Description
Most people procrastinate, in fact 98 % do. A certain level of procrastination is actually very healthy but sometimes we may procrastinate more than that. In this workshop, participants will better understand the reasons behind their procrastination and develop a set of effective strategies to overcome it.
We will draw on the seven main reasons why people procrastinate and the corresponding seven science-based strategies, with concrete methods, tools and the mindset to become a little better at overcoming procrastination. It is all based on a current research project called the science of action.
For example, some people may suffer from too many distractions, the feeling of overload and overwhelm when everything seems too much, while others struggle with their negative inner voices and feelings of exhaustion or isolation. All these reasons for procrastination are very natural, so let's find out what matters to us, be more at peace with ourselves and cultivate proactivity to get ourselves out of procrastination.
All the methods are science-based, coming from various domains such as design thinking, chronobiology, positive psychology, neuroscience and many more. For each of the seven key strategies we may have up to seven methods to choose from. So, by the end of the session you will have developed your own portfolio of action-taking.
Learning objectives
Form
Interactive workshop with short input sessions and time to apply the input immediately to participants' work and life. Individual and small-group break-out sessions.
Trainer
Professor Sebastian Kernbach works at the University of St.Gallen and at the African Doctoral Academy, and is Visiting Fellow at Stanford University. He heads the Visual Collaboration Lab and the Life Design Lab (www.lifedesignlab.ch), and is part of the Stanford team Creativity in Research (www.CreativityInResearch.org).
Time and place
26 November 2025, 10:00–17:00 (online)
Target group
PhD students at all levels, postdoctoral researchers;
academic staff from other universities, please contact fd@unisg.ch
(min. 6, max. 12 participants)
Language
English
Registration ends 17 November 2025