Guidelines for scientific papers
Guide to Academic Writing
At the Department of Open Space Planning, we have been using the guidelines for scientific work created by Dr. Annette Voigt and Prof. Dr. Stefanie Hennecke since 2018.
These guidelines (01-07) are aimed at you, i.e. students who are writing a student research project or thesis at the Department of Open Space Planning. Even if the requirements differ depending on the type of thesis, these guidelines are intended to help you with the various steps involved in writing a student research project and with academic work in general.
We expect everyone who wants to write a seminar paper, student research project or thesis at the Department of Open Space Planning to study these guidelines carefully in advance and to follow them when writing their work!
Guidelines for Scientific Work [PDF DOWNLOAD]
- Foreword - PDF 59 KB The preface to the guidelines explains the aim and background of the guidelines and provides further references.
- Guide 01 - PDF 82 KB Guide 01 provides tips on how to find a topic for your work and how to define and delimit it.
- Guide 02 - PDF 101 KB Guide 02 provides information on literature research. How and where can I find suitable literature? Which texts do I choose?
- Guide 03 - PDF 84 KB Guide 03 is designed to help you read specialist texts efficiently: What do I read intensively? What can I leave out?
- Guide 04 - PDF 330 KB Guide 04 explains what we expect when we say: "Write an exposé".
- Guide 05 - PDF 114 KB Guide 05 is then devoted to writing: How do I structure a paper? How do I deal with abbreviations and illustrations?
- Guide 06 - PDF 330 KB Finally, Guideline 06 is devoted to citation and the indication of sources.
- Guide 07 - PDF 197 KB Guideline 07 focuses on the use of illustrations and the citation of image sources.
- Complete guide - PDF 477 KB Status 2020