Workshops and short courses that combine academic rigour, self-awareness, and real-world application.
WORKSHOPS FOR PHD COURSES, WINTER AND SUMMER SCHOOLS
Collaboration in academia: transparent research partnerships
An interactive workshop on building transparent and sustainable research collaborations, focusing on how expectations, assumptions and academic identities shape roles, authorship and communication, using structured dialogue and emotional intelligence tools.
Learning objectives: Make roles and expectations explicit; address common conflicts over authorship and collaboration constructively.
Target audience: PhD students and early-stage researchers involved in collaborative research projects.
Duration: 2 hours (can be combined with the “interdisciplinary research” module).
Interdisciplinary research: bridging academic worlds
A practical workshop on navigating epistemological differences and communication barriers in interdisciplinary research, focusing on translating disciplinary assumptions, aligning methods and negotiating outputs and timelines constructively.
Learning Objective: Translate research assumptions across disciplines; negotiate methods, outputs and expectations effectively.
Target audience: PhD students and early-stage researchers engaging in interdisciplinary projects.
Duration: 2 hours
Leading academic collaborations
A guided workshop on leading research teams effectively, focusing on how leadership styles and communication practices shape coordination, trust and collective outcomes.
Learning Objective: Discover and shape your leadership style; Phrase your requests for constructive discussions.
Target audience: PhD students in their 3rd and 4th year, early-stage researchers.
Duration: 2 hours.
UNIVERSITY WORKSHOPS FOR BACHELOR & MASTER’S STUDENTS
Storytelling for sustainability and collective change
A hands-on, reflective workshop exploring how narrative shapes collective behaviour and moves people toward sustainable action, or away from it. From fairy tales to corporate reporting, students analyse what makes stories travel, stick, and inspire change.
Learning objectives: Understand the power of storytelling for shaping (sustainable) behaviours; evaluate how companies may use storytelling for sustainability.
Target audience: Bachelor’s and Master’s students in sustainability, business, or accounting courses seeking an interdisciplinary and reflective approach.
Duration: 1,5 hours
Research skills with responsible AI
A hands-on, interactive course that builds core academic writing and research skills, with a critical and responsible use of AI to support early-stage research projects.
Learning Objectives: Write a short research idea based on a feasible, clear and focused research question and appropriate academic sources; use AI critically in academic tasks.
Target audience: Bachelor and Master’s students with no or little prior experience in academic and applied research (adaptable based on specific needs).
Duration: Full course: 12-15 hours (4-5 working days). Fast-paced version (also suitable for 1st-year PhD students): 4 sessions of 2 hours each, or full-day intensive (8 hours).
Qualitative research methods
A hands-on workshop introducing core qualitative research methods, focusing on how interviews and thematic analysis help explore meanings, experiences and perspectives.
Learning objective: Apply the core steps of thematic analysis to qualitative interview data
Target audience: Bachelor and Master’s students with no or little prior experience in academic and applied research (adaptable based on specific needs).
Duration: 6 hours
WORKSHOPS FOR ENTREPRENEURS, FAMILY BUSINESSES & START-UPS
Self-awareness for conscious entrepreneurs
A practical workshop helping entrepreneurs explore personal values, identity and purpose, and translate them into authentic narratives for their website or social media, aligned with sustainability goals and organisational aspirations.
Learning Objective: Draft an entrepreneurial statement grounded in personal values, purpose, and impact.
Target audience: Entrepreneurs, start-ups, family businesses, and early-stage founders with an interest in sustainability.
Duration: 2 hours
Leveraging place attachment: roots, identity, and organisational narratives
An applied workshop exploring how territorial roots, family history and place attachment shape organisational identity and can be transformed into authentic narratives and distinctive competitive advantages.
Learning objective: Draft a communication piece for the website or social media connecting (family) history and territorial roots to business identity.
Target audience: Family business owners, entrepreneurs, small businesses, start-ups.
Duration: 2 hours
Navigating roles and relationships in family businesses
An interactive workshop exploring how family narratives, expectations and relationships shape decision-making, governance and collaboration, and how greater awareness can support more constructive conversations and conscious choices.
Learning objective: Identify practical insights to support clearer roles, more constructive conversations and conscious decisions.
Target audience: Family business owners and next-generation members; students involved in or considering a role in their family business.
Duration: 2 hours
What a workshop looks like in practice
Every session blends academic rigour with interactive, reflective activities that help learners connect concepts to their own experience.
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I work with a deep understanding of international students, seeing them beyond the classroom context.
In my classes, nothing is taken for granted, and emotional intelligence forms the foundation of the learning experience.
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Planning
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Customisation
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Delivery
Once the agreement is in place, I deliver the session on-site or at your preferred location.