Scientific Writing: Towards Organization and Motivation

With discipline and commitment, scientific writing is a skill that can be learned and mastered.

In this workshop, we will develop a set of "how-to" strategies for writing journal articles and theses and increase your writing productivity.

Included topics

• Common challenges and misunderstandings in scientific writing
• How to organize the flow of information
• The sections of a scientific article
• The stages of the writing process
• Different types of writers
• Techniques and software available to increase writing productivity
• Clear scientific writing
• Teamwork with co-authors and supervisors
• Motivational tools to increase writing productivity
• Procrastination and perfectionism in writing
  

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• handle the typical challenges associated with scientific writing
• describe the structure of a scientific article
• assess sections of an article for clarity
• create a writing schedule that works for you
• begin writing part of your next journal article or your thesis
• use strategies to increase your writing productivity

Workshop Duration

In-presence workshop: two days, from 9:00 until 17:00

Online-workshop: three days, from 9:00 until 13:30