Scientific Paper Writing (Group I)

Writing your dissertation is comparable to running a marathon: you need stamina and determination. To avoid feelings of being lost, alone, and disoriented, join this two-day workshop and get support for managing your writing.

During the dissertation process, you are required to write and publish at least one scientific paper. To rise up to the challenge of such a project, you will need manifold competences, profound knowledge of the genre, and a realistic picture about the expectations to meet.

In this workshop, you will become acquainted with the norms and conventions of scientific paper writing. Focusing on both process and product, you will discover the benefits of a systematic approach to writing. You will develop sensibility for overall text structures as well as for cohesive scientific argumentation typical for your respective disciplinary field.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to

• analyze and evaluate sample papers
• reflect on your own writing process
• make critical judgements on your own writing
• create a repertoire of effective self-editing tools.

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Participants are required to read the following article in advance:

Gopen, G. D. and Swan, J. A (1990). The Science of Scientific Writing. American Scientist, 78:57-63. Accessible online from: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/the-science-of-scientific-writing.

This course will be conducted online.

Technical requirements: Access to internet, laptop, camera, microphone, zoom (potentially).

Your email address will be forwarded to the trainer for organizational reasons.

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What participants say about the course:

I really liked the feedback on the writings and that we got a lot of information and hints about scientific writing. 

The trainer provided a good working and learning atmosphere.

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About the trainer:

Dr. Aniko Balazs took her doctorate in comparative sociolinguistics. She worked as an interpreter and translator for English, Russian, German and Hungarian in different fields of medicine and computer science. She taught Medical English at the Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest and subsequently switched to the University of Applied Sciences, Munich, where she has been teaching Computer English and Technical Writing for more than 16 years. As a freelancer, she offers seminars, workshops and coaching in Scientific Writing.