605.300 (21S) From designing to publishing successfully your PhD research

Sommersemester 2021

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First course session
07.06.2021 08:30 - 13:00 Online Off Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

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Lecturer
Course title german From designing to publishing successfully your PhD research
Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
Course model Online course
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 8 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 07.06.2021
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Time and place

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

This course aims to structure the scientific process of PhD students from the development of a research question to publication, including research work, presentation and writing. It also addresses the issue of preparing a research proposal for funding purposes, and the insertion of the researcher into a scientific community. The course alternates more masterful lectures with discussions and practice exercises. The course is expected to be very much an interactive exchange with the participants.

Having followed this course, students will have improved their capacity in:

  • Designing research;
  • Writing scientifically;
  • Publishing in international peer-reviewed journals.

They will be offered to acquire important knowledge about:

  • Opportunity cost in research activity;
  • Targeting;
  • Professional and scientific medias;
  • Reviewing processes.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Lectures; debates; application exercises.

Course content

Scientific research: Designing; Researching and reporting; Reporting versus writing; Writing; Editing; Networking; Presenting; Publishing; Making the most of the review process; Writing a research proposal for funding.

Prior knowledge expected

Having completed, or be about to have completed, successfully a university master degree.

Literature

  • Slideshows will be made available on the Moodle website developed for this course one week before the course starts.
  • A reading list for students wishing to deepen one topic or another will also be provided.

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Application-based.

Examination topic(s)

The exam topics will be specified during the course in accordance with its content (see above).

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Written mode.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Thematic Doctoral Programme Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development (SKZ: ---, Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development (Compulsory subject)
      • Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development ( 0.0h XX / 0.0 ECTS)
        • 605.300 From designing to publishing successfully your PhD research (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Doctoral programme Doctoral programme in Social and Economic Sciences (SKZ: 300, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums (Compulsory subject)
      • Studienleistungen gem. § 3 Abs. 2a des Curriculums ( 0.0h XX / 80.0 ECTS)
        • 605.300 From designing to publishing successfully your PhD research (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

This course is not assigned to a sequence of equivalent courses