In the Scientific Writing workshop, you will learn effective tools and techniques to write your thesis, convincing grant proposals and compelling peer-reviewed papers.
You will learn about general laws of scientific communication and their application to all forms of dissemination. We will further discuss key factors that make a publication impactful: You will train creating appealing titles as well as structuring your text into engaging stories. We will use these stories to structure our drafts and create convincing building blocks of scientific writing — from chapters and sections to paragraphs and sentences.
Blank page anxiety is a common problem when starting a draft. You will learn strategies to overcome this blank page anxiety. We will practice this in an agile group exercise for research proposal abstract writing. As a group, we will gather easy-to-apply hacks for better texts. You will apply the newly acquired knowledge to your current project, such as a paper draft or thesis. We will use peer and trainer feedback to improve our projects. As a bonus, we will learn how to benefit from generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. We will also critically reflect on their implications for good scientific practice.
The specific topics and learning objectives of the workshop are:
- Learn general laws for effective scientific communication.
- Create appealing abstracts and titles.
- Get acquainted with storytelling to structure written scientific communication.
- Learn key factors of great figures and captions.
- Master techniques to overcome blank page anxiety.
- Understand how to create impactful chapters, sections, paragraphs and sentences.
- Learn how to use generative AI effectively while maintaining good scientific practice.
- Work actively on your own project, for example your paper manuscript or thesis.
This workshop is highly interactive and focuses on advancing your personal writing projects, such as your PhD thesis or a manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Please have everything ready that you need to work on your personal draft!
Time:
30.06. - 01.07.2025 from 10:15 am - 5:15 pm on both days!
Location:
Schlossplatz 4, first floor, room 107