Academic writing - HD130

• Title: Academic writing
• Guaranteed by: Department of Labor Law and Social Security Law (22-KPP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Law
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 0
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:12/0, colloquium [HS]
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course is intended for doctoral students only; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; can be fulfilled in the future
• Guarantor: prof. JUDr. Kristina Koldinská, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): prof. JUDr. Kristina Koldinská, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

After the course, PhD students will be able to:
1. decide whether they really want to write a dissertation and do research and whether they want to do it on a specific topic. As a result, students will be more confident about what they want to achieve in their studies, how and with whose help;
2. develop a detailed plan of what they want to do in their PhD project;
3. learn the basics of academic life and academic craft.

Last update: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (18.09.2024)

Requirements to the exam

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1.      Preparation for the seminars (reading articles and preparing draft documents).

2.      Participation in every seminar.

3.      Handing-in required short essays/documents after the end of the course.

Last update: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (18.09.2024)

Syllabus

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The following topics will be covered:

–       Why are we asking research questions?

–       Research questions: How to choose and formulate one?

–       What to study within a PhD: A complex study of an institute or studying a single issue in detail?

–       How to look for previous studies and how to get access to it?

–       How to conduct a literature review

–       Referencing and citation management software

–       Plagiarism and how to avoid it

–       How to structure articles in social sciences

–       Writing effectively and interestingly

–       Revising papers

–       How to receive feedback?

–       Conferences: How to choose which ones to attend?

–       Czech and foreign journals: How to choose the proper one?

–       Journal Metrics. IF, AIS: OMG?

–       Review process: How to write a cover letter, response to the reviews and what to expect?

–       How to deal with a rejection

–       Publishing a book

–       What are benefits of open access for science and for society?

–       Open science taxonomy, Green / diamond / gold open access

–       Risks arising from predatory open access journals

Last update: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (18.09.2024)

Learning resources

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Základní literatura:

1.      Chemerinsky, W. (2009). Why Write? Michigan Law Review. 107(6), 881-894

2.      Denney, A. S., & Tewksbury, R. (2013). How to write a literature review. Journal of criminal justice education. 24(2), 218-234.

3.     Cochrane, J. H. (2005). Writing Tips for Ph.D. Students.

4.      Carroll, M. W. (2006). The Movement for Open Access Law. Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 10, 741

Ostatní literatura:

1.      Bhat, P. I. Idea and Methods of Legal Research. OUP

2.      The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics. Nature. 2015, 520, 429-431

Last update: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (18.09.2024)