Sumários

Early career development and academic entrepreneurship

3 Abril 2025, 14:00 Francisco Alexandre Melo Simões


Academic entrepreneurship broadly refers to the involvement of academics – teachers, researchers, students - in exploitation activities. In this context, entrepreneurship refers to the exploration of knowledge that academics create via applied research projects and further development of research networks, patents, licenses, start-ups, spin-offs, and industry collaboration. Individual-level motives – meaning those driving academic agency - have been pointed out to be the best predictors of academic entrepreneurship. If properly integrated into research and development activities, academic entrepreneurship can also represent an important set of skills for developing solid research careers.

Based on active, participatory methodologies, this seminar will explore the concept of academic entrepreneurship by combining three angles on analysis. Firstly, the group will engage in exploring the meaning(s) of academic entrepreneurship, including its added-value and pitfalls. Secondly, the discussions will focus on the process of developing a research idea as the central piece for any academic entrepreneurship process. This will include a step-by-step analysis of translating a research idea into a research project, including a practical, hands-on approach to this process (do’s, don’ts, and tips). Finally, the group will debate how entrepreneurial skills can be combined with other sets of skills (e.g., scientific skills, communication skills) from a research career pathway developed from early stages.

Early career development and academic entrepreneurship

3 Abril 2025, 10:00 Francisco Alexandre Melo Simões


Academic entrepreneurship broadly refers to the involvement of academics – teachers, researchers, students - in exploitation activities. In this context, entrepreneurship refers to the exploration of knowledge that academics create via applied research projects and further development of research networks, patents, licenses, start-ups, spin-offs, and industry collaboration. Individual-level motives – meaning those driving academic agency - have been pointed out to be the best predictors of academic entrepreneurship. If properly integrated into research and development activities, academic entrepreneurship can also represent an important set of skills for developing solid research careers.

Based on active, participatory methodologies, this seminar will explore the concept of academic entrepreneurship by combining three angles on analysis. Firstly, the group will engage in exploring the meaning(s) of academic entrepreneurship, including its added-value and pitfalls. Secondly, the discussions will focus on the process of developing a research idea as the central piece for any academic entrepreneurship process. This will include a step-by-step analysis of translating a research idea into a research project, including a practical, hands-on approach to this process (do’s, don’ts, and tips). Finally, the group will debate how entrepreneurial skills can be combined with other sets of skills (e.g., scientific skills, communication skills) from a research career pathway developed from early stages.

Scientific Writing

28 Março 2025, 14:00 Alessandra Carvalho


Continuação do workshop de escrita científica. Continuation of the scientific writing workshop.
A sessão de método. How to write the methods section.
Resultados: Preparação e descrição de tabelas e figuras; escrita da sessão de resultados. Results: Preparing and describing Tables and Figures; writing of the results section.
Discussão e conclusão. Discussion and conclusion sections.
 

Scientific Writing

14 Março 2025, 14:00 Alessandra Carvalho


Apresentação geral, enquadramento e plano. Overview of the sessions: contents and organization.
O que distingue a escrita científica? What is distinctive about scientific writing?
Integridade e propriedade intelectual. Software de gestão bibliográfica. Research integrity and intellectual propriety. Software for bibliographic management.
Artigos científicos e manuscritos: Secções e estilo APA. Scientific articles and manuscripts: Sections and APA style.
Como escrever um Resumo. How to write an Abstract.
A secção de Introdução. The Introduction Section

Ethical questions in research

13 Fevereiro 2025, 14:00 Rita Guerra


Ethics beyond informed consent:

- Bias free language
-Misconduct
- Authorship
- Open Science: preregistration, open data, data management plans
Exercises & Group Discussion