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Category Archives: Academia, research quality and assessment
Why we should stop publishing in open-access journals with article processing charges
Reading time: 4 minutes Guest author: Francesco Chiodelli (University of Turin) In recent years, a new generation of academic journals has emerged and grown rapidly. It is a particular type of open-access journal with an article processing charge [hereafter: APC … Continue reading
Desassossego [disquiet]: reflecting on being academics during the Covid-19 pandemic
8 min read Guest authors: Urban Transitions Hub (UTH) (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon) Editor’s note: This post is an engaging contribution by the members of UTH, including the founder and former editor-in-chief of the YA blog. With … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Beyond planning, Dissemination, outreach, communication, Planning, city, and society, Uncategorized
Tagged academia, academic activism, Connectedness, covid response, critical geography, critical urban studies, dystopia, Early Career Research, humanities, mental health, Online collaboration, online reading group, PhD chat, post-covid, remote working, Research funding, research impact, spatial planning, university-community engagement, urban governance, urban planning, urban studies, urban transition
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Share summaries of webinars & events
2 min read This post invites you to share summaries of the latest/most engaging webinars you attended or hosted recently. Recovery planning: yes we can! The webosphere currently abounds with ideas and plans for recovery from the covid-19 pandemic. These … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Beyond planning, Disaster management, Dissemination, outreach, communication, Events reports, Resilience, Uncategorized
Tagged Blogging, cities, equity, newnormal, place matters, plaNext, planning bogs, post-covid, recovery, Society and Space, space for hope, Space matters, spatial inequalities, Spatial Justice, spatial planning, town planning, urban planning, user experience
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Online Workshops: Expert Tips & Six Formats
5 minute read This post provides some resources for the craft of designing and hosting online workshops. Workshops enable you to collaborate and engage with communities for research or participatory planning purposes. In a previous post, I blogged about a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Community engagement, Resources, Uncategorized
Tagged Action research, Citizen participation, Collaboration platforms, Community development, Community engagement, Facilitation, Focus groups, Online collaboration, Online workshops, public participation, research impact, Technology
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12 useful books and articles on qualitative research methods
5 minutes read Guest author: Viktorija Priļenska (Tallinn University of Technology) This blog post is intended for PhD students who are in the first year of their studies, and have not been involved in the qualitative research before, as well … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Methodology and ethics, Resources, Uncategorized
Tagged academe, academia, Action research, Architecture, Case studies, Grounded theory, Literature review, Mixed methods, PhD, PhD chat, planning graduates, Planning Theory and Practice, Postdoc, Qualitative research, research design, Research methods, spatial planning
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Insights into the CT’s work
Read time: 5 minutes Authors: the Coordination Team of the AESOP Young Academics’ network It’s that time of the year again – Elections! If you’re totally new to the AESOP Young Academics, then our Memzine volumes (including the 2019 edition) will … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Beyond planning, Dissemination, outreach, communication, The YA network, Uncategorized
Tagged AEKOM, AESOP, AESOP Congress, AESOP PhD workshop, AESOP YA, Coordination Team, CoRep, ExCo, Networking, plaNext, Public engagement, Volunteering, YA conference, YA Memzine, Young Academics
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Digital adaptations & reflections: from people to planet
Read time: 5 minutes In a time of global crisis, the digital keeps us connected and providing us opportunities to adapt and reflect both individually and collectively. This post shares some digital adaptations and reflections that stretch from the individual … Continue reading
Top 10 blog posts on the YA blog
Read time: 2 minutes This post celebrates the top ten blog posts published on the blog of the AESOP Young Academics network since its launch in 2014. It does so by way of a traditional list of the top ten … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Beyond planning, Blogging, Dissemination, outreach, communication, Economy, PhD process, Planning, city, and society, Resilience, Resources, Sustainability and resilience, Technology, Territory, landscape, land, Uncategorized, VIVA
Tagged academe, academia, blog, Blogging, city-region, governance, mapping, OA, OA journals, open source, PhD, PhD defense, quality of life, spatial planning, sustainability, Technology, territorial planning, urban design, urban development, urban sustainability, urbanism, UX, VIVA, YA blog
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Shining at the VIVA
Read time: 7-8 minutes Following up on a previous post entitled “Preparing to shine at the VIVA“, this post distils some common gems of advice to help you prepare in the last days before, and during the VIVA. The VIVA … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, PhD process, Uncategorized, VIVA
Tagged academe, academia, bloggin, Contribution to Knowledge, PhD, PhD defense, VIVA
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Preparing to shine at the VIVA
Read time: 6 minutes The VIVA is your time to shine. The VIVA, alongside your PhD thesis submission, is a major milestone on your way to becoming a ‘doctor of philosophy’. VIVA is short-hand for ‘Viva voce’ (‘by word of … Continue reading
