What do I do?

I support researchers and educators in communicating across disciplines, designing learner-centred materials, and integrating language and communication skills into multi- and interdisciplinary academic contexts. I also design and deliver training programmes for professionals and organisations outside academia—supporting effective communication, inclusive participation, and international collaboration.

Across all of this work, my focus is on enabling people to work together more effectively—by making communication clearer, more inclusive, and better aligned with the contexts in which people learn, teach, and collaborate.

I do this as an independent consultant and materials developer as well as in my role as Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Vienna.

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(14/3/25) Note that this website is currently undergoing major overdue maintenance. Some links may not work at the moment. If you want to get in touch, you can contact me by email at [email protected].

Academic & Research
​Collaboration

As a lecturer, professional development trainer, and consultant, I work with universities and other higher education institutions to support the effective integration of language and communication skills into technical and business curricula. I also support academic staff through workshops and editorial services that help them fully engage as members of the international scientific community.
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Course Design & Framework Development
​Communication Skills in Business & Technical Education
​Interdisciplinary Collaboration Support
​​Grant Writing & Proposal Coaching

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Projects & Highlights

Technical English Re:Engineered: First Semester English Studies
​Developing career-relevant, cross-disciplinary language and communications materials for engineering students.

Integrating Language and Communications in Technical Curricula
International engineering communications are situated in engineering practice and need to be taught and learnt in this context too! 

Structured Support for Aspiring Non-Fiction Writers
Working with ​Sefirot Independent Publishers to develop a creative tool for planning, structuring and writing a diverse range of non-fiction genres.

Language, Rhetoric and Creative Thinking in Grant Applications
Grant applications are a key component of scientific practice, but the rhetoric of a funding proposal is promotional, not scientific. My grant writing workshops help participants to sell the science.

Designing Capstone Communications Projects for Digital Business  
Developing and building on a range of advanced Business and Professional English communication skills to implement capstone projects that help students go out with a bang.

Scientific Writing About... Scientific Writing: Evaluating Discourse
Addressing the problem of developing scientific writing skills in an AI age, my students need to learn not how to write but how to evaluate—and learn from—good quality scientific writing.

Professional
Communication
​& Support

I design and deliver training and support services that help professionals communicate clearly, work effectively across cultures, and participate confidently in international teams and networks. 

​Business Communication Skills
Intercultural and Inclusive Communication
Group Facilitation, Conference and Roundtable Moderation​​
​Editorial and Translation Support (DE to EN)

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Clients, Partnerships
​& Collaborations

I am truly grateful for the opportunities I have had to work for, collaborate with, and develop alongside a wide range of partners from across higher education, governmental, non-profit, industrial and cultural sectors.

It was a real pleasure to work with Paul. He has an outstanding expertise of in-depth copy editing of EU project proposals and provided an excellent and careful guiding for the design of our application. Although we thought to have a clear set of ideas for the content of our text, he improved the strategic outline with perfect formulations and the appropriate style for the call. We were amazed by the product which came out.

Dr Gabriele Slezak
Head of Public Relations & Scientific Communication / Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE)

I participated in the training on “Grants and Funding Applications – Writing Proposals in English” by Paul Talbot and found it great! The training was clear and well-structured and the content both interesting and useful. Although it took place online, Paul managed to keep it interactive, organized constructive and fun group exercises and managed to create a real group dynamic. All along, he was very attentive to our questions and needs and prepared a very complete training documentation that I will definitely use for my future projects. I enjoyed this training a lot and can only recommend it!

Mag. Sandra Benecci
PhD Student / Department for African Studies, University of Vienna

​We worked with Paul to develop innovative methods on occupational training programmes to raise awareness about pedestrian priority in big cities. He demonstrated critical skills, is highly intelligent and has good analytical and communication skills. Paul often went above and beyond in his assignments and his innovative contributions helped us greatly to achieve effective project results.

Baki Karaçay
Head / Center for EU and International Affairs, Governorship of Antalya, Turkey 

Seit 2021 arbeiten wir im Rahmen der Verleihung des HR Excellence in Research Labels der Europäischen Kommission an die mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien eng mit Paul zusammen. Er übersetzte und redigierte äußerst anspruchsvolle Texte – darunter Richtlinien und einen umfangreichen, mehrteiligen Projektantrag. Dank seiner Expertise im Grant Writing und seines fundierten Verständnisses des akademischen Kontexts gelang es ihm, das komplexe Setting einer Kunstuniversität bestmöglich abzubilden. Der Erfolg spricht für sich. Wir danken Paul für sein Engagement und freuen uns auf die weitere Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen des Projekts. 

Julia Kordina
HRS4R Project Lead – mdw- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna ​