Thesis in team?
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Writing a collaborative thesis
Are you writing your thesis with a duo or small group?
This can be both rewarding and challenging.
Opportunities:
- Learning from and with each other
- Integrating different approaches and diverse perspectives
- Encouraging critical questions
Challenges:
- Fair task distribution
- Bringing different perspectives together
- Aligning schedules
Group thesis: collaboration strategies for success
✓ Make clear agreements
- What do you expect from the collaboration?
- What do you expect from each other?
- How will the tasks be divided?
- What are the tasks of each group member?
- How will you contact each other?
- How, when, and how often will you meet?
- What are your deadlines?
- ...
- Create a detailed schedule
If you are working with multiple students, planning is essential.
Make a schedule together and set deadlines.
- Check the 'Planning and time investment' section for more information on how to make a schedule.
- Establish a shared understanding
Each group member has their assumptions and expectations about the thesis.
Discuss and align on goals, expectations, and interpretations of the thesis requirements.
Develop a shared vision to keep everyone focused and motivated.
- Shared understanding visually represented (infographic)
- Divide tasks
Maximise the efficiency by leveraging the strengths of each group member
- Identify which tasks can be done individually or require collaboration
- Divide the tasks into subtasks
- What are you good at? Assign the tasks based on individual skills and strengths
- Ensure fairness in workload
- Check also our e-module on group work for tips if you're collaborating with others (website)
- Find here some extra tips about group writing (website)