In the academic world, clear, concise, and well-written texts play an important role in convincing journal editors and conference organisers to accept a paper for review and publication, or to invite a researcher to present at a conference. This workshop provides PhD students with strategies to write short texts efficiently and effectively. It enables participants to organise ideas and structure texts effectively, to present their own and other researchers‘ findings and opinions appropriately, and to use correct terminology and vocabulary.

During the workshop, participants work with their own texts as well as with examples from their own disciplines that they bring along and consider to be particularly well written. They discuss features of good scientific papers and are equipped to use adequate language in different genres and for different audiences. In addition, they receive peer feedback on their own drafts. All exercises empower them to produce clearer, and more correct, concise, and reader-oriented papers.

The two-day workshop covers the following topics:
• taking inventory: participants‘ strengths and challenges in writing scientific papers in English
• a brief introduction to research and writing processes
• using text analysis to become a better writer
• reporting findings, ideas, and opinions professionally and adequately
• making yourself understood: principles of clear and concise writing
• structuring ideas, organising texts: transitions, connectives, & co.
• working effectively with co-authors and constructive text feedback
• useful online and offline resources

(After the workshop, participants have the opportunity to sign up for an individual writing coaching, or text feedback session. In this session, they can ask for individual feedback on an extract of their written work, or get deeper into issues from the workshop in a one-on-one setting.)

- Welcome Meeting & Joint Discussion: An introductory session with all three lecturers to discuss goals, and to discuss interconnections between the course topics.
- Main lectures: Analytical Aspects of Nonlocal operators, Energy-Driven Pattern Formation in Nonlocal systems, Modern Variational Methods in Continuum Mechanics of Solids
- Exercise Sessions: Afternoon sessions dedicated to problem sets with lecturer guidance.
- Concluding discussion: Can used for feedback and to share achieved goals and define further questions.

All lectures are scheduled in 90-minute blocks and include a 20-minute break at the end.

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This workshop provides you with basic strategies and tools for an effective and efficient time and project-management. You will get specific ideas for improving your own approach towards organizing yourself and your work. The motto of the workshop is: Becoming a better, smarter, more focused time-manager is an evolution not a revolution. You already have a lot of the ideas and skills that you need. This workshop helps you to understand them in a deeper way and to commit yourself to really using them.

Contents in brief:
Successful project management (milestone plans vs. iterative incremental approach), basic strategies and tools for an efficient time and self-management (i.e. Pomodoro Technique, phases of productivity, implementation intentions), setting priorities, pragmatism and productivity).

Methods:
Input and discussion, individual and group work, coaching techniques.