Course "From a Research Idea to a Paper Draft"
This online course will help you learn how to use effective research strategies and AI tools to prepare a research paper. The program includes the dos and don’ts of formulating a research question, strategies for choosing a journal, an overview of available AI tools for research writing, and practical tasks for mastering the skills of searching, analyzing, and selecting academic literature on your research topic. The course is practice-oriented and targeted at individual work on a text.
To participate in the course productively, you will need a clear research topic and a drafted text you can work on. This course is designed to help you advance your research using AI tools.
As a result, by the end of the course you will have a validated research question, literature review draft, and a list of academic journals suitable for publication.
Trainer: Konstantin Nefedov, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Management in HSE St. Petersburg Campus, where he runs a research seminar and supervises research projects at HSE Project Fair. His area of expertise is upgrading in Global Value Chains and Russian outward FDI. He has published in ABS journals and won “That’s interesting” award at AIB CEE conference in 2017. Konstantin also serves as a reviewer in Journal of International Management and International Journal of Emerging Markets.
Dates: October 31 – December 5 (Thursdays, 18:00-21:00)
Format: online
English level requirement: B1+
How do I get accepted? You should be a full-time employee from teaching or research staff at the HSE.
The course is offered on a competitive basis. Please, fill out an online registration form and write a motivation letter in English (about 300 words). You should specify your research field and theme and briefly write about your experience of writing research papers in English and using AI tools for this purpose. Please describe the challenges you have faced when writing a research article and explain how the course program will help you overcome these challenges. Explain how new skills are relevant to your teaching and/or research career. The motivation letter should clearly demonstrate that the applicant has read the course syllabus and is willing to make time to do all course tasks.
For more information on how to write a strong motivation letter, please read the AWC blog.