Program Overview

Doctoral Study Programme

The Doctoral Study Programme at the Antwerp Doctoral School offers a range of training opportunities to support the development of researchers.

Training Offer

The training offer includes:

• Course offer ADS
  • Academic Confidence
  • Active Bystander Training (Eng)
  • Actieve Omstaandertraining (NL)
  • Applying for a job
  • Building your search strategy for systematic reviews
  • Communicating effectively in an academic context
  • Communication Skills Basic 14h
  • Connecting Communication
  • Creating a scientific poster (half day)
  • Creating a scientific poster (full day)
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Creating scientific visuals
  • Effective Prompting (New!)
  • Data visualisation
  • E-sources for the exact sciences
  • E-sources for the (bio)medical sciences
  • E-sources for the social sciences & humanities
  • Excel: Basics (new!)
  • Excel: Formulas & Functions
  • Excel: Intermediate
  • Excel: Tables & Pivot Tables
  • From self-insight to career impact (New!)
  • Giving Academic Presentations
  • Grow to Lead
  • Grow your future career
  • Grow your Network
  • How to deal with media and journalists as a researcher
  • Inside a company
  • Intake to FAIR
  • Intercultural competences: navigating foreign academic cultures
  • Introduction to Data Management Plans
  • Meet people not cultures
  • Mindmapping
  • Personal Development Plan PhD
  • Personal Effectiveness
  • Pitch your research
  • Project management
  • Snellezen (NL)
  • Speed Reading
  • Storytelling for Researchers (New!)
  • The Art of Feedback
  • The Basics of GenAI (New!)
  • The basics of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • The Company+ (New!)
  • Time management
  • Under pressure (Dutch course)
  • Under pressure (English course)
  • Welcome to the real world
  • Word Long Documents
  • Writing Academic Papers
  • Write an effective non-academic cv & cover letter
• Course offer UAntwerp
• Course offer inter-university
• E-learning

Description of the Workshop

Facts inform, but stories connect. Research shows that stories are remembered up to twenty times better than data alone. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to use storytelling techniques to make their research more relatable, memorable, and impactful, whether they are giving a talk, writing a text, or pitching their ideas.

In this Workshop, Participants will Learn:

• Why storytelling makes science more powerful and memorable
• How to structure their story clearly
• How to bring a personal essay or a science story
• How to add emotion and imagery without losing scientific accuracy
• How to present their story convincingly and connect with their audience
• How to strategically use storytelling in talks, papers, and communication with diverse stakeholders

Preparation

Before the workshop, participants are required to:

• Watch a short online video course on pitching their research and write a short pitch about their research and send it in advance. (Estimated preparation time: 30 minutes)
• Share questions or challenges they want to address during the session.

Practical Information

Date:

Course HC02: 10 February 2026, 9:30 - 16:30, Campus Middelheim - Building A - Room A.301

Language:

English

Teacher:

Toon Verlinden (The Floor is Yours)

Docop Points:

0.6