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Tag Archives: academia
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
You could be… the next editor-in-chief of the blog of the AESOP YA network
On behalf of the YA coordination team and the small but growing team of YA blog editors, I would personally like to invite you to consider a small but key move in your career as academic / researcher / spatial … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, blog, research impact, town planning, urban planning, YA blog
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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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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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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
YA blog outlook: 2014-2020 & beyond
Read time: 5 minutes This post gives an overview of the growing activity on the blog since its launch in 2014. Based on the results of a short survey, the post also provides an outlook for 2020 and beyond. The … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Beyond planning, Uncategorized
Tagged academe, academia, academic work, AESOP, AESOP YA, Climate change, economic planning, environmental planning, mapping, Planning Theory and Practice, reflective practice, smart cities, smart city, spatial planning, territorial planning, town planning, urban planning, urban resilience
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Sandra Annunziata, in memoriam
Guest authors: Marco Cremaschi (Sciences PO, Paris), Carlotta Fioretti (European Commission, Joint Research Centre), Clara Rivas (University of Leicester) On Friday, 4th of January, a few days before turning 40, Dr. Sandra Annunziata passed away suddenly. A regular contributor to … Continue reading
Conference locations and sustainability aspirations: towards an integrative framework?
Editor’s note: The blog of the AESOP Young Academics network is a great place to share and showcase your research about a wide range of topics related to spatial planning. Here is a timely case in point, published on the … Continue reading
