soft skill training Effective Scientific Writing: Process and Product held by Dr. Katherine Tiede.

Dr. Katherine Tiede has spent more than three decades working with scientists on how to communicate their research. She draws on her background in linguistics to provide scientists with tools to be able to see their writing as a reader does as well as tools to draft, write, and revise more effectively. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto and after a decade as faculty, began in 2008 to give annual seminars at various Austrian universities. 

Goals and course of the workshop

When: 03.02/04.02 and 10.02/11.02.2025 – 4 afternoon sessions 13:00 to 17:00 (Vienna time – CEST) (plus some homework prior and in between the sessions)

Where: online

Registration Period: closed

Capacity/Admission: 12 participants

Target Audience: "middle-staged"- advanced DoSChem PhD students who already have some data and currently writing an article and have previously not participated in similar scientific writing courses. 1 ECTS will be given for participation (soft skills).

How to apply:  Registration will be possible via u:rise, the university's centralized platform for presenting, administering, and registering Professional & Career Development programs.

If you encounter any issues while registering for this workshop or have difficulties navigating the u:rise platform for DoSChem workshops, please feel free to contact us at dos.chem@univie.ac.at 

Note: Please accept the terms of use / Bitte die Nutzungsbedingungen akzeptieren

soft skill training Effective Visual Communication of Science by Dr. Jernej Zupanc is offered as blended learning that combines a self-study module and an online workshop.

Dr. Jernej Zupanc holds a PhD in computer science, with a great expertise in consulting companies on European funding. As a founder of Seyens Lt. he is helping scientists on all levels effectively communicate their research ideas. In this workshop you will learn to visually communicate your research ideas and results so your comples messages are effortessly understood by any specific audience (scientists or non-scientists). This course series will help you with your data visualisation and creation of effective scientific images, slides in the shortest possible time that you can use for posters, papers and grants.

Goals and Course of the Workshop

When:

Where: online

Registration Deadline: 10th March 2025

Capacity: 18 participants

Target Audience: from PhD students to gorup leaders. 1 ECTS will be given for participation (soft skills). 

How to apply: link on u:rise will be provided

Each participant who successfully completes this workshop will receive a certificate!

soft skill training Grant Proposal Writing for Advanced PhDs and Early Postdocs held by Dr. Katherine Tiede.

Dr. Katherine Tiede has spent more than three decades working with scientists on how to communicate their research. She draws on her background in linguistics to provide scientists with tools to be able to see their writing as a reader does as well as tools to draft, write, and revise more effectively. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto and after a decade as faculty, began in 2008 to give annual seminars at various Austrian universities. 

Goals and course of the workshop

When: Oct 9–10, Oct 16–17 2025, 4 afternoon sessions 13:00 to 17:00 (Vienna time – CEST) (plus some homework prior and in between the sessions)

Where: online

Capacity/Admission: 12 participants

Registration Deadline: date tba.09.2025

Register: Link will be provided

Target Audience: advanced DoSChem PhD students and Early Postdocs who already have some data and currently writing an article and have previously not participated in similar grant writing courses. 1 ECTS will be given for participation (soft skills).

soft skill training Intercultural Negotiation Workshop instructed by Svitlana Kalitsun,  a Senior Trainer and Coach at the Negotiation Academy LLC.

Goals and course of Workshop

When: 29.11.24 9:45 to 16:30

Where: UZAII Rotunde, Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA

Who can attend: The Intercultural Negotiation workshop gives priority to first-year students. If other students are interested in attending, they are encouraged to contact us for more information dos.chem@univie.ac.at).

Capacity/Admission: limited to 20 people

Registration will be open after 11.11.2024

How to apply: Registration is closed

soft skill training Masterclass: entrepreneurship and innovation by Clara Conrad-Billroth. Experts of Academic Entrepreneurship, Clara Conrad-Billroth and Marco Masia, are technology transfer managers at the University of Vienna where they run the entrepreneurial programmes. Marco also serves as Academic Chair for innovation of the European University Initiative alliance Circle-U. The training syllabus draws from their unique experience as start-up founders and as managers of non-profit organisations, and is tailored specifically to researchers from all disciplines.

 Goals and Course of the Workshop

When: 13./14.1.2025

Where: Apostelgasse 23, 1030 Vienna, Seminar room ground floor

Capacity: 20 people

Register: closed

Entrepreneurship and Innovation workshop with Dr. Marco Masia from the Technology Transfer Office

DoSChem organizes a workshop together with Dr. Marco Masia from the Technology Transfer Office (Research Services and Career Development, University of Vienna) about Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

• Registration is open till 25.10.23

• When: 06-07 November 2023, both days 9:00-17:00

• Where: Apostelgasse 23 (Institut für europäische Integrationsforschung/ U3 station Kardinal-Nagl-Platz, in the 3^rd district);  in person only;

• Target Audience: DoSChem PhD students of all stages, but recommended after the first year of your PhD; for full participation you will get 1 ECTS (soft skill workshop) and official participation certificate
• up to 20 participants

Overview of the workshop topics:

• Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Idea generation
• Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Rights
• Idea generation
• Minimum viable product
• Business Model canvas
• IP strategy
• Financial modeling
• Pitch

About the workshop:

Academic research in Europe is witnessing an important transition phase. As the number of PhD holders increases, it is critical to equip researchers with the talents, business skills, and entrepreneurial capacity to be competitive in the evolving markets.

With this workshop, researchers will learn fundamental methods of business innovation and hypothesis driven entrepreneurship, and how to apply these to their projects. In addition, they will acquire the knowledge and skills to communicate effectively with different audiences, including stakeholders, policy makers, other researchers, journalists, and the public. The workshop will also cover the basic elements concerning Intellectual Property Rights and IP strategy.

The workshop package is structured to teach researchers how to navigate an entrepreneurial journey - from idea generation to starting their own business, and will focus on core concepts from strategic communication. Participants will be trained in state-of-the-art techniques to foster their creativity working in teams. The workshop will focus on core concepts in capacity building and active learning, using the approach pioneered by the Harvard Business School, that is currently used by leading Business Schools worldwide.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation (univie.ac.at) (please note that the workshop dates on the website are not organized by DoSChem).

• For Registration, please send an email with your full name, gender and country of origin to dos.chem@univie.ac.at and please indicate the subject matter „Registration for the Tech Transfer Workshop 06-07 November 2023”

soft skill training The Art of Engaging and Exciting Scientific Presentations: Best-Practice Techniques for Scientists instructed by Dr. Michael Gordian.

Goals and course of the workshop

When: First part: 18.11.24 (Mo) online training 09:00 to 14:00. Second part:  02.12. (Mo) face to face training, 09:00-17:00 (with lunch break)

Where: Online and nn-site: Erika-Weinzierl Hall, University Main Building

Capacity/Admission: 12-16 participants

How to apply: Registration is closed