2026

Are you a PhD candidate, Postdoctoral fellow, or Early Career Researcher? Join us for a fun, social evening of bite-sized science talks, pizza, and a friendly quiz! Twelve Early Career Researchers from across UiO will present accessible, four-minute talks. Snacks provided; beer and wine available for purchase. Come for the pizza — stay for the conversation!

Meet your future employer at the Career Fair. Shake hands, show face, and discuss your career opportunities with companies who are looking to hire early career researchers. 

Your CV is one of the most important documents when presenting your competence to a future employer. In this workshop you will learn about the do`s and don’ts when it comes to writing a CV for different application processes.

Shape Your Career – and Build the Network That Gets You There! 

In this session we will explore different career paths for Early Career Researchers and the importance of intentional and effective networking. You will get real-world examples and practical tips on how to look for job opportunities, and strategies to make networking both effective and enjoyable.

In this interactive session, we will explore how to identify and articulate your academic and transferable skills and reflect on what motivates you. You’ll gain practical tools for mapping your competence and clarifying your direction.

Get the low-down: What do you need to create a successful proposal?

Do you want to become a better speaker? Are you preparing a presentation for a conference, dissertation, or a meeting at the local library, and you are seeking feedback? Then this workshop is for you.

A reality check: your future career and how to fund it

This session aims to inspire you to rethink the way you design and present scientific posters. Learn to create visually engaging posters that communicate effectively and stand out from a sea of text-heavy designs.

NVivo is a complex software for qualitative research that can be used to code text, sound, image, and video.

Learn to make clear and effective data visualization in R software. The workshop introduces ggplot2 together with the key design principles needed to create clean, publication ready graphics

We are excited to announce a special event during our Career Week exclusively for Early Career Researchers: the Drop-in Career Coffee! This is an informal, low-threshold gathering where you can get tips and tricks for job interviews, get feedback on non-academic CVs, or talk about other career related questions you might have.

Learn about different tools, platforms and services to share your research and other contributions, and how you utilise them to make yourself and your work more visible to the academic community and the society at large. In this workshop you will get an introduction to research visibility, and hands-on help to build your online profile!

This course identifies the “kappe” as both a distinct and critically important element of the full body of work in an article-based PhD dissertation. It offers conceptual and practical perspectives on how to position the “kappe” and how to write it.

Do you want to contribute to a more welcoming and supportive work environment in academia? Curious about how diversity can strengthen collaboration and create better workplaces? Or maybe you want practical tools to recognize and reduce biases in everyday situations? Then this workshop is for you.

Academic workplaces are diverse, but unconscious biases and structural barriers can still affect collaboration, decision-making, and career opportunities. In this workshop, we will explore why diversity matters, how biases shape our interactions, and what you can do to create a fair, respectful and innovative work environment.

Learn how to clearly communicate complicated concepts while talking to different crowds.

Learn how to turn your research into compelling stories that spark curiosity, connect with audiences, and leave a lasting impression

Imposter syndrome is a widespread phenomenon in academia, but what is it and how can you avoid being impeded by it? 

Do you struggle with the writing process, have a paper you are currently working on, or just want to get a little better at academic writing? This is the workshop for you! This workshop will focus on a few essential skills in writing research papers: crafting a coherent argument for your paper, articulating it, and ensuring that it comes out clearly through your writing.

Should you focus on publishing in high impact journals or on data sharing? In this talk, we will present a changing assessment system that introduces new ways of rewarding and recognizing academic work around the world.

Join us for an engaging conversation with distinguished alumni as they share insights, career journeys, and practical advice for the next generation. Hear how their experiences shaped their paths — and get a straight answer to a common question: do you really have to become a professor to succeed?

This talk is about the skills needed to give a good presentation. I focus especially on certain aspects of public speaking that we academics often overlook, including public speaking aversion and anxiety, preparations, the use of voice and body, as well as the difference between writing and speaking.

Lunch will be served from 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM

This session dives into how key design principles can transform the clarity and impact of your presentations. We’ll explore visual hierarchy, layout, spacing, alignment, and how to reduce clutter so your core message stands out. You’ll learn how design cues guide attention, how images support understanding, and how small design choices change what your audience notices and remembers.

By the end, you’ll be able to structure your slides, so they work with you, not against you.