The most important principle to keep in mind while writing your dissertation conclusion is reflection. To illustrate: If readers were to go over nothing in your work except your conclusion, what message(s) would you want to leave them with? What would your ‘take-home’ message be to your audience? What idea, question, call-to-action, etc., would you want them to have as they finish reading your work and walk away? These are what you must constantly ask yourself while you are writing your dissertation conclusions. Usually, you should start writing your conclusion by first taking notes, and you should do this while proofreading the initial draft of your work. In general, you should use the following approach: Use an approach where you would 1) proofread, 2) take notes, and 3) summarize every single chapter of your work. This will pave the way and give you the structure you need for your dissertation conclusion. After you do this, simply copy & paste these mini chapter summaries and combine them into your conclusion. Now you have the ‘raw material’ and with this, you can start to modify and weave together the main ideas of your general summary. After that, simply add the sections on practical implications, contributions, and future work/research. As a final step, re-read the draft of your conclusion and ask yourself, “Does my conclusion really grasp the essence of my work?”