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SoBigData Academy Camp 2026: Upskill yourself with Free & Online Courses

16/01/2026 Deadline: 31 January 2026

Learn practical data science skills in an interdisciplinary way — no prior experience needed.

The SoBigData Academy Camp is a free online learning program (Feb–Apr 2026) designed to make data science accessible to students from any academic field (social sciences, law, humanities, business, and more). Start here: https://sobigdata.unipi.it/mod/page/view.php?id=1944&forceview=1

Key dates

Student registration: 1 January – 31 January 2026
Camp runs: 1 February – 30 April 2026
Datathon invitation: 1 May 2026 (selected students from who complete the courses)

What you’ll do during the Camp

Complete a selection of free SoBigData Academy courses:
- Workload: ~37 hours total (flexible, self-paced) ≈ 5 hours/week
Join monthly online events
- Teachers and invited experts share real use cases and answer questions
Receive a Certificate of Participation
- Signed by the SoBigData Research Infrastructure
Opportunity to participate to the final Datathon challenge (May 2026)
- Best projects: featured interview + blog post on SoBigData channels
- €500 prize for the winners (in different category)

Who should participate?

This camp is open to all levels, especially students outside traditional computer science/engineering who want practical skills in: statistics and data analysis, responsible/ethical data use and understanding social and institutional data.

How to participate (students)

Go to: https://sobigdata.unipi.it/mod/page/view.php?id=1944&forceview=1
Register by 31 January 2026
Follow the courses during Feb–Apr 2026
Join the online events (monthly)
If you complete the courses, you’ll be invited to the May 2026 Datathon (optional)

Questions? Email us at info@sobigdata.eu

What you’ll learn (courses & competences)

Course	What it covers	Competences Acquired	Possible Applications
Basic Python	Introduction to one of the most used language in data analysis	Basic programming and data manipulation.	Automating small research tasks, reading data files, and manipulating data.
Database	How data is stored and retrieved in structured systems (e.g. university datasets, surveys).	Understanding data organization and SQL basics.	Understanding database structures, populating them with data, and retrieving information.
Data Analysis	How to explore, describe, and interpret data patterns.	Descriptive statistics, analytical reasoning.	Evaluating datasets, comparing, and producing indicators
Data Mining & Machine Learning	How computers can find patterns or predict trends.	Fundamental understanding of algorithms and their ethical implications.	Identifying trends in data and hidden patterns and rules.
Legal & Ethical Aspects of Data Science	How data use interacts with law, privacy and ethics.	Awareness of GDPR, the AI Act, and data governance.	Evaluating responsible data policies in projects and institutions.
Data Theory & Society	Understanding data’s social, cultural, and political dimensions.	Critical thinking about technology and society.	Research on digital democracy, media, and social impacts.
Complex Network Analysis	How relationships between entities can be represented as networks.	Basics of graph thinking and visualization.	Mapping networks such as social, collaborations, or institutional structures.
Business Model Data-Drive Innovation	Using data to create value and innovation in organizations.	Strategic planning, innovation mindset.	Designing business or policy models informed by data.
Data Visualization & Visual Analytics	Presenting information clearly through visuals.	Data visualization and communication skills.	Making an understandable and meaningful graphic representation of the results.

The camp could be of significant interest to Master’s students, PhD candidates, and early-career researchers from EULiST.

Participants will receive an official certificate, which could potentially be used to assign educational credits for students.

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Scientific Writing Workshop (English) at TUW, 21 & 23 January 2026

03/11/2025 Date: 21 & 23 January 2026

All the spots for this workshop have been filled – registration is closed.

TU Wien warmly invites the EULiST PhD students to attend the 2-day Workshop “Scientific writing” to be held in-person:

When: Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 10:00 – 17:00 & Friday, January 23, 2026, 10:00 – 17:00
Where: TUW Premises, Resselgasse 4 Vortragsraum TUW Library, 1040, Vienna
Trainer: Prof. Wilfred van der Wiel

This two-day Workshop is designed to develop your writing skills and develop confidence in writing for scientific journals. Focus will be given on how to create your manuscript outline, how to structure your paper and the information that belongs into each section of a paper. You will be given insight on how to communicate your research results in an understandable and conclusive manner. Furthermore, the writing style as well as the manuscript preparation for submission will be discussed. Finally, you will be introduced into the concepts of Research Data Management as well as Scientific Conduct and Research Integrity.

In order to apply the principles taught in a pragmatic way, all participants are required to prepare an Abstract and Introduction of a (fictitious) paper after the end of the 1st Workshop Day. These assignments will then be discussed on the 2nd Workshop Day.

Availability: 5 places for PhD students of EULiST partner universities

Registrations by e-mail at: tuwdoc@tuwien.ac.at

Registration deadline: November 30

Please note that TUW only covers the coffee breaks and lunch. Travel and accommodation expenses are NOT covered by TUW.

Academic Life Coaching (English): Workshop at TUW, 29 & 30 January 2026

03/11/2025 Date: 29 - 30 January 2026

TU Wien warmly invites the EULiST PhD students to attend the 2-day Workshop “Academic Life Coaching” to be held in-person:

When: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 10:00 – 17:00 & Friday, January 30, 2026, 10:00 – 17:00
Where: TUW Premises, Karlsplatz 13 AD0117 Seminar Room 1040, Vienna
Trainer: Aggeliki Giouroudi
Topic: Methods Competence

Academic Life Coaching focuses on helping doctoral students navigate the challenges of academic life, fostering both personal and professional growth. It involves guiding individuals in setting and achieving their academic and career goals, improving time management, building resilience, and enhancing overall well-being. The coach supports doctoral students in balancing their research with personal life, overcoming stress, and developing effective communication and decision-making skills. The aim is to empower individuals to thrive in their academic journey while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Availability: 5 places for PhD students of EULiST partner universities

Registrations by e-mail at: tuwdoc@tuwien.ac.at

Registration deadline: November 30

Please note that TUW only covers the coffee breaks and lunch. Travel and accommodation expenses are NOT covered by TUW.

The Power of Networking for Scientists and Engineers (English), On-Site Workshop at TUW, 1 December 2025

15/10/2025 Date: 1 December 2025

TU Wien warmly invites the EULiST PhD students to attend the Workshop “The Power of Networking for Scientists and Engineers” to be held in-person:

When: Monday, December 1, 10:30 – 17:00

Where: TUW Premises, Resselgasse 4 Vortragsraum TUW Library, 1040, Vienna

Trainer: Simone Poetscher

During this workshop TU Wien DOC school students will:

✔️ Identify their personal motivations: to get crystal clear about their very own networking goals.

✔️ Learn about the new “people-first” way of networking: so connecting with others is less awkward, never fake, and meant to last.

✔️ Become clear about relevant players in their network: by analyzing who is vs. who should be in their network, and whom to focus future efforts on.

✔️ Pinpoint opportunities for proactive outreach: so they can strategically expand their network and not leave their circle of support up to chance.

✔️ Build a plan to diversify their connections: to enjoy a differentiated set of backgrounds, opinions, skills, experiences, and reach.

✔️ Plan for the long run: by understanding how to build and nurture strong and meaningful relationships that last.

✔️ Develop their own personal networking strategy: based on tried and practiced insights and directed by hands-on exercises in their workbook.

Availability: 5 places for PhD students of EULiST partner universities

Registrations by e-mail at: tuwdoc@tuwien.ac.at

Registration deadline: October 31

Please note that TUW only covers the coffee breaks and lunch. Travel and accommodation expenses are NOT covered by TUW.

Make Yourself Heard: The Power of Presence in Presentations (English), On-Site Workshop at TUW, 17 & 18 November 2025

15/10/2025 Date: 17 & 18 November 2025

TU Wien warmly invites the EULiST PhD students to attend the 2-day Workshop “Make Yourself Heard: The Power of Presence in Presentations” to be held in-person:

When: Monday, November 17, 09:00 – 17:00 & Tuesday, November 18, 09:00 – 17:00

Where-Monday: TUW Premises, Resselgasse 4 Vortragsraum TUW Library, 1040, Vienna

Where-Tuesday: TUW Premises, Karlsplatz 13 AC0240 – Seminar room AC 02 – 2, Vienna

Trainer: Francesca Carlin

When you’re speaking in front of people do you capture and hold their attention? Do you instill confidence by what you say and how you say it? In an environment where it is becoming ever more important to convey trustworthiness, competence, and authenticity, presence training has become an essential tool in professional development. This two-day workshop is designed to help academic professionals align their body language with their purpose and intentions in the present moment in order to create an effective and powerful presence. It is designed to reach the target aims through meaningful practice, individual and group activities, theater exercises, and other exercises informed by Amy Cuddy’s work on presence.

In order to apply the principles taught in a pragmatic way, all participants are required to have a 2–3-minute self-presentation prepared and ready to use.

Availability: 5 places for PhD students of EULiST partner universities

Registrations by e-mail at: tuwdoc@tuwien.ac.at

Registration deadline: October 31

Please note that TUW only covers the coffee breaks and lunch. Travel and accommodation expenses are NOT covered by TUW.

Workshop Overview: Offered by LUH in the Winter Term 2025/26

14/10/2025

The Graduate Academy at LUH is pleased to announce the following courses offered during the winter semester 2025/26 for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers:

Thema \| Topic	Zielgruppe \| Target	Termin \| Date	Trainer/in \| Trainer
I. Scientific Working Techniques
Presenting with Impact: developing your online and face-to-face presentation skills (Course No. 2025/21_GA)	Doc/Postdoc	Wed. 12. – Fri. 14. November	Joanna Burnett Avocets Consulting
Good Research Practice – Protecting Scientific Integrity (Course No. 2025/22_GA)	Doc/Postdoc	Tue. 25. + Wed. 26. November	Dr. Michael Gommel, M.A. Research Integrity Consultant
Navigating the World of Open Access Publishing: A Hands-on Introduction to Early-Career Researchers (Course No. EULiST_1)	Doc/Postdoc	Thurs. 27. November + Fri. 27. February	Deborah Sielert + Dr. Stefan Schmeja, TIB & Christoph Hornung + David Krassnig, TU Wien
From Concept to Conclusion: A Guide to Scientific Writing (Course No. 2026/06_GA)	Doc/Postdoc	Mon. 9. + Tue. 10. March	Dr. Carsten Rohr Soft Skills in Hard Science
II. Organisational and Personal Skills
Power games and micropolitical competence in academia (Course No. 2025/23_GA)	Doc/Postdoc	Mon. 1. + Mon. 8. December	Dr. Veronika Fuest in-cooperation
III. Career Orientation, Planning and Organisation
Practical strategies for moving into industry (Course No. 2026/05_GA)	Doc/Postdoc	Sat. 7. March	Dr.-Ing. Anna Malinovskaya Data Scientist

E4s Masterclass: What to Expect When Spinning Off – TU Wien, 28 October 2025

13/10/2025 Date: 28 October 2025

Speaker: Benjamin Mörzinger & Martin Miltner

Date and time: October 28, 2025, 1 – 3 pm CEST

Location: TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Language: English

Open for members of EULiST universities (sign up using your university email address)

Why you should join:

Being a first-time founder comes with both exciting opportunities and significant challenges. This masterclass will guide you in setting realistic goals as you embark on the journey of starting your own business. Our aim is to equip you with the knowledge to develop clear expectations and leverage the outcomes of your research when taking the leap into entrepreneurship.

Since experience is one of the best teachers, we have invited two founders from TU Wien-affiliated companies who have walked this path. From writing their first business plan to securing investment and scaling up, Benjamin and Martin will share their journeys, lessons learned, and practical insights.

Spinning off a company requires time, financial commitment, and a passionate team that truly believes in its technology. This masterclass will help you prepare for what lies ahead—so you can navigate the challenges and seize the opportunities with confidence.

At the end of the talk, you will:

– have gained some insights on how to strategize your next steps into spining off– have a good overview of what obstacles to avoid when founding an academia-derived venture

About the speakers

Benjamin Mörzinger: Benjamin Mörzinger, CCO of nista, specialises in data analysis, energy management, and digitalisation to enhance energy efficiency in industrial enterprises. After conducting research at AIT, University of Bolzano and TU Vienna, he co-founded nista to simplify energy management and drive sustainability in the industry. Benjamin Mörzinger has a rich background in energy data optimisation, with experience at leading institutions, and is passionate about helping industries reduce their carbon footprint through advanced technological solutions.

Check Benjamin Mörzinger on LinkedIn.

Martin Miltner: Martin Miltner is a process engineer and holds a PhD in biomass utilization from the Vienna University of Technology. Together with three colleagues, he founded Lignovations in 2021, a company dedicated to the use of innovative biomaterials in industrial applications. Martin leads the company as CEO and is also its Chief Technology Officer. Lignovations has benefited greatly from the services provided by i²c as part of the TUW i²ncubator.

Check Martin Miltner on LinkedIn.

For more information and to reserve your spot visit this page.

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EoI: Intellectual Property for Open Science – Workshop at TU Wien, 21 October 2025

13/10/2025 Date: 21 October 2025

Speaker: Nigel Clarke

Date and time: October 21, 2025, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm CEST

Location: TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Language: English

Open for members of EULiST universities (sign up using your university email address)

Why you should join:

This session is about open science (OS) and intellectual property (IP). Many people might think that OS and IP are in conflict, (isn´t IP secret?) but we´ll see that they have a lot in common.

OS is a movement to provide transparency and access to research results to support innovation. Access to research results should be FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable). However, OS does not ignore commercial interests so OS is as “open as possible, but as closed as necessary”. But we’ll see that as transparent open science is, it doesn´t mean that you can ignore IP.

IP is a legal system to reward innovators, protect their creativity and to support innovation. We´ll see that IP information – today we´ll concentrate on patents – is also FAIR. And “as open as possible, as closed as necessary” is actually built in to IP from the start. IP has been around for a very long time, and you could consider IP as the original “open science”.

Join us to deep dive into OS and IP principles and how to combine both systems.

About the speaker

After a career in academia and R&D in the UK, Nigel Clarke became a patent examiner at the European Patent Office in The Hague. He moved to Vienna and started work in the patent information division. Nowadays he acts as a consultant and a visiting fellow at Cambridge University.

For more information and to reserve your spot visit this page.

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EULiST GLOBAL CONFERENCE 2025 Call for Abstracts – PhD Students and Young Postdocs, 19 November 2025

03/10/2025 Date: 19 November 2025

We invite PhD candidates and early-career postdoctoral researchers (within two years of receiving their PhD) to submit an abstract to be considered for presentation at the upcoming online pre-conference on November 19th, held in the framework of the EULiST Global Conference (November 20th – 21st, 2025). Selected participants will have the opportunity to present their ideas in one of the four parallel thematic tracks.

This pre-conference, rooted in the themes identified through the EULiST Fridays for Research, offers a unique opportunity to showcase your work, exchange ideas with peers, and connect with leading experts while contributing to the shared research directions developed within EULiST.

Presentation Format

Each selected presenter will prepare 2 PowerPoint slides (template will be provided to selected speakers)
Presentation time: 3 minutes, followed by 1 minute changeover
Presentations will be coordinated by a session chair in each track.

How to Apply

Please submit your application through the following form: https://forms.office.com/e/DHRFs9VqPR

Submit your abstract (max. 2500 characters) indicating your preferred track.
Include your name, affiliation, status (PhD student or postdoc + year of PhD award), and contact details.

Important Dates:

Deadline for Abstract Submission: [26th October]
Notification of Selection: [9th November]

Conference Tracks

Track 1 – Renewable Energy Systems: Hydrogen, Renewable Energy Sources, Storage Solutions, Societal Impacts
Topics include: hydrogen economy, storage technologies (including underground storage), fuel cells, electrolyzers, hydrogen carriers, renewable energy integration, electricity markets, life-cycle assessment (LCA), and social dimensions of the hydrogen transition.
Track 2 – Innovations in Advanced Materials and Smart Manufacturing for Sustainable Industry 4.0
Topics include: advanced and additive manufacturing, hybrid and micro machining, surface modification processes, green and smart manufacturing, advanced materials, AI-driven product realization, predictive maintenance, supply chain optimization, and Industry 4.0 applications.
Track 3 – Climate Change, Environmental Resilience, and Green Urban Transitions: Technologies and Strategies for a Sustainable Future
Topics include: climate adaptation and mitigation, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, sustainable urbanization, green cities, deforestation, water management, and the socio-economic impacts of climate change, including health and societal resilience.
Track 4 – Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Smart Systems for Health, Mobility, and Sustainable Communities
Topics include: biomedical engineering (biomaterials, tissue engineering, neurotechnology, bioinformatics), biocomputing, wearable devices, bioinspired robotics, smart mobility and transportation, e-governance, digital citizenship, smart energy systems, cybersecurity in healthcare, and AI in sustainability and public well-being.

To apply, submit your abstract here: https://forms.office.com/e/DHRFs9VqPR

Navigating the World of Open Access Publishing: A Hands-on Introduction for Early-Career Researchers, LUH & TUW, November 2025 & February 2026

30/09/2025

Navigating the World of Open Access Publishing: A Hands-on Introduction for Early-Career Researchers
This is a course for PhD students and Postdocs within EULiST, which is offered by Leibniz University Hannover in collaboration with TU Wien.
Date: November 27, 2025 & February 27, 2026
Registration deadline: November 19, 2025
Contact Person: Sielert, Deborah (Deborah.Sielert@tib.eu)