Outstanding Doctoral Supervision – Award Ceremony 2021

Konrektorin und Preisträger Promotionsbetreuung

On July 14th, the award for outstanding doctoral supervision was given to two university professors, Prof. Dr. Rolf Drechsler and Prof. Dr. Heiko Pleines, for their professional and encouraging support of doctoral candidates. It is worth 4000 Euros. The prize money is sponsored by Alumni der Universität Bremen e.V and awarded for the specific purpose of facilitating the success of doctoral candidates. The award honors both the demanding task of doctoral supervision and exemplary empowerment of early-career scholars. A further objective of the award is to promote a high standard of doctoral supervision as per the position paper “Qualitätssicherung der Promotion an der Universität Bremen” (‘Quality assurance in doctoral studies at the University of Bremen’) from May 2015.

Providing guidance on the doctoral path

"... I would wish any PhD student to have a supervisor like [mine], able to guide the student in the growth process, ... never blaming for eventual mistakes, but rather making them an opportunity to learn and improve."