Católica organizes the Science Communication Course "Village Writing”: Collaboration, Co-authorship & the Science We Write Together" on November 26, 2026, within the Transform4Europe Alliance.

About the course

Scientific writing is often understood as an individual activity, yet much of contemporary research involves collaboration across disciplines, institutions and research communities.

This course explores the dynamics of collaborative writing in academia, including co-authored papers, interdisciplinary projects, writing groups and shared documents. Participants will examine how working with others can change the way scientific arguments are developed, structured and communicated.

Through practical exercises, participants will explore strategies for distributing writing tasks, creating shared understandings, negotiating different writing styles and disciplinary perspectives, and making decisions collectively throughout the writing process.

Beyond improving efficiency, the course invites participants to reflect on how writing communities can transform scientific thinking and communication itself.

Core competence

Collaborating in the writing process and negotiating authorship, ideas and textual decisions in co-written scientific texts.

Skills and competences developed

By the end of the course, participants will have developed skills in:

• Planning and distributing writing tasks in collaborative projects.
• Negotiating different disciplinary perspectives, writing styles and approaches.
• Using collaborative writing and revision practices to develop a shared scientific argument.
• Communicating and making decisions collectively throughout the writing process.

Basic requirements

Participants should have some experience with scientific writing and be currently engaged in research. No previous formal training in academic writing is required.

Register here