This SICSS Workshop on "Thinking otherwise - creative competency in scientific practice" is a hands-on workshop on creativ thinking and science communication for early career researchers.
Science rewards depth. But the most transformative research also demands something else — the ability to reframe problems, make unexpected connections, and communicate complex ideas with clarity and impact. These are not innate talents. They are trainable skills. This workshop builds them.
Content: The workshop moves through three phases — building core creative competencies (divergent thinking, analogical reasoning, problem reframing), applying these directly to your own research challenges, and translating your work into visual and narrative forms. Each session is hands-on. Tools are practiced first through focused exercises, then applied to participants' real scientific work.
What you take home: A personal Creative Research Toolkit (frameworks, worksheets, activity cards) and three concrete outputs from your own research: a visual abstract, a communication artifact, and a narrative pitch.
Course usability: Elective for SICSS doctoral researchers across all disciplines.
Spots are limited to 15 participants.
After a complete course attendance you earn 0.5 CPs.