During your time as a doctoral researcher, you may encounter various difficult situations and conflicts. The DRS team is here to provide information and advice. To make an appointment, please contact us at advice@drs.fu-berlin.de.
Conflict consultation requests to DRS will always be treated confidentially, and no other offices or parties involved will be informed or consulted without your consent.

As first orientation, please find information on support and services available in our DRS-Booklet "Dealing with emerging crises during your Doctorate".

Should you be in need of a confidential first aid mental health consultation please contact DRS-consultant Aleksandra Skoric at aleksandra.skoric@fu-berlin.de.

Crisis-ridden supervisory relationships, personal disputes, allegations of data manipulation or plagiarism, conflicts over authorship or data use - these are all examples of situations in science and research that may require mediation. Freie Universität Berlin has established a Coordination Office for Research Integrity as a first point of contact (link below).

The DRS also offers doctoral researchers the opportunity to receive professional conflict coaching at a reduced rate (30 €). Preference will be given to members of DRS doctoral programs. To take advantage of this service, please send a request to advice@drs.fu-berlin.de with the subject line "conflict coaching" and a brief description of the type of conflict you are experiencing (supervision, publication, teaching, etc.). DRS will then put you in touch with our professional conflict coach.