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Academic Tools - Winter 2026/2027

These courses focus on professional skills in the areas of academic methods as well as writing and literature research. They also support junior researchers in improving of their presentation skills.

           
        Target Group  
Title   Date Time/Duration E
A
R2 
R3 
NL HS   Offered by
METHODS
Foundations of Statistics   Dec 1-2 09:00-13:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Scientific Visualization with the ggplot Package in R   Feb 9 09:00-13:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Strukturgleichungsmodelle: Einführung in die Modellierung
latenter Variablen in R		   Nov 23 09:00-17:00  ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Strukturgleichungsmodelle: Längsschnittmodellierung und
weitere komplexere Modellierung latenter Variablen in R		   Dec 14 09:00-17:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Real Analysis and Multivariable Calculus   Sep 9-11
Sep 14-15		 09:00-13:30  ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦   GR/GC
Linear Algebra, Difference Equation Systems and Introduction to
MATLAB		   Sep 16-18
Sep 21		 09:00-13:30 ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦   GR/GC
Static and Intertemporal Optimization   Sep 22-25
Sep 28		 09:00-13:30 ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦   GR/GC
Statistics and Stochastic Processes with MATLAB   Sep 29-Oct 2 09:00-13:30 ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦   GR/GC
Linear Regression and Introduction with STATA   Oct 5-8 09:00-13:30 ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦  ♦   GR/GC
Datenanalyse mit SPSS – Eine Einführung   Nov 17-20 09:00-13.00 ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦  ♦   ♦    GR
Das gute, alte maschinelle Lernen   Feb 10-11 09:00-16:00 ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦   GR
Einführung in die biographische Fallrekonstruktion   entfällt   ♦ ♦ ♦   ♦  ◊  ♦   GR
Introduction to Data Science with Python for Beginners   Dec 4 09:00-17:00 ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦ ♦  ♦   GR
Qualitative Methoden als „Methode der Wahl“   Feb 4-5 10:00-16:00 ♦  ♦  ◊ ◊ ♦  ♦   GR
Qualitative Interviews - Theory and Practice  

Feb 8-9

 10:00-16:00 ♦ ♦ ♦  ◊ ♦  ♦    GR
Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse   Feb 11 09:00-16:30 ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦   ♦    GR
Wissenschaftliche Online-Datenerhebungen mit SoSci Survey   Oct 12-
Nov 9		 see
description		 ♦  ♦  ◊ ◊ ♦  ♦    SD
Data Analysis with AI -
From First Line of Code to Meaningful Visualization		   Oct 19-21 09:30-13:00 ♦   ♦  ♦  ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Informationsveranstaltung:
KI transformiert qualitative Forschung?!		   Jan 15

09:00-11:30

  ♦   ♦  ♦ ♦ ◊  ♦    GR
KI-gestützte qualitative Analyse: Methoden und Praxis   Jan 28-29  09:00-11:30 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Prompt Engineering: Working with AI   Nov 9-10  09:00-17:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
AI in Research: Ethical Considerations, Use Cases,
and Practical Implementations		   Feb 12  09:00-17:00 ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦  ♦ ♦   GR
AI and Academia:
Exploring the Opportunities and Obstacles of Chat GPT – EL		     approx. 1,5 h ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦  ♦ ♦   GR/TS
Datenschutz in Wissenschaft und Forschung.
Die Grundlagen guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis		   Feb 2  10:00-17:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Informationsveranstaltung:
Bild- und Urheberrecht in der wissenschaftlichen Praxis		   Nov 5  16:00-18:00 ♦  ♦   ♦  ♦ ♦  ♦    GR
Good Research Practice during Doctoral Studies – EL   Apr 14-Jul 14 14:00-15:30 ♦  ♦  ◊ ◊ ♦  ♦    GR 
Good Scientific Practice: Introduction and General Principles – EL     approx. 1 h ♦  ♦  ◊ ◊ ♦  ♦    GR /TS
Forms of Plagiarism and How to Avoid Them – EL     approx. 1,5 h ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦    GR /TS 
Hypotheses and How to Formulate Them – EL     approx. 2 h ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR /TS
The DiLER Project - Digital Literacy for Empirical Research     approx. 1 h ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR /TS
Creating Interactive Content with Jupyter Books   Feb 15 13:00-18:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Doing Gender Studies in Challenging Times
GRADE Center Gender Meeting for Knowledge-Sharing		   Dec 14 16:00-18:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦   GR/GC
Narratives of Solidarity and Abandonment:
Afghan Women and Transnational Resistance		   Nov 12 14:00-16:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦   GR/GC
Harms of Care: Studying the Elusiveness of Systemic Violence   Jan 28-29 10:00-15:30 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR/GC
Fortlaufende Angebote im Rahmen der Digital Humanities       ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦   UB
Fortlaufende Angebote im Bereich Forschungsdatenmanagement       ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   UB
Fortlaufende eLearning-Workshopreihe von studiumdigitale       ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   SD
WRITING AND LITERATURE RESEARCH
Title   Date Time/Duration E A R2 R3 NL HS   Offered by
Exposé-Schreiben für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftler*innen – PRE   Jan 13-14
Feb 10-11		 see
description		 ♦  ◊  ◊  ◊  ◊  ♦    GR
From a Chaos of Ideas to an Outstanding Thesis –
An Online Writing Workshop		   Feb 1-3 09:00-13:15 ◊ ♦  ◊ ◊ ♦  ♦   GR
Eine interdisziplinär-historische Dissertation schreiben   Feb 3-4 14:00-17:00 ♦  ♦   ◊   ◊  ◊ ♦   GR
Wissenschaftlich schreiben: Effizient arbeiten, klar argumentieren   Nov 9-10  09:00-15:30 ♦  ♦  ◊  ♦ ◊   ♦    GR
KI-gestütztes Schreiben   Jan 23 10:00-17:00  ♦   ♦  ♦   ♦   ♦   ♦    GR
Einführung in die Methode des Literaturreviews   Jan 22 09:00-14:00 ♦  ♦  ◊ ◊  ♦   ♦    GR
AI in the Literature Review – EL     approx. 1,5 h ♦  ♦  ♦ ♦ ♦   ♦    GR/TS
Botschaften aus den Daten bergen. Schreiben als Analysewerkzeug
in der qualitativen Forschung - Praxiswerkstatt		   Nov 19-20 09:00-12:30 ♦  ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦   ♦    GR
Finding my 'Voice' - From Other Peoples' Ideas to My Own Text   Jan 20-21 09:30-12:30 ♦  ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦  ♦    GR
Academic Paper Writing: Producing a First Draft of Your Paper   Nov 2-3 09:00-17:00 ♦   ♦   ◊  ◊ ♦   ◊   GR
Writing and Publishing Journal Articles
in the Humanities and Social Sciences		  

Nov 25-26

 09:30-15:00  ♦   ♦   ♦   ◊   ◊  ♦    GR
Scientific Writing – EL     approx. 1 h  ♦   ♦  ♦  ♦ ♦  ◊    GR/TS
Writing a Review Paper   Jan 21 see description ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦ ♦   GR
Scientific Paper Writing: Special Focus on Life and Medical Sciences   Oct 27 09:00-17:00   ♦  ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦  ◊   GR
Scientific Paper Writing:
Special Focus on Philosophy and Social Sciences		   Jan 27 09:00-12:00  ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ◊ ♦   GR
Should I Publish Negative Results, or Does This Ruin My Career?   Feb 10 10:00-14:00  ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ◊ ♦   GR
How to Overcome Your Fear of Failure – EL     approx. 20 min. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦ ♦   GR/TS
Publizieren der Dissertation und wissenschaftlicher Tagungsbeiträge   Jan 18 10:00-16:00 ◊ ♦ ♦ ◊ ◊ ♦   GR
Redigieren mit System: Wie man wissenschaftliche Texte
professionell und zielgerichtet optimiert		   Jan 14 09:00-13:30 ◊ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
SpeedReading - Session am Mittag   Nov 3-24  see description ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
SpeedReading - Session am Abend   Nov 3-24  see description ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Individuelle Schreibberatung im Schreibzentrum       ♦  ♦  ♦  ◊  ♦  ♦     SZ
PRESENTATION
Title   Date Time/Duration E A R2  R3  NL HS   Offered by
Selbstpräsentation - Sich gekonnt selbst auf den Punkt bringen mit
Unterstützung von Künstlicher Intelligenz		   Oct 27-28 09:00-15:00  ♦   ♦  ♦  ♦   ♦   ♦    GR 
Presentation Skills - How to Give Great Scientific Presentations – EL     approx. 2 h ♦  ♦  ♦  ◊ ♦  ♦    GR/TS
Mit klarer Stimme - Online Stimmtraining im Einzelsetting   Dec 8-9 09:00-13:30 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Speaking with Confidence and Impact   Dec 10-11 09:00-16:00  ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦    GR
The Q & A Session: Getting Prepared for the Audience Discussion   Feb 15 09:00-17:00 ♦  ♦  ◊ ◊ ♦  ♦    GR
Poster-Power: Auf Konferenzen beeindrucken   Dec 16 see description ♦  ♦  ◊ ◊ ♦  ♦    GR
Perfecting your Figures with Free Software   Jan 29
Feb 12 		 10:00-12:00
09:00-13:00		 ♦ ♦ ♦  ♦  ♦ ♦   GR
Visual Thinking for Researchers   Nov 16 09:00-17:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ◊   GR
AI and Visuals in Science – EL     approx. 1,5 h ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR/TS
Science Communication with AI   Jan 25 09:00-17:00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR
Communicating my Research: Basics of Science Communication – EL     approx. 1 h ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR/TS
Science Communication - Social Media for Scientists – EL     approx. 1 h ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR/TS
Start your Social Media Presence today – EL     approx. 15 min ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR/TS
Creating a Social Media Presence:
Strategies for Digital Science Communication – EL		     approx. 1 h ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦   GR/TS

F* = Women* only
EL = eLearning

Level of scientific research
E
A
R2
R3

Elementary courses for beginner doctoral candidates (1st/2nd year)
Training for Advanced doctoral candidates
Training for Postdocs
Training for Senior Postdocs
Area of scientific research

NL
HS

Natural and Life sciences
Humanities and Social sciences
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