Analytic Storytelling

How do you engage your audience with your story about your research? How do you make sure they’re able to understand the details of your work? And how do you make your – often abstract – topic tangible for others, so they have a vivid image of the challenges and benefits of your project?

Analytic Storytelling offers you techniques to tackle these difficulties. Through examples, theory, and hands-on exercises, you learn to communicate about the complexities of your research in a clear and compelling way that connects your story to your audience.

During this course you will:

• learn how to work with the Analytic Storytelling method through bits of theory and a lot of exercise, and you will apply these insights to your own research story.
• receive and practice with 3 checklists that you can continue using for all your communication: from presentations to texts, and from one-minute pitches to book-length theses.
• receive feedback on your exercises as well as on the storyline of your own project during the meetings. ​

Prework 

Each week there is an assignment, which requires around 2 hours of preparation, so the total course contains ~8 hours of homework. A few weeks before the first meeting you will receive the first, preparatory homework assignment, with a deadline of a week in advance of the first course day. During the sessions you will continue working on these assignments, and receive feedback on them, so the “prework” is a crucial part of this course.

Online format

The course consists of 4 online meetings of max. 3 hours. 

​Dates and location:

Teacher:

Aliza Tekofsky and Priscilla Brandon  (Analytic Storytelling)

Language of the course:

English

Docop-points:

This course counts for 1,4 points

Registration:

Via Sisa Self Service. Log in with your student account. Registration is possible as from 8 January 2025 and after you've been (re-)enrolled as a PhD student for 2024-2025.