RUB Research School

Successful Communication and Cooperation

Workshops: Writing, Presenting, Communicating

Your research expertise and personal skills make you successful in research. To contribute to a scientific discussion, you share your research knowledge and results within your research community, you pass on your knowledge to others, you cooperate with different researchers and participate in the latest research discussions.

We support you through professional workshops in enhancing your personal skills to convincingly communicate your research: for your publications, the posters you present, the talks you give, or the discussions you have in your own research environment. In the workshops, you will develop individual competencies enabling you to effectivley communicate your research and to collaborate with other researchers.

The workshops combine state-of-the-art knowledge with practical experience. The trainers are highly professional experts in their fields and share their knowledge and experience. You will find workshops on basic and advanced levels and some for different research fields. We offer workshops in English and German. You are invited to decide for yourself which workshops are interesting for your personal competence development:

Workshops March - July 2025 (registration open 03.02.2025)

Workshop titleResearch FieldLevel  of experiencesDate
Wr_01: ONLINE Expanding Academic WritingDoctoral researchers Life, Natural & Engineering Sciences Level all18.-20.03.2025
Wr_02: ONLINE Selbstorganisation beim wissenschaftlichen SchreibenPromovierende Geistes- und SozialwissenschaftenLevel alle27.03.2025
Wr_03: ONLINE Revision strategies for publications & academic texts in EnglishResearchers all research fields Level all06.-07.05.2025
Wr_04: PRÄSENZ+ONLINE Den Einstieg in die Dissertation schaffen und losschreiben - Prozessbegleitender SchreibworkshopPromovierende alle ForschungsbereicheAnfangsphase Schreiben Dissertation08.05. + 15.05. + 22.05. + 05.06.2025 (jeweils 3,5 Std.)
Wr_05: ONLINE Techniken der TextplanungPromovierende Geistes- und SozialwissenschaftenLevel alle20.05.2025
Wr_06: ONLINE Research Paper Writing Masterclass (2 webinars 1,5 h & self-study course)Doctoral researchers Life, Natural & Engineering Sciences Level all05.05. (1,5 h) + 02.06.2025 (1,5 h) + self-study course inbetween
Wr_18: PRESENCE Speed & Deep Reading of scientific textsResearchers all research fields Level all03.-04.06.2025
Wr_07: ONLINE Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und kompetente Autorenschaft im wissenschaftlichen SchreibenPromovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle03.07.2025
Wr_08: ONLINE Writing academic papers for peer-reviewed journalsResearchers all research fields Level all10.-11.07.2025

Workshops September - December 2025 (registration open 02.06.2025)

Workshop titleResearch FieldLevel  of experiencesDate
Wr_09: ONLINE Schreibstrategien für wissenschaftliche TextePromovierende Geistes- und SozialwissenschaftenLevel alle10.09.2025
Wr_20 PRESENCE Decisions, decisions: When (not) to use generative ‘AI’ for academic writingDoctoral researchers all research fieldsLevel all17.09.2025
Wr_10: ONLINE Expanding Academic WritingResearchers Life, Natural & Engineering SciencesLevel all23.-25.09.2025
Wr_11: ONLINE Writing academic papers for peer-reviewed journalsDoctoral researchers all research fieldsLevel all09.-10.10.2025
Wr_12: ONLINE Den Absprung schaffen und die Dissertation abschließen - Prozessbegleitender SchreibworkshopPromovierende alle ForschungsbereicheAbschlußphase beim Schreiben Dissertation27.10. + 03.11. + 17.11. +  25.11. + 01.12.2025  (jeweils 3 Std.)
Wr_13: ONLINE Expanding Academic WritingResearchers Life, Natural & Engineering SciencesLevel all28.-30.10.2025
Wr_14: ONLINE Techniken der TextüberarbeitungPromovierende Geistes- und SozialwissenschaftenLevel alle06.11.2025
Wr_19 ONLINE Speed & Deep Reading wissenschaftlicher TextePromovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle11.-12.11.2025
Wr_15: PRESENCE How to write your papers and thesesDoctoral researchers life and natural sciencesLevel all20.-21.11.2025
Wr_16: ONLINE Revision strategies for publications & academic texts in EnglishResearchers all research fields Level all25.-26.11.2025
Wr_17: ONLINE Getting Published by Mastering Peer ReviewDoctoral researchers all research fieldsLevel all15.-16.12.2025

Workshops March - July 2025 (registration open 03.02.2025)

Workshop titleResearch FieldLevel  of experiencesDate
Pr_01: ONLINE Effective Visual Communication of Research (4 hrs online workshop & self-study modules)Doctoral researchers Life, Natural & Engineering Sciences Level all13.03.2025 (4 hrs online workshop &  individual time for self-study modules)
Pr_02: PRESENCE Scientific presentation and individual performance: Make a lasting impression in scienceDoctoral researchers Life, Natural & Engineering Sciences first presentation experience24.-26.03.2025 
Pr_03: ONLINE Designing Effective Academic Posters: Clear at glance!Doctoral researchers all research fieldsLevel all27.03.2025
Pr_04: ONLINE+PRESENCE Getting your presentations right: perform with confidenceDoctoral researchers Life, Natural & Engineering Sciences Level all01.-03.04.2025
Pr_05: ONLINE+PRESENCE Reaching your audience and performing with confidence - Presentation TrainingDoctoral researchers all research fieldsLevel all23.06. + 26.-27.06.2025
Pr_12: ONLINE self-study crash course: Research Data VisualizationDoctoral researchers all research fieldsLevel allindividually at any time

Workshops September - December 2025 (registration open 02.06.2025)

Workshop titleResearch FieldLevel  of experiencesDate
Pr_06: ONLINE+PRESENCE Getting your presentations right: perform with confidenceResearchers Life, Natural & Engineering SciencesLevel all09.-11.09.2025
Pr_07: ONLINE Effective Visual Communication of Research (4 hrs online workshop & self-study modules)Doctoral researchers Social Sciences & HumanitiesLevel all23.09.2025 (4 hrs online workshop &  individual time for self-study modules)
Pr_08: ONLINE Wissenschaftliche Poster zielgerichtet konzipieren und wirkungsvoll gestalten: Auf einen Blick verständlich!Promovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle08.10.2025
Pr_09: PRESENCE Voice and Body Language: Communicating with Authenticity and AccuracyDoctoral researchers all research fieldsLevel all12.-13.11.2025
Pr_10: PRESENCE Scientific presentation and individual performance: Make a lasting impression in scienceResearchers Life, Natural & Engineering Sciencesfirst presentation experience19.-21.11.2025
Pr_11: PRÄSENZ Effektiv und überzeugend Präsentieren in den Geistes- und SozialwissenschaftenPromovierende Geistes- und SozialwissenschaftenLevel alle02.-03.12.2025

Workshops March - July 2025 (registration open 02.06.2025)

Com_01: ONLINE+PRESENCE Communication in Critical SituationsDoctoral researchers all research fieldsLevel all03.-04.03.2025
Com_02: PRÄSENZ Meine Forschung logisch und nachvollziehbar erklären: Begründen und wissenschaftlich ArgumentierenPromovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle26.-27.03.2025

Workshops September - December 2025 (registration open 02.06.2025)

Workshop titleResearch FieldLevel  of experiencesDate
Com_03: PRÄSENZ Professionelle Kommunikation: erfolgreich und überzeugendPromovierende alle ForschungsbereicheLevel alle15.-17.09.2025

Courses in literature search, literature management, Open Access, Digital Humanities, bibliometrical services are offered by the University Library of RUB.

Language Courses in different languages incl. German as Foreign Language are offered by the University Language Center of RUB.

New: Online self-study modules for German learners with no previous knowledge (at level A0/A1) The key information are available at https://www.daf.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sbgk/unic1.html.en

Your Feedback Matters

Our participants regularly evaluate our workshops and we only continue those that are highly recommended. This allows us to develop our program according to your needs and demands and we are always open to your suggestions and wishes.