Boost your research efficiency with cutting-edge knowledge management tools! Maximize your PhD productivity with our hands-on workshop focused on mastering essential knowledge management skills. Whether you're struggling with organizing your reading list, capturing fleeting ideas, or documenting experiments, this workshop will give you the strategies and tools you need to take your research to the next level.

What you’ll learn:

• Build and prioritize your reading list with effective methods.
• Capture fleeting ideas and document experiments efficiently.
• Take smarter, more structured meeting notes.
• Master modern tools like Zotero for seamless reference management and Obsidian for intuitive note-taking.

Implement these strategies in workflows that will save you time and effort, enhancing both your efficiency and productivity. By the end of this workshop, you’ll walk away with a fully functional software setup that allows you to quickly collect and organize literature, streamline your annotations, and make your note-taking more consistent and faster than ever.

No prior technical knowledge is required, but you will need to ensure that you have Zotero, Obsidian and Zoom installed on your PC.

Workshop highlights:

• Practical note-taking techniques that work.
• Smart strategies for organizing, collecting, and prioritizing your research literature.
• An exploration of AI in knowledge management – where it helps and where it doesn’t.
• Hands-on training with Zotero: from basic functions to advanced workflows and plugins.
• Dive into Obsidian: how to organize, integrate, and streamline your notes for maximum efficiency.

Sign up before 16 June 2025 to secure your spot and take control of your research journey:
https://eveeno.com/333184010

The prerequisite for attending the event is a doctoral project or an ongoing doctoral procedure (e.g. an industrial doctorate) at TU Darmstadt in the fields of energy and the environment.