2025 RSAI-BIS Early Career Colloquium
23-24 January 2025  │ Online

The Call for Abstracts deadline: 9 December 2024

The British and Irish Section (RSAI-BIS) is happy to announce the returning of Online Early Career Colloquium  on the 23rd and 24th of January 2025. This is a great opportunity for PhD researchers and early career researchers (within 3 years of their PhD) to present and discuss their work with experienced academics in their field. We welcome PhD researchers *at any stage* of their PhD. First-year PhD students are encouraged to apply and may present research plans or works in progress.

Attendance at the colloquium is free. There are also prizes for the best paper and the best presentation. Prize winners will receive a certificate and will be invited to attend our 2025 annual RSAI-BIS conference in Cork in June 2025, for free. The prize covers conference fee, accommodation, and economy-class travel costs. Shortlisted candidates will also receive a certificate, and their first drink at the 2025 annual conference will be on us.

We also encourage more established RSAI-BIS members to attend the sessions and contribute with comments and suggestions. From past experience, we have found this to be a very helpful and fulfilling experience for both presenters and attendees.

To apply, please email a short abstract (500 words max) to daragh.oleary@universityofgalway.ie by 17:00 (UTC Time) Monday the 9th of December, 2024. The email should contain the subject heading “Regional Science Association – British & Irish Section Online Early Career Colloquium Submission – [Author’s Name]”.

If you have any questions in relation to the event please contact Dr Daragh O’Leary at daragh.oleary@universityofgalway.ie. Presenters who wish to be considered for the best paper prize will be expected to submit a full paper to daragh.oleary@universityofgalway.ie by 17:00 (UTC Time) the 13th January 2025.

TO APPLY:

  • Submit a short abstract of no more than 500 words outlined as follows:
    • Title
    • Author and affiliation (Year of PhD if already completed).
    • Introduction (Research question being addressed, Location of the research within the key literature and motivation for the question)
    • Method (Data – if applicable – and method of answering the research question)
    • Findings (If applicable)
    • Discussions/Conclusions (Including policy implications if applicable).
    • Keywords (max 3)
  • Please note that there are limited spaces at the colloquium and not all submitted abstracts may be accepted. We are unfortunately not able to provide feedback on unsuccessful submissions.
  • Presenters must give live presentations (not pre-recorded videos) and ideally attend the whole event.