Soft Skills

Audiovisual formats are powerful tools for thinking, communicating, and trans-forming research. This workshop introduces doctoral students and early-career researchers to the principles and practices of visual storytelling, with a focus on how images (still and moving) and sounds can convey complex ideas in the humanities and social sciences.

Lecturer: Andrea Bordoli

Dates: 31 March / 14 April 2026, 10.15am–5pm

Venue: UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, room A 015

ECTS: 1.5 ECTS (creditable in the Wahlpflichtbereich of the GSAH curriculum)

Language: English

Registration: Until February 28, 2026, 2025, via KSL or e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

 

Discussing our research within academic circles is familiar territory. But explaining its value to non-academic audiences—from family and friends to journalists and the general public—often proves more challenging. This workshop focusses on the principles and practices of clear, meaningful, and responsible science communication. We will explore how our research can be translated for broader public without oversimplification or loss of analytical depth.

Lecturer: Dr. Andreas Berger 

Dates: 27 April 2026, 1.15pm–5pm

Venue: Mittelstrasse 43, room 128

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

Language: English

Registration: Until March 31, 2026, via KSL or e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

Join our 3-day workshop, "Creating Audio Podcasts", and learn how to transform your scientific findings into compelling podcasts!

Dates:
Part 1: 6 October 2025, 10.15 AM - 6 PM
Part 2: 3 November 2025, 10.15 AM  - 4 PM
Part 2: 10 November 2025, 10.15 AM  - 3 PM

Venue: Unitobler, Room TBA

Credits: 2 ECTS (+ 1 ECTS for a completed pocast)
Who: Docs and postdocs of the Faculty of Humanities. Remaining spots to be allocated to advanced MA students.
Registration: Until August 15, 2025 via KSL and e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

This workshop is ideal for early-career researchers, PhD students, and academics seeking to improve their public profile and research dissemination.


 

Dates and Venue:
30 September (Seminarraum 117, Hauptgebäude H4) and 1 December (Seminarraum 228, Mittelstrasse 43) 2.15 PM – 6 PM

Language: English
Credits: 2 ECTS
Who: GSAH doctoral students

Registration: Until August 31, 2025 via KSL or e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

Enhance your outreach skills, expand your writing portfolio, and learn to craft compelling academic blog articles that capture attention!

Dates and Venue:
21  October  and 18 November, 2.15 PM – 6 PM
Unitobler TBA

Language: English
Credits: 1.5 ECTS
Who: GSAH doctoral students

Registration: Until August 31, 2025 via KSL or e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

This course offers personalized, one-on-one writing support and group workshops to help PhD students in the humanities improve their English academic writing.

Dates:
Group sessions: 16 September and 28 October, 2025
Individual sessions: 2 x 60 min between 22 September and 24 October

Venue: Unitobler, Room TBA
Credits: 1.5 ECTS
Who: GSAH doctoral students

Registration: Until August 31, 2025 via KSL or e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

Are you in the middle of a writing assignment?  The GSAH writing retreat offers participants a structured time-out from everyday university life to pursue their own research.

Date: Sept 8–12, 2025
Venue: Hotel Schloss Münchenwiler (BE)

Credits: 2 ECTS
Costs: Travel paid by participants; accommodation & meals covered
Who: GSAH doctoral students & IFN Junior Fellows

Registration: Email melanie.sampayo@unibe.ch with a short motivation letter by June 30, 2025