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2nd Call for Papers "Challenges and Connections. New and Emerging Themes in Postgraduate Geography"
RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2012, Edinburgh, 3 July - 5 July 2012.
Convenors: Keri Jenner ([log in to unmask]) and Sophie Yarker ([log in to unmask])
Sponsored by: The Postgraduate Forum
New to this year’s Annual Conference and in order to encourage an open and
supportive research community at the conference, the postgraduate forum are
proposing to run a “Challenges & Connections” session incorporating new and
emerging themes within postgraduate geography.
This type of session allows many postgraduates and early career researchers
to come together in an innovative and exciting forum to discuss their research
interests and to find others with similar interests, ideas and experience they
can draw on.
How the session will run;
Participants will initially be given the opportunity to raise a question or outline
a challenge they are facing, via a post-it note board. Issues can be anything
from a methodological issue to questions relating to theory or the PhD
process. This will provide the basis for group discussion in the second part
of the session. The convenor will open as many questions as possible to the
floor to gain feedback and insight from the group as a whole.
Participants will then break into small groups with common research interests
for an opportunity to introduce research and to raise any practical and
methodological concerns. These groups will be pre-determined based on
abstracts submitted. Please base your abstracts around a set of particular
themes you would like to discuss in relation to your research so that common
themes and crossovers can be identified with other participants.
It is hoped that this session will provide a space for research connections
to be made between participants as well as reflexive thought and a broader
discussion of some of the challenges and connections within the postgraduate
research community. It presents the opportunity to engage with and learn
from the experience and interests of others in the community in a relaxed and
supportive environment. Brief details about participants’ research interests
and a contact email address will also be provided during this session to
enable easy follow-up.
Please send a title and short outline of research interests and any theoretical,
methodological and writing-up challenges you wish to raise (c200 words)
by Friday 20th January 2012 to the session organisers, Keri Jenner ([log in to unmask]) and Sophie Yarker ([log in to unmask]
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