Creative Approaches to Academic Writing in Social Science and Humanities (2027)

Welcome to Creative Approaches to Academic Writing in Social Science and Humanities

The purpose of the Creative Approaches to Academic Writing course is to provide insights into and experiences with different types of writing during the PhD process, as well as with various writing tools, techniques, and processes. The course focuses on how writing is influenced by both the stage of the writing process and the intended audience.

Participants will gain an understanding of how to work consciously with their writing, how to make space for writing in everyday life, and how to structure the writing process by using different kinds of tools, including expression formats beyond text. The course integrates creative and audio-visual methods, as well as social and digital tools for reflection and peer feedback, all of which can support the writing process.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Integrate creative and audio-visual approaches into academic writing practices.

• Reflect on, critically assess, and apply different types of creative approaches in academic writing.

• Apply a variety of writing techniques and tailor them to their stage in the writing journey.

• Develop strategies for embedding writing into daily academic life.

Pre-requisites

Participants must be enrolled in a PhD-programme. The course is open to SSH PhD students from all disciplines and does not require prior knowledge of creative or audio-visual methods, but willingness to try the various methods.

Organizer: Rikke Ørngreen & Heidi Hautopp, L-ILD / ILD-lab, Department of Culture & Communication

Lecturers: Prof. Rikke Ørngreen and Assoc. Prof. Heidi Hautopp, AAU; Prof. Jenny Helin, Uppsala University, Campus Gotland

ECTS: 4

Date: On-site at AAU-CPH 23, 24 February 2027: 2 days, with lectures, exercises, and facilitated writing.

Synchronous online sessions (Tuesdays in the Teams channel):

• 9th of March, 30th of March, 20th of April, 18th of May: 13:00-16:00, lectures and exercises.

• 16th of March, 6th of April, 27th of April: 13:00-16:00, facilitated writing.

Asynchronous online sessions, with submissions:

• 4th of May 2027: Submission deadline at 12:00: paper / chapter for review.

• 17th of May 2027: Submission deadline at 12:00: peer review.

Place:

City: At campus Copenhagen, and online

Number of seats: 20

Open for enrolment: 1 November 2026

Deadline for enrolment: 2 February 2027

Important information concerning PhD courses:

There is 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 the 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 of the course.

We cannot ensure any seats before the deadline for enrolment, all participants will be informed after the deadline, approximately 3 weeks before the start of the course.

You may find more information in our FAQ: https://phd.moodle.aau.dk/local/page/faq

For inquiries regarding registration, cancellation or waiting list, please contact the PhD administration at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk. When contacting us please state the course title and course period. Thank you.