European Sociological Association PhD Summer School 2016
New University of Lisbon- FCSH, PORTUGAL, June 19-21, 2016
(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities
Academic Journal writing: developing a publishing strategy
CALL FOR APPLlCATIONS
(click here to download the application form)
ESA initiative on promoting a summer school intends to share knowledge and practice on how to write an academic journal paper and how to internationalize one's research in a meaningful way. The main Summer School focus is to prepare work for publication. Through the work of students and talks by the teachers it will also reflect on the topic of the ESA Conference 2017 “(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities”
The 2016 ESA SUMMER SCHOOL WILL PROVIDE:
. A platform for learning about academic journal writing and publishing in scientific journals.
. The opportunity for students’ reflection on their own work and how it links to “(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities”.
. Lectures delivered by ESA Executive Committee members.
. Seminar groups organized around the presentation of their own papers.
. Networking opportunities with PhD students across European universities and ESA executive members.
The Venue
The Summer School is co-organized by CICS.NOVA (Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences) at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University of Lisbon in Portugal (FCSH-UNL). The New University of Lisbon is centrally located.
http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/contactos-en
The Summer School Teachers are all members of the ESA Executive Committee:
Prof. Helena Serra (Director) (New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Prof. Airi-Alina Allaste (Tallinn University, Estonia)
Prof. Monica Massari (University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy)
Prof. Ruth McDonald (University of Manchester, UK)
Prof. Lena Näre (University of Helsinki, Finland).
Costs
ESA will cover the costs of accommodation and meals during the Summer School. A total of Euro 150 is available for each student towards the costs of travel to and within Lisbon, Portugal. Students must bring their own computers.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
. PhD students working on an article in progress. This can be i) in the final stage before initial submission to a journal, ii) post peer review, or ii) at the final editing stage.
. Candidates must be or must become an ESA member for the application to be considered. http://www.europeansociology.org/membership.html
. There are 23 student places on the course. The main selection criterion is the quality of the application. However, diversity in terms of gender, university, country of study and sociological themes will be taken into account
. The selected students will be required to send their draft article (in English) by June 1st 2016, so it can be circulated among the teachers and the other students. Further details will be provided to successful applicants
. The list of participants will be announced by the end of April 2016. For further information, email Helena Serra, Director of the Summer School 2016, helena.serra@fcsh.unl.pt
HOW TO APPLY:
The deadline for applications is March 19th 2016 (there will be no exceptions).
. Applications must include all requested information about the student, an abstract of the proposed article, and a short CV, as outlined on the application form.
Applications must be emailed to esa.summerschool2016@fcsh.unl.pt
