Academic Tools - Summer 2026

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 Offered by
Title   Date Time/Duration E
A
R2 
R3 
NL HS  
METHODS
Short Course Statistics - Theory   Apr 21
Apr 23
08:30-12:30
09:00-15:00
  GR
Short Course Statistics - R-Course   Apr 27-29 09:00-15:30   GR
Programming with R   fully booked 09:00-13:00   GR
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics   Jun 12 09:00-13:00   GR
Learning How to Code with AI-Support – A Practical Introduction for Researchers   fully booked     GR
Ein bisschen KI schadet nie?
Wie LLMs das Programmieren in R für typische Fragestellungen der
Bildungswissenschaften erleichtern
  Apr 14 09:00-17:00   GR/GC
Strukturgleichungsmodelle in den Bildungswissenschaften:
Einführung in die Modellierung latenter Variablen in R
  Apr 17 09:00-17:00   GC
Strukturgleichungsmodelle in den Bildungswissenschaften:
Längsschnittmodellierung und weitere komplexere Modellierung
latenter Variablen in R
  Jun 23 09:00-17:00   GC
MAXQDA in der Forschungspraxis - Einführung, Mixed Methods, Inhaltsanalyse und KI   May 4-7 09:00-11:30   GR
Introduction to Grounded Theory   May 21-22 10:00-16:00  ♦   ♦    GR
Qualitative Datenanalyse mit und ohne KI: Strategien, Praxis, Werkzeuge   Jun 1 09:00-15:30  ♦    GR
Einführung in die biographische Fallrekonstruktion   cancelled   ♦   ♦   ♦   GR
Image Analysis Automation with ImageJ Macro Scripting   Jun 15-16 09:00-15:00 ♦  ♦    GR
Datenrecht und KI in der wissenschaftlichen Forschung   Jun 30 10:00-15:30 ♦  ♦   ♦   GR
Research Ethics and Integrity Through the Lens of AI - Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices  

Jun 16

14:00-15:30 ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦    UB
Tools für die Anonymisierung von sensiblen Forschungsdaten -
Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices
  Jun 30 14:00-15:30  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦   ♦    UB
Feminist Forum: What about Love?– PRE   Apr 14 16:00-18:00  ♦   ♦    GR/GC
Geschlechtsidentität und Trans als Forschungskategorien:
Genealogie, Kritik, Alternativen
  May 29 14:00-18:00  ♦   ♦   GR/GC
AI in Academia: Exploring the Opportunities and Obstacles – EL    

approx. 1,5 h

 ♦   ♦  ♦   ♦    GR/TS
Good Research Practice during Doctoral Studies- EL     approx. 1 h   GR/TS
Good Scientific Practice Introduction and General Principles- EL     approx. 1,5 h   GR/TS
Forms of Plagiarism and How to Avoid Them -EL     approx. 2 h  ♦    GR/TS
Hypotheses and How to Formulate Them -EL     approx. 1 h  ♦    GR/TS
Fortlaufende Angebote im Rahmen der Digital Humanities     siehe Website   UB
Fortlaufende Angebote im Bereich Forschungsdatenmanagement     siehe Website ♦  ♦   ♦  ♦  ♦    UB
Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices   Apr 14-Jul 14 14:00-15:30 ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦    UB
Fortlaufene eLearning Workshopreihe von studiumdigitale     siehe Website  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦    SD
The DiLER Project - Digital Literacy for Empirical Research     siehe Website  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦     
WRITING AND LITERATURE RESEARCH
Title   Date Time/Duration E A R2 R3 NL HS   Offered by
Exposé-Schreiben für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftler*innen – PRE   Jun 8
Jun 23-24
10:00-17:00 ♦  ◊  ◊  ◊   ♦    GR
Writing an Exposé in Natural and Life Sciences – PRE   Jul 7 09:00-17:00 ♦   ◊    GR
Let’s Begin! Writing More Effective PhD Proposals – PRE   Jun 1-2 10:00-17:00
09:30-16:30 
♦   ◊   ◊    GR
Scientific Writing – EL     approx. 1 h ♦  ♦  ◊   ♦    GR/TS
Eine interdisziplinär-historische Dissertation schreiben   Jul 7-8 14:00-17:00  ♦   ♦   ◊   ◊   ♦    GR
Academic Reading, Study and Writing Skills in English   Apr 27-28 09:00-17:00  ♦   ♦   ♦    GR
AI in Literature Reviews:
Opportunities, Limitations, and Good Practices
  fully booked   ♦  ♦  ♦   ♦    GR
AI in the Literature Review Process – EL     approx. 1 h  ♦ ♦   ♦    GR/TS
AI-Supported Literature Search -
Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices
  Jun 9 14:00-15:30 ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦    UB
AI in the Academic Writing Process   May 27  09:00-16:00 ♦   ♦   ♦   ♦  ♦   ♦    GR
Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks  

Apr 20-Jul 20

09:00-11:00  ♦   ♦   ♦   ◊   ♦   ♦    GR
Writing Abstracts   Jul 6 09:00-12:00   ♦   ♦  ♦   ◊    GR
Argumentieren in wissenschaftlichen Texten   May 7-8 09:00-17:00 ♦  ♦    GR
Scientific Paper Writing:
Special Focus on Psychology and Social Sciences
  cancelled    ♦  ◊   ♦    GR
Reviewer and Editor Roles in Academic Journals   cancelled   ♦    GR
Creative Writing for Academic Purposes: Impulses from Feminist, Postmodern, and Black Studies   May 4 10:00-14:00    GR
Publishing Scholarly Monographs in the Humanities & Social Sciences   Jun 25-26 10:30-16:30
09:30-16:30
♦    GR
Der letzte Schliff: Lektorat, Textgestaltung und Veröffentlichung der Dissertation   Apr 27 09:00-16:30    GR
Wissenschaft verständlich erklären – für Medien und eine breite Öffentlichkeit   May 11
May 30
10:00-17:00   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
Introduction to Open Access -
Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices
  Apr 21 14:00-15:30   UB
Preregistration and Registered Reports - Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices   Apr 28 14:00-15:30   UB
Introduction to TEI - Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices   May 5 14:00-15:30   UB
Qualitätskriterien von Open-Access-Zeitschriften -
Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices
  May 12 14:00-15:30   UB
Qualitative Data - Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices   May 19  14:00-15:30   UB
Digitale Editionen - Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices   May 26  14:00-15:30   UB
Urheberrechtliche Aspekte des Open-Access-Publizierens -
Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices
  Jun 2 14:00-15:30   UB
Förderung von Open-Access-Publikationen an der Goethe-
Universität - Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices
  Jun 23 14:00-15:30   UB
Transkribus - Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices   Jul 7 14:00-15:30   UB
Zweitveröffentlichung und vertragliche Voraussetzungen -
Data Literacy and Digital Research Practices
  Jul 14 14:00-15:30   UB
Individuelle Schreibberatung im Schreibzentrum       ♦  ♦  ♦  ◊  ♦  ♦     SZ
PRESENTATION
Title   Date Time/Duration E A R2  R3  NL HS   Offered by
Master Public Speaking and Stage Presence: Theater-based Training for Conferences   Apr 28-29 09:00-16:00  ♦   ♦  ♦  ♦   ♦   ♦    GR 
Presentation Skills - How to Give Great Scientific Presentations – EL     approx. 2 h ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦    GR/TS
Voice and Body Coaching   May 11-12 09:00-17:00   GR
Mit klarer Stimme - Online-Stimmtraining im Einzelsetting   Jun 30
Jul 2
see description  ♦  ♦    GR
Forschung visualisieren – Grundlagen der Gestaltung   Jun 23 09:00-16:00 ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦    GR
Displaying Information in Figures   Jul 2 see description ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦    GR
AI and Visuals in Science – EL     approx. 1,5 h   ♦    GR/TS
Scientific Storytelling   May 20 09:30-17:00   GR

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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