Course Essential Research Skills for PhD students at Arts and Humanities

ECTS: 1

Course leader: Hazel Engelsmann

Language: English

Graduate school: Faculty of Arts

Course fee: 0.00 DKK

Status: Course is open for application

Semester: Fall 2024

Application deadline: 30/10/2024

Cancellation deadline: 13/11/2024

Course type: Blended learning

Start date: 27/11/2024

Administrator: Andreas Mølgaard Laursen

Registration

When registering in the application facility, you will automatically be placed on a waiting list for a seat on the course. As soon as possible after the application deadline, seats will be allocated and all applicants will be notified whether or not they have been offered a spot on the course.

Registration

If you are offered a seat on the course, please note that your registration is binding. Cancellation is only accepted in special cases such as illness.

Course description

This course is provided by Aarhus University Library in Emdrup, Copenhagen, in collaboration with administrative and research staff from Aarhus University. It aims to provide PhD students in Arts at Aarhus University with essential skills in various subjects central to the research process, from collecting data, to disseminating results. This course offers practical tools and best practices that PhD students can readily apply in their daily work.
Although the course materials and examples are tailored to Arts PhD students, the course is open to all PhD students. The course consists of different sessions with presentations, discussions, cases and hands-on activities. 


Experts in the following subject areas will present on

  • Academic search
  • Data management
  • GDPR
  • Digital tools to collect, sort and analyse literature
  • Publication strategies

As Aarhus University Library supports the Open Science movement, we prioritize conveying an Open approach to the topics, including Open Access publishing and FAIR data. For more information, visit the AU Library's webpage for researchers at: https://library.au.dk/en/researchers/open-science and the Research Portal developed by the Committee for Protection of Scientific Work (UBVA) at: https://forskerportalen.dk/en/open-science/

Aim

Learning objectives
At the end of this course, the student will be able to

  • Use different search strategies and search tools, including systematic search, in their research.
  • Continuously describe and fill out their data management plan as well as confidentially administer and potentially publish their collected data in a secure manner.
  • Understand how digital tools can help optimize workflow in literature analysis
  • Consider important aspects regarding publication strategies, including Open Access pathways, the benefits of openly sharing research outputs and on where to publish your research.

Literature 

Target group/Participants
PhD Students at Arts and Humanities

Language    
English (Danish if no English speakers)

Form
Lectures, group work, online modules, game

ECTS-credits
1

Lecturers

Hazel Engelsmann, AU Library. If you have any questions regarding the course please contact Hazel at hcen@kb.dk 

Johanne Rübner Hansen, AU Library

Karl Weis-Fogh, AU Library

Louise Buchhave, Legal Special Consultant, Aarhus Universitet

Mathias Michelsen, AU Library

Uffe Jankvist, MSc, PhD, Professor, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University

Venue
Campus Emdrup

27 November 2024, 10.30-16.00. Emdrupvej 101 , 2400 København NV. Building 7210-A104

28 November 2024, 10.30-16.00. Emdrupvej 101 , 2400 København NV. Building 7210-A212

 

Course dates:

  • 27 November 2024 10:30 - 16:00
  • 28 November 2024 10:30 - 16:00