ISSE Research Topics and Academic Writing

The course introduces new PhD candidates to research traditions in the ISSE group. Course participants will learn how to write academic papers in research areas relevant to ISSE. In this way, the course will give a general introduction to topics, methods, and communities within ISSE's research areas. How to give and receive academic feedback, research grant application writing, and how to pursue a future career through the PhD will also be covered.

• Knowledge: The candidate will acquire knowledge of:

• Academic writing as genre and process.
• Basics of applying for grants.

• Skills: The candidate will acquire skills on:

• Organizing the writing process.
• Formulating research questions.
• Crafting an argument.
• Reviewing a domain.
• Effective use of presentation devices (tables, figures, pictures, graphs).
• Being a reviewer of other scholars' work.

• General competence:

• Overview of research topics within ISSE.
• General overview of career trajectories after PhD.

Seminars, self-study, individual assignments, and workshops. Students will write an academic paper that is submitted for peer review and revised based on the review as part of the course. This paper will form the basis for a research grant proposal draft.