An excellent supervisor…
- … stimulates you to develop your own ideas
- … yet at the same time guides you and your project carefully
- … is critical when necessary, but in a fair and constructive manner, focused on improvement (not intimidation)
- … listens to you patiently, whether it is about your ideas or about your problems
- … is well-prepared and well-organized
- … is visible, approachable, and in touch with you on a regular basis
- … helps you navigate through academia in a broad sense (in conferences, in publishing, teaching, with your cv, applying for grants, in time-management etc)
- … is a good philosopher, whose remarks betray solid philosophical knowledge