Methodology Workshops
Some of the sessions will be devoted to methodological workshops. The 90-minute workshop sessions feature specialists in different aspects of interpretive analysis. The format of the workshop sessions builds on the idea of a "master-class" as practiced in musical studies, where two senior researchers (or "specialists") will meet a small number of early career researchers using a particular methodological strategy or technique. The focus will be on questions raised by researchers, and their research will be treated as case studies to generate and engage a set of methodological questions.
The workshops aim at (1) creating a setting where early career researchers can benefit from focused interaction with experts in their field and (2) generating questions about and exchange experiences with interpretive methods, such as expert interviewing and discourse analysis. The sessions will be facilitated by fellow early career researchers, and the discussants will be established and renowned names in the field of interpretive policy analysis. The sessions are fully incorporated into the regular conference program, and they are open to all conference participants, in order to create a collaborative learning environment for all involved.
In order to take part in a workshop session, early career researchers are invited to present their work in one of these will be asked to introduce their research project in a 2-3 page summary (500 -800 words), pointing to the particular difficulties or methodological questions that arise from their research and/or field experience that they would like to explore in the workshop. Please note it clearly in your inquiry if you wish to be considered for inclusion in a Methodology Workshop. (if accepted, scholars will prepare a full paper for the methodology workshop that should have no more than 3000 words).
Please submit your research project directly to ipa2010grenoble@gmail.com before January 31 2009. Please specifiy that your sbmission is to be considered in methodological workhops and not in other sessions.
Do not forget in your submission
- Project title
- Name of participant
- Institutional affiliation
- Email address
