GGS Workshop: Academic Writing, Paper Presentation and Discussion (particularly in the fields of accounting, economics, finance, governance, and management)

Due to the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the course will be carried out virtually in a web conferen tool.
The first day will therefore finish at 5 pm instead of 6 pm.

Objectives

• Improve writing skills (e.g., how to write an abstract and introduction, how to facilitate skimming, the structure of a paper, tables and figures, English language and writing style).
• Improve presentation techniques (e.g., the structure of a presentation, slide design, English language, body language, psychological aspects, answering questions the right way).
• Learn how to discuss a paper (e.g., the structure of a discussion, which aspects of a paper should be emphasized/criticized, how to assess data sets and empirical results).
• Comprehend why writing, presenting and discussing papers is important and what you should and should not do.
• Recognize that more or less every paper can be criticized and what that means for your own paper write-up, presentation, and selection of topics to work on.
• Improve your economic and econometric understanding and reasoning, your ability to assess empirical studies and econometric methods, and learn more about the importance of counterfactuals as well as alternative explanations and other endogeneity concerns.

Further information is available in the syllabus "Academic Writing, Paper Presentation and Discussion".