PhD Courses in Denmark

Ph.D. students enrolled at either the Royal Academy, Aarhus School of Architecture or Design School Kolding are welcome to attend the course.

Language and form

English - Lectures, exercises, discussions

Course facilitators

Margrethe “Gæk” Bredahl – Librarian – mbre@kglakademi.dk
Søren Peter Mørch – Librarian – smor@kglakademi.dk
Silja Attrup – Librarian – satt@kglakademi.dk

Course description

This course is specifically aimed at PhD students at the beginning of their project. The course will consist of a mix of lectures, discussions, and exercises. We encourage you to share your knowledge and experiences during the course.

Part 1: Information search in specialized databases and the open web. The first part of this course will enable you to conduct advanced academic information searches. We will explore the search process from defining a strategy to evaluating and documenting your search results. You will learn how to carry out comprehensive literature searches based on your own research assignment. We will guide you through the various information seeking steps, from selecting relevant search strategies and techniques to evaluating your search results.

• Evaluate databases and other information resources
• Set up search strategies and use various search techniques
• Identify relevant types of information resources

 Part 2: Reference management, citations, and bibliography. The second part of the course will teach you how to use a reference management tool to keep track of the literature and other sources you need for your research and how to use the tools to manage and overlook your research process. 

• Introduction to Zotero – please install one before the course: zotero.org
• How to autogenerate citations and bibliography entries in various styles as part of your search and writing process

Part 3: Publishing and sharing your research. This third part of the course will introduce you to the publishing workflow, Open Access, registrations in Pure, and other aspects of the research cycle.

• Open Access and copyright-negotiation with publishers
• How to register your research and CV in our PURE research portal
• Introduction to the publication workflow and platforms for Academic exposure and findability such as ORCID

ECTS

1

Dates 

29th and 30 of October 2025 - both days from 9:00 to 15.00 with a one-hour lunch break. 

The course will take place in the Library at Holmen.

Application deadline 

29th of August 2025 via https://katalog.kglakademi.dk/phdtilmeld.php

Maximum number of participants: 10