As participants of YRD you are invited to take part in two inspiring workshops that will help you to reflect on your current experience in reading and writing academic papers. We will ask - and try to answer - some important questions regarding researcher's whys, hows and whats:
Why do we do what we do?
How do we do what we do?
And what do we actually do as researchers?
What skills do we need to become thorough readers and significant writers?
Two influential speakers will share their own experience and approach these issues from different perspectives. Each session is open to all the participants.
Peter Liljedahl, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Top 10 things to consider when trying to publish, review or read research
The focus of this session is on what young researchers need to know about writing journal and / or conference papers. This workshop provides you with ideas and hints on how to critically read research and how to be a reviewer.
Jacobus G. Maree, University of Pretoria, South Africa
The art and science of scholarly writing
The aim of this workshop is to assist researchers in their efforts to get published. Participants should ask themselves why they wish to publish (e.g. recognition, pushing the boundaries of knowledge, testing the water, or challenging certain conventions). Participants will be guided briefly through the steps in preparing manuscripts for submission, including the basic steps in writing scholarly articles, establishing a group of critical readers, testing drafts in other forums, for example conferences and seminars, submitting manuscripts to language editors, studying and adhering to journals’ author guidelines, contacting the editor, and responding to reviewer feedback.
By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to
1. clarify their own reasons for engaging in academic writing and publication,
2. recognize and resolve issues that influence their scholarly writing negative,
3. advance their article writing skills,
4. grasp the ethics in article writing,
5. understand how to deal with feedback (and why manuscripts get rejected), and
6. publish at least one article within 12 months of the workshop.