Course Become a productive and joyful researcher

The course A334 Become a productive and joyful researcher is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, 2025.

Criteria for participation:  Postgraduate research fellows (PhD students and research-year medical students).

Requirements for participation: Please bring your computer and a text that you are writing on at the moment!

Aim: 

• Write on your paper
• Write efficiently by using essential tools
• Share challenges
• A productive writing praxis
• More motivation and less stress

Learning outcomes: 

• Learn how to create a more productive and joyful writing praxis.
• Learn how to deal with stress related to writing your thesis
• Learn how to create writing goals, and overcome writers block.
• Learn how to use storytelling to develop your text.
• Learn how to create your own academic writing group.

 Workload: The full workload of the course is expected to be 18 hours

Content: 

Doctoral Students can be stressed, and many experience a need for more productivity. Using simple tools and establishing good writing habits can make the PhD and the research process more enjoyable and rewarding. The writing workshop focuses on you and your challenges; you have time to write your own text. Please bring your computer and a text that you are writing on at the moment!

Program

Day 1

09:00-10:00  Introduction to writing processes and the first writing tool: The art of setting goals for your writing

10:00-10:10  Break

10:10-12:00  Writing session 1and 2

12:00-12:45  Break

12:45-13:15  How to approach the text and avoid writers block: Content, structure & language

13:15-14:15  Writing session 3

14:15-15:00  Break & walk´n talk and reflecting on writing goals

15:00-16:00  Writing session 4

Day 2

08:30-08:50  Good morning and warm-up writing-exercise

08:50-09:45  Writing session 5

09:45-10:00  Break, brain and body exercise

10:00-11:00  Writing sessions 6 and tool: rethorical reading

11:00-­‐11:10  Break

11:10-­‐12:30  Storytelling in academic writing, presentation & group work

12:30–13:15  Break

13:15–14:15  Writing session 7

14:15-­‐14:30  Break and brain and body exercise

14:30-­‐15:20  Plan your writing and walk´n talk

15:20-15:50  Writing snacks – the last and very important tool

15:50 -16:00  Evaluation and wrap up

Instructors: Jens Larsen co-founder WriteConcept.dk, academic coach, storytelling researcher and author.

Venue: Aarhus University, Aarhus.

Participation in the course is without cost for:

• PhD students, Health Research Year students from Aarhus University
• PhD students enrolled at partner universities of the Nordoc collaboration
• PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses

Course dates:

• 01 September 2025 09:00 - 16:00
• 02 September 2025 08:30 - 16:00