The aims of the seminar series are to:
- develop your professional competencies
- support you in achieving your goals with your master studies
- meet your peers
- keep you on track to deliver a great thesis!
Along your master's journey, we will cover topics such as study plan, literature search, scientific writing, research data management, presentation strategies, project planning, AI use, and more. The seminars will consist of a combination of lectures, activities, discussions, invited speakers/panels, and socializing.
In this second workshop, you will learn essential research skills to start on your project, including searching, reading, and citing the literature. We will discuss rules and responsibilities around use of AI for your thesis. We will touch base with the project plan we made in 1st semester and update it for the upcoming year. Finally, Michael Heeremans will return to give a tutorial for how to complete your data management plan, due at the end of this semester.. And you will get food (if you register)!
Time and place:
Thursday 23 April 2026, 14:00 – 17:00 Mellomrommet 102, Geobygningen
Repeat session: Monday 4 May 2026, 12:00 -- 15:00 Auditorium 1, Geobygningen
This workshop will be held in English.
Tentative Program (with breaks):
1st hour: Working with the literature
- Welcome and introduction to the seminar
- Searching, reading and referencing literature
2nd hour: To AI or not to AI? and how is your plan?
- Guidelines on responsible AI use at UiO and common sense considerations
- Project planning: check-in
- Food provided by the Department of Geosciences
3rd hour: Data management plan (DMP) with Michael Heeremans
- Recap on making the DMP and demo to fill it out
We hope you will join for parts of or the entire seminar. Bring your questions and problems, and let's find solutions together!
Please register here if you plan to attend the seminar: