General PhD Skills (2023)

Welcome to Love Your Data, Spring II

Description: 

The course is for PhD students in the first half of their PhD programme. AAU wants to increase the awareness on good data handling practises and compliance with laws and regulations. The course objective is thus to promote good research practises by helping the participant make informed choices in relation to planning and executing research processes such as data collecting, data analysis, data storing and sharing. 

The course will take a closer look at what constitutes research data and introduces data handling methods and practises. The course consists of two half-day workshops aimed at supporting the individual PhD student in planning the data handling that is inherent to the PhD project. 

15 – 16 hours of homework drafting a data management plan (DMP) is to be expected between 1^st and 2^nd workshop. At sign-up, participants will be enrolled in both workshops, and attendance at both are required. 

Programme workshop #1 

Welcome and introduction to the course LOVE YOUR DATA

Programme workshop #2

Karsten Kryger Hansen
Diba Terese Markus

Workshop #1: June 1, 09:00 - 12:30
Workshop #2: June 15, 09:00 - 12.30

Online 

Welcome to Introduction to the PhD Study (TECH/ENG) - CPH (2023)

Objective: Give the PhD student a basic understanding of how the PhD education at Aalborg University is structured as well as the formal requirements related hereto. - Support the PhD student in developing his/her study plan.

Course structure: 1 day with lectures and a course work, followed up by completing the PhD student’s individual study plan in cooperation with his/her supervisors and research environment

Course blocks and topics:

1. The Legislation - the rights and duties of a PhD student. For this session the students have to read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
2. The structure of Aalborg University & Organization of the Doctoral School
3. The administrative organization of the Doctoral School
4. My life as a PhD student: Experiences from PhD students
5. Good scientific practice
6. The PhD student organization: PAU
7. Career planning
8. Writing the study plan

At the time you attend this course, your study plan should be in progress. Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan as it is at the time of the course.

Preparation:

• Read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
• Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan.

Welcome to Introduction to the PhD Study Fall 1 (MEDICINE) (2023)

Description: Objective: Give the PhD student a basic understanding of the PhD education at Aalborg University. Support the PhD student in developing his/her study plan. Practical informations making research projects.

Course structure:
 ½ day with lectures and discussions.

Course blocks and topics:


1. The Legislation - the rights and duties of a PhD student. For this session the students have to read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
2. The structure of Aalborg University & Organization of the Doctoral School
3. The administrative organization of the Doctoral School
4. The study plan
5. My life as a PhD student: Experiences from PhD students


At the time you attend this course, your study plan should be in progress. Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan as it is at the time of the course.


Preparation:


• Read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
• Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan.


Organizers and lecturers:
Rogerio Pessoto Hirata, rirata@hst.aau.dk

ECTS: 0,5

Time: 
September 29, 2023

Place:
TBA

Number of seats: 
40

Deadline: 
September 08, 2023

NB This course is only for PhD students at Aalborg University

Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately three months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.

Welcome to Introduction to the PhD Study Spring 1 (MEDICINE) (2023)

Description: Objective: Give the PhD student a basic understanding of the PhD education at Aalborg University. Support the PhD student in developing his/her study plan. Practical informations making research projects.

Course structure:
 ½ day with lectures and discussions.

Course blocks and topics:


1. The Legislation - the rights and duties of a PhD student. For this session the students have to read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
2. The structure of Aalborg University & Organization of the Doctoral School
3. The administrative organization of the Doctoral School
4. The study plan
5. My life as a PhD student: Experiences from PhD students


At the time you attend this course, your study plan should be in progress. Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan as it is at the time of the course.


Preparation:


• Read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
• Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan.


Organizers and lecturers:
Professor Pascal Madeleine, pm@hst.aau.dk

ECTS: 0,5

Time: 
February 22, 2023
10:00 - 14:15

Place:
KST 1/1.007 - Mozart

Number of seats: 
40

Deadline: 
February 01, 2023

NB This course is only for PhD students at Aalborg University

Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.

Welcome to Academic Information Searching - Methods, sources and Documentation B- Copenhagen (2023)

Description:

This course is about the various aspects that are important when searching for literature as part of your PhD.

• Structured literature search – How to apply a structured method to prepare and carry out your search e.g. for a literature review

• Evaluating and organising your search - How to prepare and apply relevant criteria for assessing and documenting the search results. How reference management tools can facilitate the process of organising search results

• Other perspectives on searching – How to use text mining, citation search and other tools to find relevant literature

We recommend that you take this course in the beginning of your PhD.

The course is a “toolbox for research”-course with a mix of presentations and hands-on activities, either individually focusing on your own PhD-project or in small groups with a shared focus. Remember to bring your computer.

Preparation prior to the course: Please read the articles on the reading list (will be attached later). 

Assignments: There will be both class activities and a home assignment. The home assignment will be introduced during the course. You are required to complete the assignment after the course and hand it in by a specific date, usually a week later

Accommodation: There will be coffee and tea during the day. You will have to bring your own lunch. Alternatively, you can buy food at the canteen at A. C. Meyers Vænge 15.

Course language: English

Organizers: Charlotte Wind and Sofie Husby

Lecturers:  Charlotte Wind and Sofie Husby

ECTS: 1

Time: 23 November 2023

Place:  Copenhagen Campus

Zip code: 2450

City: Copenhagen SV

Number of seats: 20

Deadline: 02 November 2023

Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.

Welcome to Academic Information Searching - Methods, Sources and Documentation (Tech/Eng1 - A) 2023

We recommend that you take this course in the beginning of your PhD.

The course covers these areas:

• Structured literature search – How to apply a structured method to prepare and carry out your search e.g. for a literature review
• Evaluating and organising your search - How to prepare and apply relevant criteria for assessing and documenting the search results. How reference management tools can facilitate the process of organising search results
• Other perspectives on searching – How to use text mining, citation search and other tools to find relevant literature

The course is a “toolbox for research”-course with a mix of presentations and hands-on activities, either individually focusing on your own PhD-project or in small groups with a shared focus. Remember to bring your computer.

Preparation prior to the course: Please read the articles on the reading list (in the folder "Course Documents"). 

Assignments: There will be both class activities and a home assignment. The home assignment will be introduced during the course. You are required to complete the assignment after the course and hand it in by a specific date, usually a week later.

Accommodation: There will be coffee and tea during the day. You will have to bring your own lunch. Alternatively, you can buy food at the canteen at Kroghstræde 3.

Course language: English

Welcome to Academic Information Searching - Methods, Sources and Documentation -B (Tech/Eng2) 2023

We recommend that you take this course in the beginning of your PhD.

The course covers these areas:

• Structured literature search – How to apply a structured method to prepare and carry out your search e.g. for a literature review
• Evaluating and organising your search - How to prepare and apply relevant criteria for assessing and documenting the search results. How reference management tools can facilitate the process of organising search results
• Other perspectives on searching – How to use text mining, citation search and other tools to find relevant literature

The course is a “toolbox for research”-course with a mix of presentations and hands-on activities, either individually focusing on your own PhD-project or in small groups with a shared focus. Remember to bring your computer.

Preparation prior to the course: Please read the articles on the reading list (in the folder "Course Documents"). 

Assignments: There will be both class activities and a home assignment. The home assignment will be introduced during the course. You are required to complete the assignment after the course and hand it in by a specific date, usually a week later.

Accommodation: There will be coffee and tea during the day. You will have to bring your own lunch. Alternatively, you can buy food at the canteen at Kroghstræde 3.

Course language: English

Description: As an academic, you are expected to publish. A LOT! Good Academic Writing is vital to the success of any academic who wants to further their career.

Writing well can be nerve-wracking. It can be even more nerve-wracking when the language you are writing in is not your native one. This course will provide you with the skills you need to move forward confidently as write and publish academically in English. In addition to in-class time, you will get 1-1 time with me, work in small groups and have access to an online platform which will support your learning. I will provide you with individual feedback that will strengthen your skills. 

When you are finished with this class, you will be more confident in your Academic English Skills.

We will look at many aspects of Academic Writing including the following:

• Effective Academic Writing
• Combining sentences and ideas smoothly
• Differences between British, American and Global English: How to know which to use
• Publication Process
• Punctuation for Academic Writing
• Academic Words and Phrases
• What editors look for (based on instructor’s correspondence with editors)
• Peer Review Process
• Writing a letter to the editor (participants given tips from editors that instructor has contacted)
• Questions to ask yourself before you submit
• Plagiarism
• Parts of a Journal Article (With tips on how to make each part effective)
• How to evaluate journal requirements

I am an Academic English Specialist who brings an extensive background in Academic Writing instruction and editing. I taught Academic Writing at La Sierra University in Riverside, California and have taught this course here in Denmark and in Greenland for over a decade. I am committed to making this whole process easier for you and can’t wait to work with you.

Pre-Course Assignment: TBA
*Due first day of class

In-class

30, 31 August 2023
19, 20 September 2023  

*6 hours of course instruction each day.

8.30-10.00 Class 
10.00-10.10 Coffee Break 
10.10-11.40 Class 
11.40-12.10 Lunch 
12.10-13.40 Class 
13.40-13.50 Coffee Break 
13.50-15.20 Class

1-1 Sessions (1 hour)
TBA
*Students sign-up for time first day of course. Held via Zoom

Time:

Organizer: Tamara R. McGee, e-mail: tamara@trmenglish.com  

Lecturers: Tamara R. McGee, MA, President TRM English  and TRM English Academy, Academic Writing Specialist

ECTS: 2.5

Place: Aalborg University

Welcome to Applying the Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity to your Research -B (2023)


Description: This course examines the Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity that guides research practices of scientists, researchers and their collaborators. The course will briefly introduce the principles of research integrity, dwell on the basic standards for conducting responsible research - from the planning phase to the dissemination of results, and also shortly introduce the current administration for misconducts. The course is based on the Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (Ministry of Higher Education and Science, 2014), that was accepted by all Danish Universities. The course will include cases and supplementary material to illustrate research integrity through examples participants can work with and think about. The course will be a mix of lectures and group-based workshops, including discussions pertaining to the participants' own challenges. Participants will receive the detailed program, materials, and instructions for preparation in due time of the course. Some work effort prior to and after the course shall be expected.

Organizers: Professor Dorte Hammershøi (dh@es.aau.dk), Associate Professor Antonia Scholkmann, Associate Professor Ina Drejer, Associate Professor Trine Fink, and Professor Per Halkjær Nielsen

Lecturers: Professor Dorte Hammershøi, Department of Electronic Systems, Associate Professor Antonia Scholkmann, Department of Learning and Philosophy, Associate Professor Ina Drejer, Department of Business and Management, Associate Professor Trine Fink, Department of Health Science and Technology, Professor Per Halkjær Nielsen, Kathrine Tvorup Pajkes, Grants & Contracts, Charlotte Høj Mariendal, Grants & Contracts, and Karsten Kryger Hansen, ITS (data management)

ECTS: 1.0

Time: 31 May 2023

Place: Kroghstræde 7, 9220 Aalborg Øst

Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.

Welcome to Engaging with Society

Description: 

Aalborg University is fundamentally about applying research in service for the society. Quoting the AAU research strategy: The Aalborg University research strategy can be expressed in four words: "From research to change".

The science system is ongoingly transformed by the changes in society towards being increasingly contextualized and expected to support the solving of grand challenges as presented through the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Since more and more science is largely defined by sustainability problems in society, the application of research is crucial to contribute to societal impacts towards sustainability.

This course is devoted to PhD researchers from all faculties.

Being applied, and aiming for sustainable societal impacts, have implications for research and researchers. The aims of the course are:

• To set focus on the importance and roles of the researcher towards societal impacts and collaborative knowledge production.
• To unfold and critically reflect upon how the research approach influences the change-implications of the research and elucidate possibilities for change agency.
• To relate the participants research to the discourse of societal impacts towards sustainability.

Welcome to Introduction to the PhD Study (TECH/ENG)

Objective: Give the PhD student a basic understanding of how the PhD education at Aalborg University is structured as well as the formal requirements related hereto. - Support the PhD student in developing his/her study plan.

Course structure: 1 day with lectures and a course work, followed up by completing the PhD student’s individual study plan in cooperation with his/her supervisors and research environment

Course blocks and topics:

1. The Legislation - the rights and duties of a PhD student. For this session the students have to read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
2. The structure of Aalborg University & Organization of the Doctoral School
3. The administrative organization of the Doctoral School
4. My life as a PhD student: Experiences from PhD students
5. Good scientific practice
6. The PhD student organization: PAU
7. Career planning
8. Writing the study plan

At the time you attend this course, your study plan should be in progress. Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan as it is at the time of the course.

Preparation:

• Read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
• Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan.

Welcome to Introduction to the PhD Study (TECH/ENG)

Please observe that this course is for PhD students within the Faculty of Engineering and Science and The Technical Faculty of IT and Design. We offer a similar course for PhD students within the Faculty of Medicine “Introduction to the PhD Study (Medicine)”

Description: 

Objective: Give the PhD student a basic understanding of how the PhD education at Aalborg University is structured as well as the formal requirements related hereto. - Support the PhD student in developing his/her study plan.


Course structure: 1 day with lectures and a course work, followed up by completing the PhD student’s individual study plan in cooperation with his/her supervisors and research environment

Course blocks and topics:

1. The Legislation - the rights and duties of a PhD student. For this session the students have to read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
2. The structure of Aalborg University & Organization of the Doctoral School
3. The administrative organization of the Doctoral School
4. My life as a PhD student: Experiences from PhD students
5. Good scientific practice
6. The PhD student organization: PAU
7. Career planning
8. Writing the study plan

At the time you attend this course, your study plan should be in progress. Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan as it is at the time of the course.

Preparation:

• Read the Ministerial order for PhD education (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf)
• Bring a printed or electronic copy of the study plan.

Organizer: Lars Bo Henriksen

Lecturers: Lars Bo Henriksen

ECTS: 0,5

Time: 12 April 2023, 08:30 - 13:15

Place: Fredrik Bajers Vej 7C/2-209

Zip code: 9200

City: Aalborg 

Number of seats: 40

Deadline: 22 March 2023

NB This course is only for PhD Students at Aalborg University

Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.

The course is fully booked! Please sign up at the waiting list. 

For inquiries regarding registration, cancellation or waiting list, please contact the PhD administration, Katrine Søndergaard kes@adm.aau.dk.

The topic is creative thinking in research. It offers a deep understanding of creative thinking together with a toolbox and guidelines the student can use to make room for creative thinking and methodology in own research. The systematic use of creative thinking can be particularly helpful in the generation of new ideas, hypotheses, experimental designs and in data interpretation as well as in the communication of research.

Learning objectives:

- To get a firsthand experience with creative thinking and realize the impact it can have on your normal thinking process.
- To understand that the way we think determines what we can be aware of and how we interpret our results
- To understand why and how creative thinking influence knowledge production in research
- To be able to think more flexibly and original, while doing research
- To understand how you can integrate creative thinking in your existing research method – both in theory and in practice

Teaching methods:

The course is organized as a 2-day online workshop consisting of a mix of small lectures and exercises that train creative
thinking in research. The workshop will focus on getting a firsthand experience with creative thinking in relation to own
scientific work. There will also be time for reflecting upon how creative thinking can be implemented in own research process
as well as collaboration with other researchers. After the workshop, participants will have access to both analogue and digital
training exercises to continue training and development of a creative research practice, both individually and in peer groups.

Criteria for assessment:

Assignment where the participant experiment with- and reflect on the use of creative thinking in own research process

Organizers and lecturers: Søren Hansen, ssha@plan.aau.dk

Welcome to Management of Technology and Innovation (2023)


Description: Global, radical, open, hi-tech and business model are just a few of many buzz adjectives used in discussions of innovation for future growth. However, what is innovation? What is technology? How can we organize for and manage innovation successfully? And get beyond “traditional” approaches towards technology and innovation management. These and related questions are at the core of this course. 

The topics are:

• Introduction to technology and innovation management
• Innovation
  - Definitions, history, ‘schools’, areas
  - Types of innovation
  - Factors of success, failure and delay
  - Contingency factors in innovation studies
  - The process perspective
  - Innovation capabilities and absorptive capacity

• The organization and management of innovation processes
  - Innovation roles
  - Team and organizational structures

• Technology and innovation strategy
  - Manufacturing and R&D strategy, action plans and performance effects
  - (Open) foresight

• Continuous innovation
  - Continuous innovation – what is it, why do we need it? 
  - Exploitation – exploration 
  - Strategic, innovation and operational excellence
  - Concepts helping companies to getting ever nearer continuous innovation capability: continuous improvement, concurrent engineering, agile manufacturing, mini-companies, lead factories …

• Open innovation
  - What is open innovation?
  - Why opening up the innovation process?
  - Benefits of open innovation
  - Open innovation risks
  - Open … to whom?
  - Organizing for and managing open innovation
  - Open innovation in practice

• Business model innovation
  - What is a business model?
  - What is business model innovation?
  - Business model innovation in practice
  - Decision-making under uncertainty
  - Risk and risk management

The course is fully booked! Please sign up at the waiting list. 

For inquiries regarding registration, cancellation or waiting list, please contact the PhD administration, Katrine Søndergaard kes@adm.aau.dk.

Welcome to Professional Communication - A (2023)


Description: The course will take both a theoretical and a practical approach. 
The theoretical approach by conceptualising the planning, presentation and evaluation processes emphasising the communicative aspects. The practical approach by training the different type of communications in online video laboratories where the participants are asked to make two presentations of both a self-selected subject and a self-selected situation, for a live presentation and a pre-recorded pitch. The course is organized in three parts: First, there is a presentation of concepts at a seminar with practical exercises and group discussions. Second, the participants prepare two presentations, which are presented in the followed video laboratories. Third, at the end of the seminar the participants are asked to set up a personal plan for improvement. Before and during the course, participants receive a collection of relevant articles and other material. The issues raised in this course will not be subject-based but participant-based on a general level for scientific communication.

Objectives: The objective is to train and improve the participants’ skills in oral communication especially at scientific conferences and in university teaching. 

Research, long term experience as PhD coach and feed back from earlier participants at this course show that PhD students benefit immensely from being challenged to reflect on, discuss and experiment with their planning practice and the way they approach cooperation with supervisors and other important stakeholders.

The workshop will introduce and illustrate a method on how to plan your time on a daily and long term basis inspired by Steven Covey (2005) and the game plan approach from the world of coaching. The course will also work with the negotiation and conflict management approach from the Harvard Negotiation project (Stone, Patton and Heen, 2010) as a tool to explore interpersonal communication structure. Key issues in the relationship between PhD student and supervisor will be identified and analyzed by means of practical exercises.

There will be a possibility for an individual follow up coaching session after a month for those PhD students that find it beneficial.  

 Target group:

• PhD students preferably during their first year

Time schedule for the workshop: One workshop will be held in the spring and one in the fall

• Understand the challenges of project planning as a PhD student
• Reflect on ones own planning practice and the specific pittfalls and resources one poses
• Develop strategies to address those pittfalls and provide feedback to other PhD students
• Practice a more realistic and efficient planning
• Understand the individual needs and challenges in specific cooperations with supervisors and other important stakeholders
• Apply important negotiating skills 

• 2 consecutive days consisting of a mix of introductions and exercises individually and in groups.
• Two assignments related to actual skills is to be send in before the workshop

Completion of the course: Handing in assignments and participating in the course are criteria for passing the course.

Course program: A detailed program will be send by email upon acceptance and in due time for preparations.

Course literature (Primary in bold): 
Covey, S.R. (2005). The seven habits of highly effective people. ISBN 9780743268165

Stone, D., Patton, B. and Heen, S. (2010). Difficult conversations. How to discuss what matters most. Penguin Books. London, England.

Patton, B. (2017). You can’t win by avoiding difficult conversations in Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 3274, 553-557. Emerald Publishing Limited. ISSN 0885-8624

Heim, C. (2012). Tutorial facilitation in the humanities based on the tenets of Carl Rogers in Higher Education 63: 289-298. Springer. DOI 10.1007/s10734-011-9441-z

Prochaska, J. O. , Norcross, J.C and Diclemente, C.C. (2007). Changing for good.  A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, USA.

• Course aim 
  

  • Through participation in this course, the PhD student acquires knowledge and understanding of the use of a number of professional online tools designed to support a career in research. The course emphasizes acquisition of both theoretical and practical knowledge about research registration, profiling and evaluation, as well as the growing focus on Open Science.  

    The course leans on the idea behind Scholarly Communication, which is defined by the Association of College & Research Libraries as "the system through which research and scientific publications are registered, subjected to quality assessment, disseminated to the scientific community, and preserved for future use." (ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee2003)  

     The purpose of the course is to enable PhD students to create their own sustainable strategies for publishing and disseminating research and research results, and to provide them with tools for evaluation. The course will address both traditional academic tools and introduce more recent methods.  

    
    

    The course specifically addresses the following topics:  

    Open Science/ Open Knowledge - including Open Access publishing  

    ·        Scholarly Communication: What does it mean to you as a researcher? 

    ·        Research registration - introduction to research registration and researcher profiles in VBN (Aalborg University's research portal) and associated systems

    ·        Researcher profiling – to strengthen the exposure of ​own research and research profile

    ·        Research evaluation – introduction to traditional and new methods including BFI, h-index and alternative metrics

    ·        Copyright and plagiarism for PhD students with a primary focus on the thesis

    The course is aimed at all PhD students, and the teachers will facilitate an interdisciplinary discussion among the participants using Dilemma Games among other things. 

    Course frame 

    The course is an independent part of the course series offered to PhD students at Aalborg University Library. The course is announced at Plan2Learn and Moodle, where more information and course material are available. The course is available to PhD students from all Danish universities. 

    The course varies between presentations, exercises and plenary discussions. The exercises take place in groups where the students either discuss or do course-related hands-on assignments. In addition, there is a final test, which is assessed as "passed/failed". In order to obtain course ECTS points, your presence is required on the course day along with a “passed” final test. 

    The course is primarily aimed at PURE users. If you do not have access to AAU's PURE installation, you will still be able to use what you have learned when you get back to your own institution. However, there will be local differences in the options offered by the system. 

    
    

    The course is in English. 

    There is a reading list attached to the course. 

    Planning and teaching: The VBN Team 
    
    

    Course learning targets 
    

    The course provides the PhD student with a toolbox for strategic focus on researcher profiling, including:

    ·      How to get an overview of registration and dissemination requirements for PhD research results in a scientific context. This includes the actual PhD thesis, as well as preparation of different types of publications and profiles. 

    ·      How to acquire new knowledge regarding opportunities and strategies for publishing research, including Open Access.   

    ·      Providing the PhD student with skills to develop communication strategies. This may include an understanding of how to work with Open Science e.g. through qualitative and quantitative metrics.  
    
    

  • Organizer: Kathrine Bjerg Bennike og Anna Stegger Gemzøe
    
    
  • Lecturers:
    
    
  • ECTS: 1
    
    
  • Time: May 3 2023, 09:00-14:30
    
    
  • Place: KST3-4.130 Darwin
    
    
  • Zip code: 9220
    
    
  • City: Aalborg
    
    
  • Number of seats:
    
    
  • Deadline: 12 April 2023 
    
    

  • Course reading list 
    

    
    

    P. M. Melchiorsen, "Bibliometric differences – a case study in bibliometric evaluation across SSH and STEM", Journal of Documentation (2019), vol. 75(2), pp. 366-378. (13 p.)  

    Bibliometric differences – a case study in bibliometric evaluation across SSH and STEM | Emerald Insight  

    L. Bornemann & L. Haunschild, “Alternative article-level metrics. The use of alternative metrics in research evaluation”. EMBO Reports (2018), vol. 19, article no. E47260. (4 p.) 

    https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201847260  

    E. C. McKiernan, P. E. Bourne, C. Titus Brown, et al., "How open science helps researchers succeed". eLife (2016), Vol. 5, article no. e16800. (19 p.)

    https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16800  

    T. Ross-Hellauer, J. P. Tennant, V. Banelytė, et al., "Ten simple rules for innovative dissemination of research". PLOS Computational Biology (2020), vol. 16(4), article no. E1007704. (12 p.) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007704 

    F. Schönbrodt, “Training students for the Open Science future”. Nat Hum Behav (2019), Vol. 3, article No. 1031. (1 p.) 

    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0726-z 

    Further reading:  

    P. Smart, S. Holmes, F. Lettice, et al., "Open Science and Open Innovation in a socio-political context: knowledge production for societal impact in an age of post-truth populism". R&D Management (2019), Vol. 49(3), pp. 279-297. (19 p.) 

    https://doi-org.zorac.aub.aau.dk/10.1111/radm.12377  

     

    M. Watson, “When will ‘open science’ become simply ‘science’?”. Genome Biology (2015), vol. 16(101). (3 p.) 

    When will ‘open science’ become simply ‘science’? - ProQuest (aau.dk)  

     

    B. Voytek, “Social Media, Open Science, and Data Science Are Inextricably Linked”. National Library of Medicine. Neuron (2017), vol. 96(6), pp. 1219-1222. (4 p.) 

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.11.015 

     

    P. R. Cintra, A.C. Furnival & D. H. Milanez, "The impact of open access citation and social media on leading top Information Science journals". Investigación Bibliotecologica (2018), vol. 32(77), pp. 117-132. (16 p.) 

    http://rev-ib.unam.mx/ib/index.php/ib/article/view/57874

     

    P. Ayris, A. L. de San Román, K. Maes, et al., "Open Science and its role in universities: A roadmap for cultural change”, Advice paper (2018), 1-31 pp. (32 p.)

    https://www.leru.org/files/LERU-AP24-Open-Science-full-paper.pdf

    
    
    Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations