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Early Career Scholars Platform

Brown Bag Seminar Series for Early Career Scholars

Since the spring semester of 2022, the Policy Futures research program has facilitated Brown Bag seminars (webinars) for early career scholars such as PhD Students, Postdocs, Assistant Professors, and research assistants.

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The seminars function as a platform for collaborative exchange and discussion to support and encourage talent development. These exchanges can range from presentations of already developed papers to work-in-progress presentations as well as dialogues in relation to specific theoretical, methodological, or empirical questions.

The seminars are held online, every 6 weeks, on Thursdays during lunchtime, guaranteeing the participation of as many scholars involved as possible.

The 2025 Spring Semester Brown Bag Seminar series will start in February 2025, and have three sessions during the semester.

The Seminars are co-coordinated by Tine Brøndum, Postdoctoral Research Fellows at DPU.

The monthly online seminars allow early career scholars to present their work in progress and receive peer feedback along the way. For more information contact Tine Brøndum (tineb@edu.au.dk).

Emerging Scholars Seminar

In collaboration with the Department of Education Studies at DPU, the Policy Futures research programme also hosts monthly workshops for early career scholars coordinated by Mie Plotnikof.

Read About Emerging Scholars Seminar

The workshops are held in connection to a theme that is chosen for each meeting. Among possible themes could be:

  • Writing processes and rythms
  • Literature review and creating a field (positioning)
  • Developing contributions and analytical frameworks
  • Methodology and field work methods
  • Community building, networks and conferences
  • Publishing strategies and journals
  • Editing, revieweing and rewriting
  • Writing books vs articles – e.g. as doctoral format
  • Supervisor relationships and peer-interaction
  • Co-authorship and collaborations
  • Research dissemination and impact
  • Next career steps within or outside the academy
  • Research funding

Each meeting is organized by two volunteer members with Mie Plotnikof’s support and held for approximately 1 to 2 hours.

For further information, please contact Mie Plotnikof at mp@edu.au.dk .