Call for participation

 

PPIA Spring School

Research Design and International Dissemination

 

Date

Monday, May 20 – Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Venue

Chiba University Academic Link Center (in Chiba University Library)

1-33, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba City, Japan  https://alc.chiba-u.jp/

* In-person only

Participation fee

Free

 

Teaching Leaders:

Dr. Ariell Ahearn (University of Oxford) / Dr. Troy Starnberg (University of Oxford)

Dr. Kemel Toktomushev (University of Central Asia) /Zalina Enikeeva (University of Central Asia) / Prof. Takahiro Ozaki (Kagoshima University)

And more PPIA members  (https://www.ppia.ouce.ox.ac.uk/about-us/)

 

Organizer: JSPS International Joint Research Program “Comparative Studies on Post-Pandemic Inner Asian Societies” (PPIA)

Co-organizers: Chiba University Graduate school of Humanities and Studies on Public Affair and Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education (WISE), East Eurasian Studies Project (EES) of NIHU Global Area Studies Program (GASP).

 

Eligible Participants

Graduate students of Humanities and Studies on Public Affair (Chiba University)

Graduate students or post-doctoral researchers from EES, and other institutions.

 

Application

Please apply via URL or QR code here: https://x.gd/6ZEJS

Applications may be closed if the number of participants exceeds the maximum number (approximately 30-40).

*Participants will be informed of the homework assignment at the end of April and will be asked to complete it by the middle of May.

Program

Please note that some of the details may change.

 

 

[Day 1] Monday 20 May

 

Afternoon

13:00 – 13:30

Opening & Introduction

13:40 – 17:30

Session 1: Ice Breaking and A map of an academic paper

 

13:40 – 14:40      Session 1a: Ice Breaking Exercises and group making

14:50 – 16:00      Session 1b: A map of an academic paper

    Research Philosophy and Theory

    Research Ethics

    How to Choose a Research Topic and Writing Research Questions

 

Break

 

16:15 – 17:30      Session 1c: Elements of a paper  (Ariell and Troy/Moe)

    Deciding on Research Methods for Data Collection

    Developing an Argument

    Citations and Referencing

 

Evening

18:00 – 20:00

Drink Reception @University Cafeteria

 

[Day 2] Tuesday 21 May

 

Morning

9:00 – 11:00

Session 2: The relationship between collaborations and career

 

This session will be a part where English-speaking researchers and non-English-speaking researchers will exchange their opinions about the challenges and possibilities of collaboration work across positions, disciplines, affiliations, nationalities, or cultures. For inter-national collaboration, English is necessary. And for international students studying in Japan, there may be double challenges or possibilities due to the requirement to conduct research and publish the results in Japanese. Also, Inter-discipline, Inter-university collaboration require another kind of challenges. We will have discussions to share our experiences, challenges or hopes to collaborate with various researchers or friends.

 

9:00 – 9:40          Session 2-a: Keynote

9:50 – 11:00         Session 2-b: Panelists’ talk session

                        　　

Break

 

11:20 – 12:30　　　　Session 2-c : Expectations for Academic Writing

    Group discussion

    Comparing the writing systems in Japan and Europe

 

Lunch

 

 

Afternoon

13:40 – 17:30

Session 3: Academic Skill Building & Developing

 

13:30 – 14:30       Session3-a: Exercise and Discussion on Academic Literature Review

14:45 – 16:15       Session3-b: Exercise on how to communicate your research result

16:30 – 17:30       Session3-c: Selection of a Journal for Publication

                               (How to judge the good journal)

 

[Day 3] Wednesday 22 May

 

Morning

9:00 – 11:00

Session 4: Writing Titles and Abstracts

 

    Writing Exercise and Discussion

    Feedback on Writing Exercises from Instructors

    Free writing and Q+A

 

Lunch

 

Afternoon

12:00 – 14:00

Session 5: Publication Process and Career Development

 

    How to respond to reviewer

    How to internationalize through collaboration

    How to make a profile easy to find.

    Reflection and Next Steps

 

14:00 – 15:00

Free exchange or Q &A

 

 

15:00

Closing