This year’s Conference of Irish Geographers will take place from Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th of May 2018 at Maynooth University, under the theme “The Earth as Our Home”. The CIG is a fantastic space for postgrads and early career researchers from Geography and related disciplines to discover new research, disseminate their own work and network with other academics from the field in a friendly and welcoming environment.
Being the first year since the formation of the GSI Postgraduate & Early Career Network (PECN), the network is organising the following dedicated sessions aimed at postgrads and early career researchers:
- Lightning Talk Challenge: Departing from the traditional paper session format, the Lightning Talk format challenges researchers to communicate their research in a succinct, three minute presentation. Lightning talks can be a useful platform to enable researchers to develop skills in distilling the core thesis of their research, progress their ideas and concepts, solicit advice for research currently in development, practice skills in communicating their research to a broad audience, or present a short provocation to existing geographical discourses.
To participate in the lightning talk please submit a talk title and research summary (maximum of three sentences) to [email protected] and [email protected] by the 29th of March 2018.
- Poster Competition: The competition aims to provide a supportive and encouraging environment for postgraduate and early career geographers to showcase the theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions of their research to the Discipline, as well as provide insight into current and ongoing research more broadly. The competition also welcomes applicants who may not identify as geographers, but whose research engages with any aspect of geographical theory or practice. The competition will provide an ideal opportunity for postgraduate geographers and early career geographers to gain valuable feedback on their research and to compete for a prize.
To enter the poster competition please send a title and abstract (max. 200 words) along with the author’s name to [email protected] and [email protected] by the 29th of March 2018. Posters should be A1 size.
- Postgrad & ECR Reception: PECN will run a drinks reception in Brady’s Clockhouse on the evening of Thursday 10th May after the main conference reception. Aimed at postgrads and early career researchers, this is a great opportunity to mingle with other students and researchers over some drinks and fun activities.
Register here for CIG 2018.
Follow PECN on Twitter and sign up to our newsletter to receive the latest details on the above sessions in the run up to the conference. For any queries email us at [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you all in Maynooth in May!
GSI Postgraduate & Early Career Network Committee
Being the first year since the formation of the GSI Postgraduate & Early Career Network (PECN), the network is organising the following dedicated sessions aimed at postgrads and early career researchers:
- Lightning Talk Challenge: Departing from the traditional paper session format, the Lightning Talk format challenges researchers to communicate their research in a succinct, three minute presentation. Lightning talks can be a useful platform to enable researchers to develop skills in distilling the core thesis of their research, progress their ideas and concepts, solicit advice for research currently in development, practice skills in communicating their research to a broad audience, or present a short provocation to existing geographical discourses.
To participate in the lightning talk please submit a talk title and research summary (maximum of three sentences) to [email protected] and [email protected] by the 29th of March 2018.
- Poster Competition: The competition aims to provide a supportive and encouraging environment for postgraduate and early career geographers to showcase the theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions of their research to the Discipline, as well as provide insight into current and ongoing research more broadly. The competition also welcomes applicants who may not identify as geographers, but whose research engages with any aspect of geographical theory or practice. The competition will provide an ideal opportunity for postgraduate geographers and early career geographers to gain valuable feedback on their research and to compete for a prize.
To enter the poster competition please send a title and abstract (max. 200 words) along with the author’s name to [email protected] and [email protected] by the 29th of March 2018. Posters should be A1 size.
- Postgrad & ECR Reception: PECN will run a drinks reception in Brady’s Clockhouse on the evening of Thursday 10th May after the main conference reception. Aimed at postgrads and early career researchers, this is a great opportunity to mingle with other students and researchers over some drinks and fun activities.
Register here for CIG 2018.
Follow PECN on Twitter and sign up to our newsletter to receive the latest details on the above sessions in the run up to the conference. For any queries email us at [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you all in Maynooth in May!
GSI Postgraduate & Early Career Network Committee
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