What is a good topic?

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You may deal with a wide range of  research and teaching topics. Here are some pointers to help you select a good topic for the right target group:

What editors are interested in

  • Research results. Results are generally more more interesting than initial research assignments. New assignments can be relevant if they they touch on topics of general interest, involve large sums of money, or are expected to bring about major changes.
  • Original and innovative teaching projects
  • Scientific activities with regional relevance
  • Large equipment, infrastructure
  • Personalities, prizes, big names
  • Connection to a current discourse
  • Unique selling points and superlatives
  • Colorful topics, curiosities

What interests the academic community:

  • Follow-up reports from conferences, meetings, congresses
  • Presentations of your own events: planning, programme, speakers, topics, locations
  • Introductions of new employees
  • Project launches
  • Inside reports: places, people, goals, methods, daily processes
  • Job advertisements
  • Topics in the daily press (social media: like, share, comment)
  • Monographs, articles in collective works

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