Academic Writing aims to equip students and doctoral candidates with tools to feel confident writing English texts in their discipline. It includes authentic samples and phrases from the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and other fields.Clearly organised into chapters on the central academic genres, it offers practical advice on how to write excellent abstracts, introductions, empirical research papers, essays, proposals, thought papers, lab reports and case studies, and how to design engaging academic posters. Each chapter includes practice exercises, and suggests strategies for analysing the conventions (and the spaces for creativity) in readers´ own academic communities.For all those interested in becoming proficient writers in academic English