Syllabus
The following topics will be covered:
- Why are we asking research questions?
- Research questions: How to choose and formulate one?
- What to study within a PhD: A complex study of an institute or studying a single issue in detail?
- How to look for previous studies and how to get access to it?
- How to conduct a literature review
- Referencing and citation management software
- Plagiarism and how to avoid it
- How to structure articles in social sciences
- Writing effectively and interestingly
- Revising papers
- How to receive feedback?
- Conferences: How to choose which ones to attend?
- Czech and foreign journals: How to choose the proper one?
- Journal Metrics. IF, AIS: OMG?
- Review process: How to write a cover letter, response to the reviews and what to expect?
- How to deal with a rejection
- Publishing a book
- What are benefits of open access for science and for society?
- Open science taxonomy, Green / diamond / gold open access
- Risks arising from predatory open access journals
Annotation
After the course, PhD students will be able to: 1. decide whether they really want to write a dissertation and do research and whether they want to do it on a specific topic. As a result, students will be more confident about what they want to achieve in their studies, how and with whose help; 2. develop a detailed plan of what they want to do in their PhD project; 3. learn the basics of academic life and academic craft.