Soft Skills

Courses for students of all doctoral programs | Soft Skills

These courses jointly organized by the Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities | Walter Benjamin Kolleg are open to all doctoral students of the Faculty of Humanities. Free spots can, in a “first come, first serve” manner, be given out to Master students, postdoctoral researchers and interested people from outside the Faculty.

GSAH Soft Skills

Open Science. Essentials for Researchers in Humanities and Cultural Studies

Open Science, Open Access, and Open Research Data are becoming an integral part of research and academic practice. Understanding these concepts helps researchers meet funder requirements, make informed publishing decisions, and build skills that are valuable both within and beyond academia. This two-hour workshop introduces key aspects of Open Science in the humanities and cultural studies. 


 

Lecturer: Andrea Hacker, Ursula Loosli, Gero Schreier

Dates: 11 November 2026, 2 pm–4pm

Venue: Mittelstrasse 43, room 216

ECTS: 0.5 ECTS (creditable in the Wahlpflichtbereich of the GSAH curriculum)

Language: English

Registration: Until October 30, 2026 via KSL and e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

 

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GSAH Soft Skills

Visual Thinking for Researchers

When we aim to capture, organise, and document information, we usually rely on written language. Yet complex ideas can often be understood and communicated more effectively through simple drawings, symbols, and visual structures. Sketchnoting offers an accessible approach to visual note-taking that helps make connections visible, develop ideas, and communicate knowledge more clearly.

 


 

Lecturer: Adrian Pourviseh

Dates: 17 March 2027, 10.15am–6pm

Venue: tba

ECTS: 1 ECTS (creditable in the Wahlpflichtbereich of the GSAH curriculum)

Language: English

Registration: Until February 15, 2027 via KSL or e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch