During your time as a doctoral researchers you may encounter various difficult situations and conflicts. The DRS-Team offers information and advice, for an appointment please contact us at beratung@drs.fu-berlin.de.

Supervisory relationships in crisis, personal disputes, accusations of data manipulation or plagiarism, authorship or data use conflicts - these are all examples of situations in science and research in which mediation may be necessary. As a first point of contact, Freie Universität Berlin has established a Coordination Office for Research Integrity.

DRS offers doctoral candidates the opportunity for a first professional conflict coaching session at reduced cost (30,-€ contribution toward expenses). Priority is given to members of DRS doctoral programs. To make use of this service, please send a request to beratung@drs.fu-berlin.de with the subject "conflict coaching" and briefly outline the kind of conflict (supervision, publication, teaching, or the like) you are experiencing. The DRS will then connect you with our professional conflict coach.