilarating state of complete concentration and total absorption in an activity. It improves performance and arises in the area between anxiety or excessive demands and boredom (Csíkszentmihályi, 2000). In coworking, the community offers you security and challenges you at the same time, whis is why the flow channel is much easier to achieve.
Modified according to Nakamura & Csikszentmihályi 2002
References
Ariely D & Wertenbroch K. Procrastination, deadlines, and performance: Self-control by precommitment. Psychological Science 13(3):219-224, 2002
Branch RM, Hao Q, Jensen L. The effect of precommitment on student achievement within a technology-rich project-based learning environment”. TechTrends 60(8):442–448, 2016.
Csíkszentmihályi M. Das Flow-Erlebnis. Jenseits von Angst und Langeweile im Tun aufgehen. 8. Auflage. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2000.
Nakamura J & Csíkszentmihályi M. The concept of flow. In: Snyder CR & Lopez SJ (Eds.). Handbook of positive psychology (pp. 89–105). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.