Education and Training Offers
BUA-Module on Research Quality and Open Science
Following the success of the first and second editions of the lecture series "Open Science and Research Quality", the format was transferred to the BUA teaching module "How Science Works" The seminar "New discussions about Open Science and Research Quality" and the subsequent exercise "What Do I Need to Know and Be Able to Do to Become a Scientist?" are offered at the Institute for Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and are open to all students of FU, HU, TU and Charité. The event will take place every Monday from 2 p.m. (c.t.) to 6 p.m. this winter semester 2024/25. Further information on the module and the possibility to register can be found here.
The teaching module deals with topics such as scientific misconduct, research assessment, scientific careers and scientific publishing. Students from various disciplines are invited in interactive formats to reflect on the requirements for quality and openness in their scientific fields, and to present and discuss them in a multidisciplinary group. Guest lectures by nationally and internationally renowned researchers are also part of the event series. In the winter semester 2024/25, there will be lectures by Prof. Stefanie Haustein (University of Ottawa), Dr. Katja Mayer (University of Vienna), and Prof. Dr. Jesper W Schneider (Aarhus University), which are open to interested guests and are usually hybrid in nature. These lectures will be announced separately on the Objective 3 website.
The lecture series "Open Science and Research Quality in Theory and Practice" was organized for the first time in the summer semester 2021 jointly by the Department of Science Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Objective 3: Advancing Research Quality and Value of the Berlin University Alliance and in cooperation with the Robert K. Merton Center for Science Studies. Some of the events were recorded and are available on the YouTube channel "Wissen aus Berlin" (link).
Event overview of the BUA partners
The Berlin University Alliance supports education and training measures that impart theoretical and practical knowledge in the fields of research quality and open science and contributes to their expansion. This also includes own and jointly funded formats of the partner institutions.
In an overview, we have compiled the courses offered for the Summer semester (April 1, 2025 to September 30, 2025). The overview of current courses of the continuing education institutions and graduate schools of the collaborative partners provides insight into a variety of opportunities to integrate research quality and open science into one's own work practice. The events are often open to all members of the collaborative partners.
The overview of the various offerings of the collaborative partners does not claim to be exhaustive. If you know of further events that should be integrated into this overview, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Contact: Nele Hofmann I Scientific Coordinator Research Quality I nele.hofmann@berlin-university-alliance.de
Training program: Superb Supervision - Mentoring your PhD candidate towards Responsible Research
As part of the activities of the Objective 3- Advancing Research Quality and Value, the Berlin University Alliance has been organizing the three-day training program "Superb Supervision - Mentoring your PhD Candidate towards Responsible Research" every year since 2022. The training is aimed at supervisors of doctoral candidates from all disciplines from the institutions of the Berlin University Alliance.
The aim of the course is to train supervisors of doctoral candidates to integrate the teaching of responsible research practices into the supervision of their doctoral candidates and thus create the conditions at an early stage for these practices to be sustainably established in the research process and thus contribute to ensuring the quality of research. At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Communicate the importance of responsible research to doctoral students and show them how to conduct research in an ethical manner and in accordance with the requirements of good scientific practice;
- Apply key interpersonal skills (listening, giving feedback, coaching, managing expectations, etc.) for supervising PhD students actively and consciously in their own supervision constellations;
The curriculum of the training program was developed as part of the Academic Research Climate Project and its introduction was scientifically monitored. The course is organized by Dr. Louise Mennen (Mennen Consulting) and Dr. Tamarinde Haven (Tilburg University).
"Anyone supervising students should take this course! It is a fantastic overview of all the steps you need to take to guide your students in the right direction." (Participant of the course in October 2022)
If you are interested in more detailed information about the course, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Contact: Nele Hofmann I Scientific Coordinator Research Quality I nele.hofmann@berlin-university-alliance.de
European Summer School for Scientometrics (esss)
The European Summer School for Scientometrics provides education and training on key aspects of quantitative studies of science and technology. It provides an overview of state-of-the-art scientometric methods and indicators and their application both in research and in the context of scientific policy advice and research evaluation. It has been designed for scholars and scientists, especially doctoral candidates, science managers, research officers, information scientists, librarians, and others with a professional interest in science and technology indicators and their application.