You want to publish more papers in better journals?

But you

have so many other obligations that you do not find time to write
are not satisfied with your writing output
tend to procrastinate
often feel that you do not use your writing time effectively
are uncertain about the review process and would like to know more about its secrets

With this course you will boost and improve your writing output!

You will learn how to use your writing time more effectively.
You will write better papers in a shorter period of time.
You will learn how to easily get over procrastination.
You will get to know techniques how to deal with literature more efficiently.
You will get insights into the review process of top journals and get templates how to respond to their reviews.

with the ultimate goal to get published in top journals!

The focus is on the process of writing rather than the product (i.e. the research). This workshop is not a “How-to-publish”-workshop but focuses on key competences to be a better writer.

About the instructor

My name is Christina Sichtmann. I am Associate Professor of International Marketing at the University of Vienna.

I have extensive publication experience in top journals such as Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of International Marketing, etc. As a former Associate Editor of International Marketing Review and reviewer of hundreds of papers I can provide behind-the-scenes insights into the review process.

My podcast is #1 on Academic Writing in the German speaking community! I combine my academic knowledge with creative writing techniques to help researchers improving their writing output.

What will we do in the course?

✦ The course includes seven 3-hour online workshops via zoom.
✦ You will get hands-on with lots of helpful writing tools to improve your writing skills and speed up your writing.

✦ You will work on your own project and make good progress on it in and between the sessions

✦ We will do lots of exercises in the course so that you actually write for your project during the online workshop.

✦ You will get insights into the review process of top journals and get templates how to respond to their reviews.

✦ The course is very interactive. You will benefit from the exchange of ideas with researchers from all over the world.

✦ In-between sessions you will have time to integrate the learnings into your daily life.

Workshop 1: Establish a writing habit

✦ Scientific writing strategies

✦ Getting into a writing flow

✦ The idea of shitty first drafts

✦ Writing behavior and infrastructure

Workshop 2: Set routines and develop a vision

✦ The relevance of routines

✦ Defining your goal

✦ Developing a vision

✦ Set accountability

Workshop 3: Find clarity and frame your story

✦ The myth of blocked writing time

✦ The idea of short assignments: from binge to snack writing

✦ Outlining your writing project

✦ Preparing your snacks

Workshop 4: Sharpen your research question

✦ What exactly? The definition of the research question
✦ Set your travel destination
✦ Changing perspectives for more focus
✦ Sandwich writing

Workshop 5: How to deal with literature more efficiently

✦ Narrowing down and evaluating literature
✦ Interview with the text
✦ Managing literature more efficiently
✦ Paraphrasing literature

Workshop 6:Feedback and revision of raw text

✦ Levels of revision of raw text
✦ Constructive text feedback
✦ Feedback in the peer group
✦Work-in-progress: feedback on your own raw text

Workshop 7: The review process

✦ Behind-the-scenes: What makes a good paper?
✦ Preparing and following-up the peer review process
✦ Revising a paper based on peer reviews: a practical example
✦ Responses to reviewer comments: A template

Who?

The workshop is designed for researchers on all levels who want to reflect their own writing process.

Where and when?
We will meet Mondays, 3pm-6pm (UTC) and Fridays, 8am-11am (UTC) (i.e., Fridays 9-12 am CET; see time converter https://www.timeanddate.com) via zoom.
Dates:

Mondays
January 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th, 2023

Fridays
January 13th, 20th, and 27th, 2023

Price
710,- Euro plus your local tax

After your booking you get an e-mail with a link to the virtual seminar room and further instructions.