Below you will find an overview of the course offerings, which consists of courses that can be booked, as well as scheduled courses that you can sign up for. There is a minimum requirement of four participants per course.
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.
Most courses can be held in Norwegian or English. Please note that course requests should be made at least four weeks in advance.
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
Information about dates and application procedures for Spring 2025.
This is a semester-long course for researchers who want to develop as writers and improve their ability to produce academic texts in English.
Presenting in English
Spring 2025 workshops will be announced shortly.
Three-session workshop providing participants with an opportunity to practice their communication skills and develop confidence in delivering academic presentations in English.
Writing the introduction to article-based dissertations: Kappe workshop
Spring 2025 workshops will be announced shortly.
Three-session workshop to discuss strategies and approaches to writing the integrative text (“kappe”) of an article-based doctoral dissertation.
Writing qualitatively: writing with qualitative materials
Spring 2025 workshops will be announced shortly.
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.
Writing with AI
Sign up for the course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no). Duration: 90 minutes.
What challenges and opportunities does generative AI present to academic writers and researchers? What can it help us with, and what kind of writing knowledge do we need to evaluate the text AI produces?
This practical workshop addresses these questions, opens up space to talk about writing and AI, and offers strategies for using AI judiciously in academic writing.
This course is offered to groups of researchers, both formal and informal. If you wish to request this course for a group of colleagues, please send us an email.
Experimental writing for social scientists
Date and time: 27 November, 09.00–14.00. Sign up for the course (nettskjema.no).
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
Book a course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.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.
AI in literature searching
This workshop offers a presentation and testing of a selection of AI-tools which can be used in relation to literature searching (Keenious, Elicit, Scite, Sikt KI-chat). We also highlight how you can make prompts in relation to building a good literature search strategy.
Literature searching
Book a course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
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.
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. Basic literature searching is a requirement. Duration: 90 minutes.
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.
AI in literature searching
This workshop offers a presentation and testing of a selection of AI-tools which can be used in relation to literature searching (Keenious, Elicit, Scite, Sikt KI-chat). We also highlight how you can make prompts in relation to building a good literature search strategy.
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 two 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 finalizing 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.
Media production
How to make a podcast
Book guidance via email to AV Services.
Video and sound production, and publishing
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. 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
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)
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
Book a course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
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.
Research data
Introduction to FAIR research data management
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 research data.
Duration: 60 minutes seminar or 90 minutes workshop with exercises from DataverseNO.
