Storytelling in Academia
Deepen your understanding of your audience, the value of your research, and how a story is the best place for the two of them to meet
General Information
Application
Applications closed. Application deadline was 03/10/2025 .
For any questions, contact your local coordinator.
Course description
The amount and complexity of data available to researchers is growing fast. This means more researchers are publishing, and more frequently. What’s more, researchers face the challenge of making their findings available to a broad, international audience, much of which is online. The challenge, therefore, is how to get your research to stand out while remaining true to the conventions of science writing in your field. What’s needed is a clear narrative.
On this dynamic workshop, you’ll deepen your understanding of your audience, the value of your research, and how a story is the best place for the two of them to meet. You will then discover and begin to craft the story of your research with a renewed sense of why you and your readers should care, i.e. what’s at stake. Employing proven storytelling techniques, your writing will not only become clearer, but more impactful and memorable as well.
Schedule
Live online course: 4 November 2025, 9am–1pm CET.
Please note: Our training programme is designed for the interaction of the participants. Comparable to classroom seminars, we ask you to turn on your camera during online events for an exchange at eye level.
Requirements
First Stage Researcher (R1): Doctoral candidates, Recognised Researcher (R2): Doctorate degree (PhD) holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent.
You will be asked in advance to submit a max 1000-word text (e.g. an abstract, or a suggested narrative for a paper) to the trainer for individual feedback.
