Responsible/coordinators
Prof. John Thøgersen and Prof. Liisa Lähteenmäki, Department of Management, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University
Time and place
Module 1: 19-20 January 2022 (online); Module 2: 17 May 2022 (room 2627-216 & 2627-303); Module 3: 25 August 2022 (room: 2610-520/521 & (group room) 2610-522), Department of Management, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 4, 8210 Aarhus V.
In addition, there will be a series of seminar presentations ("experience seminars") on different aspects of getting published by visitors or senior staff at the Management Department, of which you are expected to attend at least two.
Teaching language
English
Target group and general limitations
This course is primarily targeting Scandinavian PhD students and postdocs in social science and business studies. Students who have completed their 1st year of study will get preference, but each application will be individually evaluated to assess the student’s expected benefit from the course.
Please make sure that you have the required data and the possibility to work on a manuscript during the course. You should be able to produce a first draft of a whole manuscript for review by the middle of April (19 April) and have a final version almost ready for submission by the beginning of August (9 August).
Maximum number of students: 12!
Students have to be physically present at all three modules. We cannot accept any alternative form of completing the course, e.g. by doing complementary tasks.
In addition, students have to be present at at least two of the two-hour "experience seminars" that will be organised as part of the course.
Purpose and content
Writing scientific articles is a craft requiring years of practice to master. Some would say it is almost a lifelong training process. As a young researcher, you are expected to publish your research results in peer-reviewed journals. The purpose of this course is to develop participants’ knowledge, skills and self-confidence regarding publishing in peer-reviewed journals. The course will be completed over a period of approximately seven months, beginning with a two-day seminar presenting and discussing different aspects of the journal writing process. Topics discussed will include:
The publishing process
The writing process
Students will also have to review a co-student’s article manuscript as part of the learning process.
Three to four months after this seminar there will be a one-day “work-in-progress” seminar (Module 2), which will be a combination of lectures and student presentations and discussions. Topics at this one-day seminar will include:
The last seminar (Module 3) will be held in August 2022, and here all the articles should be finalised. This day will be about presenting the final manuscripts. Specific topics will be:
After the course, the student should have a reviewed article that she/he can submit to a relevant journal. Course credits will only be obtained when a final article has been handed in to the course coordinators. The final article manuscript is part of the course evaluation.
Outline (with dates)
Application
Deadline for application: 9 December 2021. Please download and fill in the application form. The application should be sent to this email (Lisbeth Widahl, Department of Management, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 4, DK-8210 Aarhus V).
In December, or by the beginning of January 2022 at the latest, all applicants will be informed of the result of their application. For the enrolment to be in effect, the participant should send an abstract of his/her paper (250 words according to the provided guidelines (abstract template) for the course to the course coordinators (by email) no later than 4 January 2022.
Please note that your registration is binding. Applicants from the Department of Management (MGMT), Aarhus University will be given priority over applicants from other departments/universities.
Fee
External participants (from outside Aarhus University) will be charged a fee (covers lunches and refreshments).
Participants will have to make their own arrangements regarding travel and accommodation.
Credits and course exam
The course equals 5 ECTS. In order to pass the course successfully, the participant will have to produce a paper, present it at Module 2, revise it, and hand it in for the Module 3 seminar. Moreover, each participant will act as a reviewer of a paper of one of the other participants and thereby demonstrate the extent to which she/he has fully absorbed and understood the key issues of the course.
Certificates of completion will be issued only to those successfully completing all requirements of the course (including full attendance and submission of required assignments).
Further information