We have organized a range of workshops on various topics important to PhD Life besides conducting in-depth research. Most sessions will be given twice so you have the chance to attend 2 workshops. The rooms are shown on the map
To give you an idea about all the workshops we have collected a short introduction for each workshop:
Publishing - Do's and Don'ts
Room 1 15.00 - 16.00 and 16.00 - 17.00
In this session, Carlo Botasso from TU Munich and the editor-in-chief for Wind Energy Science journal will give a presentation with the title "Publishing: Dos and Don'ts". There will be also time to ask your questions.
Life After PhD
Room 2 15.00 - 16.00 and 16.00 - 17.00
The "Life after PhD" session is a panel discussion and presentations related to the potential possibilities after you finish your PhDs. We have invited three panelists including a senior researcher, an industry engineer/consultant, and an entrepreneur working within wind power and renewable energy sector. No matter where you are in your doctoral studies, we hope that joining this session will provide you with the insight, experience, and stories of our panelists about their professional journey after graduation. You will naturally be able to take part in the discussions by asking your questions and reflecting your comments from our panelists.
What’s my Coat of Arms? Self-Guiding Leadership Tools and Practices
Room 3 15.00 - 16.00 and 16.00 - 17.00
In ancient and medieval times, a coat of arms was an emblem – a unique design often painted on a shield - to represent a person, family, nation, set of values, or beliefs. Most of us don’t carry shields anymore… but our personal Coat of Arms (CoA) travels with us everywhere. In this workshop, we’ll help you determine what values and beliefs guide you. With your personal CoA, we’ll discuss how those traits are deeply personal reflection of who you are, how with the knowledge of what these traits are how you can be a leader for yourself and others, and how those traits can be used to your best advantage. The workshop will end with a discussion of how to upkeep the values in your CoA by actively being a leader in your lab, workplace, or community.
Open science: What, why and how?
Room 4 15.00 - 16.00 and 16.00 - 17.00
This lecture/seminar will cover some various aspects of Open Science, focusing on good open data practices and publishing open access. We will go through the ideas of FAIR data and how to do it, talk about data management throughout the lifecycle of research data, and the benefits of sharing research data openly. We will also look at the publishing landscape today, mainly focusing on article publishing in journals, and look at the development of open access publishing, risks and benefits and hopefully discuss a bit on what the future of scientific publishing may look like
SASSY
Room 5 15.00 - 17.00
When we enter the space of academia, we become part of a complex system with various (not always transparent) rules and (sometimes conflicting or challenging) demands. We have to deal with a range of external influences that make us question our work (for better or worse). We need to navigate a social environment that is characterized by hierarchies and power structures. We also need to juggle a lot of different things, like starting to teach and having a life outside of academia that may not be compatible or entirely understanding of our life inside of it.
All of this can drain our energy, motivation or mess with our sense of clarity, purpose or even self-worth at times.
Drawing on somatics – the art and science of working with the person in their wholeness (mind, body, spirit) – this two-hour workshop offers concrete practices for soulful and sustainable self-leadership in academia that help us stay the course, and find our own, authentic way, while remaining in connection with our values, our topic, colleagues and “life”.
Sustainability in Wind Energy Research
Room 6 15.00 - 16.00
In this workshop we discuss the question: "What is the environmental impact by the (wind) research community?" The idea is not, to finger-point at individuals or create an atmosphere of remorse. Instead, we'd like to unravel from an objective point of view, what main CO2-emission sources there can be in research (e.g. energy demand of cluster simulations, wind tunnel operation or a conference travel), but also where the responsibilities and competences are, to limit these emissions (e.g. university guidelines, project rules, national laws or personal decisions). We will start with some input from our side and then transition to an open discussion, where the participants can contribute with experiences from their own universities and projects.
As a preparation for the workshop, we encourage you to estimate your personal greenhouse gas footprint. This will help to give you a sense of scale about energy consumption and emissions. Don't be worried, these numbers will stay anonymous and will not be compared with other participants. We would like you to estimate the emissions only for your private life. During the workshop, we can put that into the context of the emissions related to your research. You can use any online calculator of your choice. We found the https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx very detailed and you can choose your country of origin and language.
"Voices of DEI in Wind Energy" community meeting
Room 6 16.00 - 17.00
In this group, we share personal experiences and stories in the area of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) with the wind energy science community, aiming to learn from and inspire each other, as well as to highlight and understand the key important aspects and identifying measures for improvement. We welcome anyone to participate, regardless of background, experience or EAWE membership status. You can participate as much or as little as you'd like. The group is run by the DEI Committee of the European Academy of Wind Energy. At this meeting, we will first listen to some contributed stories, then split into small groups to discuss the stories and share our own experiences, then finally present the findings and learnings in the large group. Find out more and sign up for our regular online meetings here.