Below you will find an overview of the course offerings, which consists of courses that can be booked for groups, as well as scheduled courses that you can sign up for.
The content of these courses can be adjusted to meet the needs of the participants. It is possible to combine two or more courses into a half-day program for groups.
Advertised courses are held in English, but most courses can be held in Norwegian or English. Please note that course requests should be made at least four weeks in advance.
Please book a course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no), unless otherwise stated in the description of the course.
Academic writing
Shut Up and Write for researchers
Shut Up and Write is a time set aside for writing, but it is also a social activity. During a Shut Up and Write session, we write for forty-five minutes and then break to talk and drink coffee. We repeat this process three times. In this way, we will have supported each other to spend the afternoon writing!
Information about drop in sessions in Upcoming events (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Academic writing for researchers
This is a semester-long course for researchers who want to develop as writers and improve their ability to produce academic texts in English.
The course for Spring 2025 is unfortunately full. Deadline for applying for Fall 2025 is 15 April.
Creating Graphic Abstracts
Adding a graphic abstract to an article has become a common practice for many journals. Graphic abstracts can be used to summarise key messages for a specialist audience, but they are also opportunities to reach out to wider audiences.
This three-hour workshop aims to equip participants with the rhetorical knowledge they need to craft effective visual abstracts.
Information about the workshop that starts 27 February (ansatt.oslomet.no).
The Doctoral Thesis as a Monograph
Are you writing your doctoral thesis as a monograph? Would you like to meet other PhD candidates at OsloMet who are also writing a monograph to discuss strategies and approaches for working within this format?
If so, this three-session seminar is for you (nettskjema.no)!
Presenting in English
Three-session workshop providing participants with an opportunity to practice their communication skills and develop confidence in delivering academic presentations in English.
Information about the workshop that starts 29 April (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Reading to Write: Preparing to Publish
This two-session workshop focuses on developing reading strategies and rhetorical and linguistic awareness that will help you get ready to write.
It is particularly suitable for PhD candidates at an early stage of their PhD or other researchers with limited publication experience, and is ideal to take before the semester-long Academic Writing Course.
Information and register to the workshop (nettskjema.no).
Writing the introduction to article-based dissertations: Kappe workshop
Three-session workshop to discuss strategies and approaches to writing the integrative text (“kappe”) of an article-based doctoral dissertation.
Information about the workshop that starts 7 May (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Writing qualitatively: writing with qualitative materials
Not offered Spring 2025.
Writing about qualitative data can be challenging. How do you structure text that comes from interviews or focus groups? How do you use quotation? How do you combine quotation, summary and paraphrase? Join us for a course that will equip participants with strategies for writing about their qualitative data.
AI as an Academic Writing Companion
Generative AI presents a range of opportunities and challenges for researchers. This practical workshop gives participants the chance to experiment with ways to use AI in the writing process. The aim is to find new ways of using AI to help us write, but also to retain a critical approach to AI.
We will explore the kinds of rhetorical knowledge we need to evaluate an AI's output: how to use writing knowledge for more effective prompting: and the risks and ethics of using AI to write.
Information about the workshop that starts 24 March (nettskjema.no).
Experimental writing for social scientists
Not offered Spring 2025.
There is life beyond IMRD! This course is for those who wish to take a more creative or experimental approach to academic writing, who wish to write differently.
The aim is to give participants the opportunity to experiment with imaginative relations between voice, style and subject matter – to open up the idea that some subject matter might benefit from more experimental writing, and some writing produces a different kind of thinking. It would take participants beyond “plain style” and towards writing that is unusual, bold, surprising, challenging.
Mentoring: One-on-one sessions
Mentoring sessions provide one-to-one support tailored to each participant's needs. The sessions are designed to increase participants’ ability and confidence with academic writing in English or with presenting in English in an academic context.
Each participant will meet with a mentor to discuss the development of their work, and the mentor will provide insight, feedback and guidance about rhetoric, structure, organization, argument and so on. In most cases, you can expect to meet with your mentor for up to three sessions to work on the same text or presentation.
To get the most out of mentoring sessions, you should be
- reasonably fluent in written and oral English
- prepared to work on various tasks, readings, and your own writing and presentation skills between meetings.
Please note: this is not a copyediting, proof-reading or pronunciation-correction service: the aim is to produce better writers and presenters, not just better writing or presentations.
If you would like to apply, please contact Tom Muir (email).
Artificial intelligence
AI as an Academic Writing Companion
Generative AI presents a range of opportunities and challenges for researchers. This practical workshop gives participants the chance to experiment with ways to use AI in the writing process. The aim is to find new ways of using AI to help us write, but also to retain a critical approach to AI.
We will explore the kinds of rhetorical knowledge we need to evaluate an AI's output: how to use writing knowledge for more effective prompting: and the risks and ethics of using AI to write.
Information about the workshop that starts 24 March (nettskjema.no).
AI as a research companion
This workshop facilitates an exploration and (critical) assessment of the use of AI tools for various parts of the research process.
The workshop starts with an introduction to the topic, followed by practical exercises with tasks in selected tools and discussion among the participants. Participants must bring their own PC to the workshop. Duration: 90 minutes.
The course can be booked for groups. Please book the course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
AI in literature searching
This workshop offers a presentation and exploration of a selection of AI tools that can be used in relation to literature searching (for example Keenious, Elicit, Scite, Sikt KI-chat). We also highlight how you can make prompts in relation to building a good literature search strategy. Remember to bring your own PC for the practical tasks.
This course can be booked for groups, but you can also register for the 11 February course (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Literature searching
Basic literature searching
This course offers a basic introduction to literature searching. Presentation of basic search techniques (truncation, boolean logic, exploiting search fields and limitations) and two interdisciplinary databases. Lecture and hands-on exercises. Duration: 60 minutes.
This course can be booked for groups, but you can also register for the 6 February course (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Advanced literature searching
This course offers a presentation and testing of more advanced search techniques (subject terms, proximity operators, building a search strategy). Two different databases (one interdisciplinary and one subject specific) will be used. Lecture and hands on exercises. Duration: 90 minutes.
This course can be booked for groups, but you can also register for the 20 March course (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Subject specific literature searching
This course offers a presentation and testing of more advanced search techniques (subject terms, proximity operators, building a search strategy). Two or three subject specific databases will be chosen according to the participants requests. Knowledge of the content of the course Basic literature searching is a requirement. This course is a mix of lecture and hands on exercises. Duration: 90 minutes.
This course can be booked for groups. Please book a course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
AI in literature searching
This workshop offers a presentation and exploration of a selection of AI tools that can be used in relation to literature searching (for example Keenious, Elicit, Scite, Sikt KI-chat). We also highlight how you can make prompts in relation to building a good literature search strategy. Remember to bring your own PC for the practical tasks.
This course can be booked for groups, but you can also register for the 11 February course (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Literature searching for systematic reviews or scoping reviews
The collection of data for systematic reviews or scoping reviews is accomplished through systematic literature searches. We offer a program where participants meet for three hours, in two sessions, with a two-week interval.
Session 1: We introduce systematic searching and work on identifying search terms and conducting test searches in relevant literature databases.
Session 2: Before this session the participants have conducted further test searches, and have provided a written document to the other participants. Course leaders and participants respond and discuss the drafts in a plenary session, with the goal of developing an updated search strategy. The course leaders finally present how the searches can be reported in a method section with regard to article publication.
The course is suitable for participants who have a clear research question, and plan to publish a systematic review or scoping review.
This course can be booked for groups, but you can also register for the course held 22 January and 12 February (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Media production
How to make a podcast
Please book guidance via email to AV Services.
Video and sound production, and publishing
Please book guidance via email to AV Services.
Three hour introduction to how to plan and carry out a video and/or audio production. As well as how to get it published correctly in relation to universal design.
Development and publishing of online courses (PISA courses)
PISA stands for Presentation, Interactivity, Collaboration, and Analysis. These are the components for the development of courses and digital learning materials on OsloMetX (an open-access course platform running on Open EdX).
The course consists of 5 sessions, each lasting 3–4 hours. Including preparations and follow-up work, we estimate a total of 40 hours.
As this course is extensive, PISA courses are organized by demand. Please contact OsloMetX if you want to know more (email).
The online part of the course is available in Norwegian at OsloMetX (x.oslomet.no).
Use of audiovisual equipment for collecting research data
Please book guidance via email to AV Services.
Brief introduction to the use of video and audio equipment for interviews or observation. How to choose the right equipment for the job.
The course lasts two hours and coffee is included.
The use of a selfie room (self-service studio)
Please book guidance via email to AV Services.
One hour course on how to create your own video with or without PowerPoint. The "selfie room" is a facility for those who want to create their own lecture videos.
Publishing
Introduction to open access publishing and publish-and-read agreements
This session provides an introduction to OsloMet’s policy on academic publishing. We will present OsloMet’s options and workflows for open access publishing, including the publication fund and publish-and-read agreements. Duration: 20–30 minutes.
The course can be booked for groups. Please book the course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
Research data
Archiving and sharing research data
Good management of research data enhances the quality of research and ensures that your research data follow best practices and meet requirements for archiving and sharing.
This course gives an introduction to the FAIR principles and guidelines for archiving and sharing of research data. Other topics we will explore include the choice of research data repositories and the reuse of open research data.
Duration: 60 minutes seminar or 90 minutes workshop with exercises from DataverseNO.
The course can be booked for groups. Please book the course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
