Workshop: Navigating the World of Journal Publishing for Human Rights Researchers - 2023

Early career researchers who undertake research in human rights often find it difficult to understand the interdisciplinary publishing landscape, prepare manuscripts for publication with diverging audiences in mind, select an appropriate journal for their specific research, and develop a future-regarding researcher profile.

This full-day workshop, co-organized by Hasselt University, Ghent University, University of Antwerp and VUB, aims to provide researchers in human rights with the knowledge and skills needed to make the right choices in the face of these challenges, as they develop their knowledge dissemination competences in the multi- and interdisciplinary field of human rights.

More information regarding the content, application process and preliminary programme can be found here (pdf, 165 KB).

Learning outcomes

After participation in this workshop, you will…

• Have a better understanding of the process of journal publishing in human rights, including challenges and how to best manage them
• Be more skillful at navigating the challenges of interdisciplinary publishing in human rights
• Be able to critically consider questions of dissemination of and access to knowledge
• Be able to create and reassess your own research profile in human rights
• Be more skillful at tailoring your research output in human rights to different (disciplinary) audiences

Competences

An important part of preparing for any further professional step is becoming (more) aware of the competences you have developed and/or want to develop. In the current workshop, the following competences from the UHasselt competency overview are actively dealt with:

• academic research competences:
  • publication skills
• personal effectiveness:
  • autonomy
• interpersonal competences:
  • persuasion
  • oral communication

For whom?

• PhD students and postdocs in human rights

When and where?

• March 09, 2023 - 09:30-17:45
• Oude Abdij Kortenberg, Abdijdreef 22, 3070 Kortenberg, Belgium

Registration?

• Apply by sending your CV and a motivation letter to prof. dr. Stijn Smet (stijn.smet@uhasselt.be) and Marion Sander (marion.sander@uhasselt.be) by 6 February 2023.
• More information regarding the application process, including the contents of the motivation letter and the selection criteria, can be found here (pdf, 165 KB).
• To be eligible to apply for participation in this workshop, you must:
  • be a PhD candidate or postdoctoral researcher, based at a Flemish university;
  • undertake research in the field of human rights (preferably in the disciplines of law and/or social sciences);
  • not have participated in a similar workshop before.
• You will receive an e-mail if you are selected by 10 February 2023.
• Please cancel your registration at least one week in advance in case you cannot make it (cf. cancellation & no-show policy).

Acknowledged as?

• DS BSH: category 'advanced discipline-specific knowledge' - 0.5 point D