Call for applicants (PhD students and early postdoc) One-day workshop on research methodologies (1 ECTS) Riigiteaduste Instituut (Institute of Political Science and Governance), Tallinn University 31 October 2014, 13:00 – 19:00 Riigiteaduste Instituut (Institute of Political Science and Governance) is pleased to invite PhD candidates from any Estonian research institute to join a one-day methodological seminar with external speakers. The workshop will be held on Friday, 31 October 2014, 13:00 – 19:00, in three sessions. Each session will have two goals: 1) To deliver a presentation on how methodology can be used in a particular context (depending on the speaker's expertise); 2) To provide participating students with feedback on their methodological approach (3-4 students will be allocated to each session and receive feedback from the speakers). Session 1: Internet-based research: dealing with meta-data Dr Filippo Menga, University of Cagliari Dr Menga will present Lexis Nexis, a software for meta-data collection and provide feedback to students participating in his session. Session 2: Ethnography Prof Keti Kutsushvili, Tbilisi State University Prof Kutsushvili will present challenges of research in difficult areas (ethnically divided, minorities, conflict areas) and provide feedback to students allocated to her session. Session 3: TBD (we will choose the speaker depending on the expertise needed to comment on students' presentations) This is a great opportunity for PhD students to present their project and receive feedback from international experts who have experience in a similar methodological approach. There is no obligation to submit a paper in advance but if you wish so, we will circulate it and assign you a commentator. Those attending and presenting their research will receive a 1 ECTS credit certificate. The workshop will also be an excellent opportunity to network and get to know each other. If you are a PhD student and would like to participate, please contact as soon as possible and no later than the 10th of October 2014 Emilia Pawlusz ([email protected]) or Aleksandra Seliverstova ([email protected]) and provide: - Abstract of your intended presentation (max 300 words) - Affiliation If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact us! Emilia Pawlusz, [email protected] Aleksandra Seliverstova, [email protected] Abel Polese, [email protected] Institute of Political Science and Governance, Tallinn University This workshop is possible thanks to generous funding from the REA/EC (Marie Curie grant MCA-ITN-2012-TENSIONS)