Kursbeschreibung

Course language: english

Target Group:

Doctoral researchers of all faculties.

Trainer:

Dr. Michael Jäger

Two-Day-Seminar:

• Thursday, May 21st, 2026, 09:00 a.m. - 05:00 p.m.
• Friday, May 22nd, 2026,  08:30 a.m. - 04:00 p.m.

Content:

Working in a scientific community you have already realized the importance of publishing your work. Getting attention is crucial for your vocational success as is building a network and staying ahead in your area of research. To get attention in your field of expertise you can rely on two related skills:

1) writing comprehensive and well-researched articles and

2) giving talks and addressing audiences at international conferences.

The latter is well worth some training, because it is not only important what you say, but how you say it, how the audience responds to you as a person, how you support your content with the right structure and nonverbal behaviour. That is why presentation skills matter - not only for managers, sales agents or politicians, but also for researchers and lecturers.

During the course each participant will perform up to six presentations and receive feedback from trainer, trainees and via video.

The following topics are at the core of the workshop:

• verbal communication and the power of the voice
• nonverbal communication
• effective usage of different media
• simulation of different situations, dealing with stress and stage fright, team presentations and standing in front of a critical audience

Course Preparation:

You'll be giving five presentations during this course. Two of these need some preparation before the course starts: Please prepare one presentation of about 6-8 minutes as a personal introduction and a second presentation about your current research (8-10 minutes). You will be filmed while giving your presentations to discuss your performance. Please bring a 4 GB-USB stick to get the videos afterwards. I will not keep or share any videos after the course.

The participation in this course is accountable for the certificate “Science Communication” of the Graduate Center. Please contact Mirco Bergerhof if you are interested.

Registration:

Our courses are avilable via the booking portal of Kiel University's Continuing Professional Development Center. You will find them listed under the category  Exclusively for Doctoral Researchers. Courses within this category are part of the Graduate Center's qualification program. They are free of charge for doctoral researchers who are registered with the Graduate Center. To get access to these courses you must be register with the Graduate Center, here.

Registrations are welcome until May 3rd, 2026. We will then determine whether the minimum number of 10 participants has been reached. Should the minimum number of participants not have been reached, the event will not take place due to financial reasons. Once the minimum number of participants has been reached, further registrations are possible until 8 days before the event begins.

Organizational details:

•    As a general rule, we expect you to participate in our online events with the camera switched on. Please comply with the request of the trainers and/or lecturers if they remind you to do so.

•    Please note the data protection statement of the Graduate Center.
•    Please find information at the website of the Graduate Center for registration, waiting list and de-registration.
•    Please find information at the website of the Graduate Center for sanctions.
•    In order to book courses through booking portal of Kiel University's Continuing Professional Development Center, you will need to create a personal account. Once you have done so, you can use this account to register for the Graduate Center’s courses. This offers two main advantages:

1.    In addition to the Exclusively for Doctoral Researchers category, you will also have access to the full range of courses offered by the Continuing Professional Development Center and you can explore whether they might be of interest to you.
2.    You will have a consolidated record of all courses you have attended in one place.