U:rise
Please consult the University's platform u:rise to find relevant courses, workshops and coaching programmes, as well as the courses recommended below.
Workshop: Large Language Models (LLMs) as a scientific tool?
- Explore the opportunities and challenges of using LLMs in scientific research
- Discuss LLM capabilities, limitations, and responsible methodological approaches
- Lecturer: Benjamin Paaßen (Bielefeld University & DFKI), researcher in interpretable machine learning, education, and LLM limitations
- When: 12. Nov 2026, 09:00-12:00
- Find more info and register via u:rise
Research Impact: Creating Meaning & Value
- Target groups: Early- and Mid-Career Researchers
- Self-learning course
- Program is organized into 5 chapters: Defining research impact, Planning your impact, Engagement and communication strategies, Evaluating and monitoring impact and lastly Evidencing impact.
- Find more info and access the course via u:rise
Nature Masterclasses
- Target group: Early-Career researchers
- Self learning online courses
- The program currently includes 24 online courses covering the entire research cycle.
- Find more info via u:rise
VDS CoBeNe courses with other doctoral schools
Doctoral Thesis Writing: Monthly Writing Sessions and Individual Coachings
Doctoral Thesis Writing: Monthly Writing Sessions and Individual Coachings
- Together with ViDSS we offer a four afternoons academic writing workshop
- Workshop focus: Starting and understanding the process, Structuring and managing the process, Failing and adapting the process, Textfeedback
- Trainer: Mag.a Eva Kuntschner, Msc
- Dates for WS26/27: 7.10., 10.11., 16.12.2026 & 20.01.2027
- Find more information and register via u:rise
Academic Writing - From a first draft to the final version
- Together with VDSEE we offer a course to work on editing and finalising a manuscript draft
- Workshop focus: This workshop focuses on the revision phase of the writing process. We will be directly applying strategies to your text, so you will need to bring a draft to attend
- Trainer: Birgit Peterson, human biology and cognition scientist and coach for academic and creative writing
- Dates: 22.+23. Oct 2026, 09:00 - 17:00
- Find more information and register via u:rise
Talk: How to keep your sanity? Mental Health & Well-Being in Academia
Online talk: 12.10.2026, 15:00 -16:00
In this one hour seminar organised by VDSEE and VDS CoBeNe, psychotherapist Dr Markus Böckle will share insights into navigating mental health challenges that may come with doing a PhD.
You can find more info and register for this talk via u:rise.
M. Boeckle
Group Coaching: Well-Being for Early Career Researchers
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Feeling tired, isolated and stressed? Problems with your supervisor? Working 24/7 but not getting many things done? Feeling stuck? Feeling guilty for taking a day off?
These are all common experiences in early research careers. While life of a PhD candidate is not easy it can be easier with group coaching on hand. Academic work is a creative process which takes a great deal of self‐motivation and often it is quite a solitary activity which requires a lot of discipline and persistence. This can make you feel insecure and lose motivation. Group-coaching is an opportunity to reach the goal of a successful career with a focus on your personal well-being.
Target Group: VDS CoBeNe PhD students in any phase of their project who would like to monitor their own progress within a group of PhD students supervised by a trained psychotherapist and coach, Dr. Markus Boeckle. www.praxis-boeckle.at
Location: Magdalenenstraße 21/7, 1060 Vienna
Reservation: pls. register direct via calendly.com/markus-boeckle/group_coaching_dk_cobene_phanuspo_vdsee
Currently on summer break - dates will resume in the winter semester!