Conflict, great or small, may arise in different ways during the course of your research - usually when a need isn’t being met, or a disagreement arises during a project. Developing the way you understand and address conflict and potential conflict situations will improve your communication skills, reduce stress, and enable you to resolve issues effectively, while at the same time enhancing your working relationships.

In this workshop you will choose from a range of techniques for handling conflict in situations that are relevant and meaningful to you.

This workshop is conducted in a safe and confidential environment where various issues related to conflict can be discussed.

Learning outcomes

Engaging with this workshop will enable you to:

• Identify common scenarios, influencing factors, and resulting consequences of conflict
• Examine your motivations, approaches, and behaviours in conflict situations
• Evaluate and adapt some conflict resolution approaches and techniques to work for you
• Implement aspects of the techniques into actionable steps towards improving your communications and professional relationships

Target audience

Postgraduate researchers at all stages and from all disciplines, and ECRs from all disciplines, broadly encompassing research assistants, postdoctoral researchers and research fellows at grades 6-8.

About the facilitators

This workshop is designed and delivered by Dr Sarah Robins-Hobden, chartered psychologist.

About this theme

Thrive workshops get you thinking about communicating and disseminating your research and how it can make an impact. Visit our Thrive workshops page for more sessions.

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By: Zydrune Jasiunaite
Last updated: Thursday, 20 March 2025