Writing Outside the Box: Techniques, Formats & Practice

Writing for a non-scientific audience has you breaking out into sweat? Don’t worry, you are not alone. The good news: while talent plays a role as it does in any skill, so do method, technique and practice. Engaging writing is a skill that you can learn. This course will focus on the basics:

1. Mind the gap: how to write for target audiences beyond academia
2. Dealer's choice: an introduction to common formats
3. Get a taste for it: a range of writing exercises to put the technique into practice

The course consists of two live sessions – one in person, one online – and some self-directed work in between. We will use the time between the sessions for exercises and short peer reviews, which are self-scheduled.

HRA’s Project for Research Communication:
This event is part of a larger research communication project which is funded by the Claussen-Simon-Stiftung. 

The event is open to all users of the Hamburg Research Academy, participation is free of charge. Please register here.

Target groups: doctoral researchers, postdocs, junior research group leaders, w1 professors