Please circulate this email to any individual, network or organisation you think suitable. Many thanks **************************************************************************** ******************************************************** This workshop is aimed at postgraduate researchers involved in designing, managing and carrying out interdisciplinary research projects which span the social and natural sciences. The workshop is open to any ESRC-funded PhD students who are engaged in interdisciplinary research between the social and natural sciences (including students who are funded via cross-council initiatives such as the ESRC-NERC and ESRC-MRC joint studentships and cross-council programmes such as RELU). There will be no charge for this event, which will include accommodation and meals, but attendees must be able to cover their own travel expenses. The meeting will run from Monday afternoon to Wednesday lunchtime. As places will be limited to 25, participants are encouraged to register early for the workshop. This can be done online at www.crfr.ac.uk/events/isstibooking.html . Any queries can be directed to Dr Catherine Lyall [log in to unmask] At the end of the workshop we hope that students will have: 1.developed a better understanding of how to design an interdisciplinary PhD project so that the social science and natural science inputs are appropriate 2.discussed strategies for conducting that research that will enable them to thrive in an interdisciplinary environment 3. gained a better idea of how to write up and disseminate an integrated thesis/research report. 4 contributed to the production of a guide to supervising interdisciplinary PhDs Further details are available in the attached flyer - please circulate this to anyone who might be interested and display it as a poster if you can. This event is funded by the ESRC's Researcher Development Initiative (RDI) which supports the training and development of researchers in the social sciences at all stages of their career www.rdi.ac.uk <http://www.rdi.ac.uk/> Kind Regards Dr Catherine Lyall Interdisciplinary Research Co-ordinator Research Centre for Social Sciences Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation University of Edinburgh Old Surgeon's Hall High School Yards Edinburgh EH1 1LZ Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 9106 Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 6399 Web: www.issti.ed.ac.uk Events: www.issti.ed.ac.uk/events Laura Marshall Training & Events Administrator The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) The University of Edinburgh 23 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh EH8 9LN Tel: 0131 651 3001 www.crfr.ac.uk A consortium of Glasgow Caledonian University and The Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling