📌 Key facts
What if you had a bespoke personal coach in your pocket—one that understands your challenges, offers tailored guidance, and helps you navigate the most critical transitions of your life?
This is exactly what we aim to achieve with the Personal Parental Transition Agent. Our vision is to combine AI-powered coaching with practical tools to empower parents to thrive at work and home. By integrating evidence-based coaching principles with practical tools like planning aids and financial calculators, the agent provides both strategic guidance and actionable support.
By joining this project, you’ll be at the forefront of creating a solution that supports individuals and drives systemic change in how organizations support working parents.
📅 Timeline: Project to commence asap 🤔 How: Interested participants should email their CV, grade report and a brief motivation statement 👩🏫 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Isabell Welpe
- 📌 Key facts
- 💡 Background
- 🦾Who We Are
- 🎯 Your challenge
- 🎓 Project Team Profile
- 📄 Deliverables
- 📚 Why Join This Project?
- 📋 Additional Information
- 📝 How to Apply
- 📬 Contact
💡 Background
In today’s fast-paced workplaces, balancing family and work remains a critical challenge. Parents face organizational, emotional, and logistical hurdles that can hinder their professional growth and personal well-being.
The Personal Parental Transition Agent aims to revolutionize how parents navigate this phase by providing a personal, digital coaching solution. Rooted in 2TOP’s expertise in coaching and diversity, the agent combines AI-powered personalization with proven coaching methodologies to empower parents and support organizations in retaining and developing talent. This project is designed to extend the reach and impact of 2TOP’s successful Parental Transition Program (for more details on the program, please follow this LINK).
🦾Who We Are
2TOP is a Germany-based organization dedicated to advancing gender diversity, equity, and inclusion. Known for empowering women into leadership roles, we specialize in coaching, training, and consulting to drive systemic change.
Our Parental Transition Program has already demonstrated its value in supporting parents during critical career phases. The Personal Parental Transition Agent seeks to amplify this impact by
combining human-centered coaching with the scalability of AI.
We envision a future where AI complements our expertise to offer tailored guidance, foster resilience, and enable balanced decision-making for parents globally.
🎯 Your challenge
We invite students to join us in developing the Personal Parental Transition Agent, a project that blends coaching and cutting-edge technology. Your mission will include:
- AI Development: Design and implement AI algorithms to deliver personalized coaching prompts, insights, and progress tracking. This may involve leveraging natural language processing or machine learning techniques.
- User-Centric Design: Develop user-friendly interfaces that enhance interaction and engagement, ensuring the agent is intuitive and accessible.
- Integration of Tools: Combine coaching methodologies with practical tools such as planning aids and financial simulators.
- Data Privacy and Compliance: Ensure compliance with GDPR and other data privacy standards, building trust and transparency into the system.
- User Research: Conduct interviews or surveys with target users to refine features and functionality based on real-world needs.
🎓 Project Team Profile
We are seeking a diverse team of 2-3 students who bring complementary expertise and perspectives. Ideally, the team will include:
- Strategy and Organization students with an interest in leadership dynamics and user- centric design.
- IT/AI students skilled in natural language processing, machine learning, and data integration.
- Students with an interest in employee development and coaching methodologies.
What’s essential is a balance of strategic thinking, technical know-how, and an understanding of coaching principles. Since 2TOP provides the coaching framework and expertise, we rely on the team’s technical skills and ability to build a functional prototype while thinking critically about its strategic implementation. Ideal candidates should:
- Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Have a proactive and collaborative mindset.
- Be enthusiastic about using AI to drive social impact.
- Possess strong ethical values, ensuring the development of responsible, transparent, and inclusive solutions.
📄 Deliverables
- Prototype Development: A functional demo showcasing coaching-first features such as goal setting, reflection tools, and progress tracking, complemented by planning aids.
- Research Report: Detailed documentation of user research, methodology, and feature
- Implementation Plan: A strategic roadmap for integrating the agent into organizations while ensuring scalability and user
- Presentation: A 20-minute summary of project outcomes, highlighting innovations and
📚 Why Join This Project?
Gain hands-on experience in applying AI to real-world challenges. Work with cutting-edge technologies, applied in a meaningful, impactful way. Collaborate with 2TOP’s experts in coaching, diversity, and leadership development. Conduct user research and learn how to integrate AI tools into user-centric applications. Potential for further collaboration with 2TOP.
📋 Additional Information
This project will include mentorship from 2TOP’s team, access to relevant datasets, and feedback sessions with real users (e.g., parents or HR professionals). You’ll also have the flexibility to adapt your role within the project based on your strengths and interests, ensuring a tailored learning experience.
We look forward to hearing from you!
📝 How to Apply
If you are interested, please contact Elke Benning-Rohnke and Prof. Dr. Isabell Welpe by submitting your CV, grade report and a brief motivation statement.
We're greatly looking forward to hearing more about you!
📬 Contact
Dr. Christine Vitzthum (2Top)
👉 christine.vitzthum@2top.network
Isabell Welpe (Chair for Strategy and Organisation)