Are you ready for Week 42?

This year’s program brings together a wide range of contributors, including many of our own researchers who will share reflections and advice drawn from their own academic journeys. 

Seminar room with Kristian Bjørkdahl teaching. Photo

Kristian Bjørkdal returns this year to teach rhetoric! All photos: Careerboost/UiO

By Team Careerboost
Published June 13, 2025

You’ll hear from Joke Dewilde on the transition From PhD to Professor, while Nicolai Topstad Borgen will share his perspective on securing ERC funding.  

Ratib Lekhal will speak about the evolving importance of Societal Impact, and Tone Dyrdal Solbrekke will dive into how to build fruitful Academic Collaborations.  

 

Lisbeth M Brevik

Lisbeth M. Brevik (left picture) will help you navigate mobility and how to build and maintain professional networks. Nani Teig will guide you through the ever-elusive skill of Strategic Time Management. 

We’ll also explore what it means to navigate being a supervisee with PhD candidate Hannah Mülder. 

For the fourth year in a row, MartAnmarkrud and Blikstad-Balase Blikstad-Balas and Øistein Anmarkrud (right picture) will return with their highly popular session on How to Get Stuff Published.  

New this year, for all who are curious about how their research connects to broader societal goals, don’t miss Ole Andreas Kvamme’s contribution on Social Mission and Sustainability. 

External expertise on writing, AI, and rhetoric

Rhetoric expert Kristian Bjørkdahl returns to Week 42 to share the theory behind what makes a truly effective oral presentation—an essential skill for any researcher. Participants will later have the chance to put theory into practice in a coaching session with communications advisor and voice actor Stefan Vincent Strømnes and designer Shane Colvin.   

Academic writing specialist and researcher Lynn Nygaard will lead her widely appreciated hands-on writing workshop focused on sharpening your scholarly voice and structure.  

In addition, you can join sessions on project management, using social media for researchers, and AI in research practice—all designed to give you concrete tools to strengthen your academic work. 

Save the dates 13-17 October! 

Make sure to save the dates from October 13 to 17. An exciting and enriching week awaits! The full program will be launched in early september. We look forward to sharing it, and most of all, to seeing you there! 

Entry to seminar room 241 with balloons
Tags: week 42, career development, careerboost
Published June 13, 2025 12:41 PM - Last modified June 20, 2025 11:08 AM