Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Auch im Jahr 2024 wird das Graduiertenzentrum der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät einen Autumn Retreat für alle Promovierenden der Fakultät und Promovierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Berliner Universitätsallianz veranstalten. Die Veranstaltung findet am 21. - 22. Oktober im Gästehaus Blumenfisch am Großen Wannsee statt.

Workshop 1: Critical Reasoning and Logic

Trainer: Dr. Anja Berninger

Workshopsprache: Englisch

Workshopbeschreibung:

Scientists have to give arguments in many different contexts: in their publications, in grant applications, in lab meetings and in conference presentations. Nevertheless, the bases for strong and correct arguments are not always fully clear to them. Logic provides extremely helpful tools for scientists to develop their arguments in a coherent, well-structured and convincing way. The course introduces the most important concepts of logic: premises and conclusions of arguments, validity and soundness of arguments, deductive vs. inductive reasoning, common types of inferences and fallacies. The idea of the course is to use these concepts as a toolbox which provides useful techniques for everyday scientific work. The participants learn how to reconstruct arguments from scientific texts, how to give well-structured and logically valid arguments, and how to avoid misunderstandings. There are two main sets of exercises: one for written argumentation and one for oral argumentation.

Contents

• basic concepts of logic (validity and soundness of arguments etc.) 
• inductive and deductive arguments
• common types of fallacies
• reconstructing arguments from texts
• tips and exercises for written argumentation
• tips and exercises for oral argumentation 

Workshop 2: Good Scientific Practice (Teil 2)

Der Workshop baut auf dem ersten Online-Workshop-Teil vom 8. Oktober auf, kann aber auch eigenständig besucht werden.

Trainer: Prof. Dr. Tobias Schmohl

Workshopsprache: Englisch

Workshopbeschreibung:

This intensive course, spanning 1.5 days, provides an introduction to the principles and interdisciplinary aspects of good scientific practice. Instances of typical intentional and unintentional scientific misconduct are covered. The participants will gain practical knowledge on the honest processing and documentation of research results, in addition to discussing central guidelines and recommendations for scientific work conducted in accordance with the "lege artis" principle. The course aims to discuss case studies derived from scientific practice. It will include a critical analysis and evaluation of the pertinent legal, scientific-ethical, and procedural elements. The analysis will be based on relevant international reference texts and codes of conduct, such as the institutional guideline for safeguarding good scientific practice at HU Berlin, the Global Research Council, and the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. The objective is to formulate interdisciplinary protocols that provide significant support for the promotion of good scientific conduct and to effectively address instances of plagiarism and questionable research practices. Additional areas of emphasis include collaboration within team settings and the protection and retention of original data.

Inhalt:

• Principles and frameworks of good scientific practice
• Scientific quality standards and research guidelines
• Fundamentals and general principles of scientific work
• Relevance of the principles for the use of artificial intelligence; potential problems, and areas of conflict
• Avoidance of misconduct in science, such as false statements, infringement of intellectual property,
  dishonest handling of data
• Standards of scientific ethics and practical scientific procedures
• Academic consequences of scientific misconduct at university and non-university level (e.g. sanction options of faculties, scientific institutions, scientific journals and publishers (for publications), funding agencies and scientific organisations, professional organisations, ministries as well as funding agencies, scientific organisations and ministries) Analysis of case studies
• Evaluation of codes of conduct and recommendations of national and international reference texts of good scientific practice

Lernziele:

The aim of this workshop is for participants to be able to:

• Identify and formulate generally applicable principles of scientific goodness criteria at different stages of the production of research papers, which can be specified for individual disciplines as needed,
• to recognise scientific misconduct based on scientific, ethical values and to actively avoid it in their work,
• to realise and effectively design references to action and practice in their respective research fields based on the DFG guidelines for good scientific practice
• critically reflect on conflicting goals in the planning and implementation of their research projects and independently develop strategies for honest scientific work,
• to determine criteria for performance assessment concerning academic work supervised by the
  participants and to develop criteria for the quality of reviews.

Methoden:

The proposed in-house workshop will incorporate a variety of instructional methods, including

• small group collaboration, analysis of scientific case studies,
• constructive feedback from peers,
• large group discussions,
• and a dilemma game where participants can adopt various perspectives.

Interactive presentation materials will be used alongside a web-based live voting system.

Es fallen keine Teilnahmegebühren an. Das gemeinsame Abendessen vor Ort am 21. Oktober muss von den Teilnehmenden selbst übernommen werden. Für die Tagesverpflegung wird gesorgt.

Es werden eine begrenzte Anzahl von Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten inklusive Frühstück angeboten. Anders als in den vergangenen Jahren findet diese in Doppelzimmern statt. Dies wird ebenfalls durch das Graduiertenzentrum übernommen.

Einzige Teilnahmevoraussetzung ist die Zulassung zur Promotion an unserer Fakultät oder der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultäten der FU Berlin oder TU Berlin.

Anmeldung mit dem Hinweis, ob ihr eine Übernachtung wünscht und an welchem Workshop ihr teilnehmen wollt an promotion.wiwi@hu-berlin.de.

Nachdem wiederholt bei bisherigen Veranstaltungen des Graduiertenzentrums Personen unentschuldigt gefehlt oder sehr kurzfristig abgesagt haben, werden ab sofort Personen, die sich für Veranstaltungen anmelden und unentschuldigt oder sehr kurzfristig (3 Werktage vor Veranstaltung) ohne ärztlichen Attest fehlen, für ein Jahr von den Veranstaltungsangeboten des Graduiertenzentrums ausgeschlossen. 

Bitte meldet euch rechtzeitig ab, solltet ihr an der Veranstaltung nicht teilnehmen können!