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Whether you're just starting your PhD or wrapping up a postdoc, it's never too early (or too late!) to start thinking about your next steps. This workshop gives you practical tools to plan your career, set meaningful goals, and make informed decisions that open up opportunities – both within and beyond academia.
The course provides a "Norwegian survival kit" for newcomers.
The course continues where basic level 1 left off, taking you several steps further in coping with everyday life in Norwegian.
The course continues where basic level 2 left off, taking you several steps further into the language used in everyday life in Norway.
Learn more about how you can become aware of your own competence. The workshop is suitable for all PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers, regardless of how far you have progressed in your program.
Become more aware of your own motivation, mindset, and how you plan your working day. In this short introductory course on self-management, you will, through the use of simple techniques, improve your prioritization and stress management skills.
Become more aware of your own motivation, mindset, and how you plan your working day. In this short introductory course on self-management, you will, through the use of simple techniques, improve your prioritization and stress management skills.
This course is targeted on early career reseachers such as PhD candidates, but postdocs are also welcome to join. It will give you hands-on tools that you can use in your career planning wheter you are aiming for a career within or outside academia.
The Norwegian working environment is full of social norms and unwritten rules. The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with interesting exercises and fun, but also important and useful insights into such norms and rules. The workshop is highly recommended for both international and Norwegian staff at UiO.
Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar serve as valuable additions to discipline-specific journal databases when conducting literature searches. In this workshop we will demonstrate effective search techniques that will help you to get a quick first-hand overview of a research topic. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to explore the databases and search for relevant articles for their own projects. Remember to bring your laptop!
Learn the BASIC of programming in R, a common tool for data analysis and statistics. The goal of this workshop is to provide a starting point for those newly interested in R.
NVivo is a powerful tool for organizing and structuring your material for qualitative analysis. Learn how to code and retrieve in NVivo and get an introduction to useful NVivo functionalities.
Learn about what Data Management Plans (DMPs) are and how to write one!
Open research is the new normal, but how to navigate this landscape? This course will help you map out some key concepts by giving you an introduction to UiO policies, infrastructure, and support for open research, with a focus on open publishing.
The Norwegian working environment is full of social norms and unwritten rules. The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with interesting and fun, but also important and useful insights into such norms and rules. The workshop is highly recommended for both international and Norwegian staff at UiO.
Are you applying for funding or just been granted money to start up a new project?
In this course you will be introduced to the framework and methodology of “classic” project management and how to adapt this to project management of a research project. The aim of this course is to give you the knowledge on how to better plan for your research project and to ensure effective implementation and minimize risks throughout.
NVivo is a powerful tool for organizing and structuring your material for qualitative analysis. Learn how to code and retrieve in NVivo and get an introduction to useful NVivo functionalities.
Open research is the new normal, but how to navigate this landscape? This course will help you map out some key concepts by giving you an introduction to UiO policies, infrastructure, and support for open research.
Learn about what Data Management Plans (DMPs) are and how to write one!
Zotero is a smart reference and research tool suitable for collaboration. In this workshop, you will learn how to collect, organize, and share your bibliographies, cite as you write, and mark up and annotate your research material.
The Norwegian working environment is full of social norms and unwritten rules. The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with interesting and fun, but also important and useful insights into such norms and rules. The workshop is highly recommended for both international and Norwegian staff at UiO.
Are you a Research Fellow? Do You experience stress? Too many demands at the same time?
The course is for people working in the laboratory.
The Norwegian working environment is full of social norms and unwritten rules. The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with interesting and fun, but also important and useful insights into such norms and rules. For both non-Norwegian researchers and Norwegian staff at UiO, the workshop is highly recommended!
The Norwegian working environment is full of social norms and unwritten rules. The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with interesting and fun, but also important and useful insights into such norms and rules. For both non-Norwegian researchers and Norwegian staff at UiO, the workshop is highly recommended!