Publish or Perish: Getting Collaborative Social Science Published11am -12.30pm, Thursday, 3 May 2018
Venue: G06 Sir Ambrose Flemming Lecture Theatre, Roberts Building (Engineering), Malet Place, off Torrington Place, UCL, WC1E 7JE

The way we do research is changing. Funders are showing a growing interest in collaborative, interdisciplinary research which is leading to increasing numbers of cross-disciplinary projects receiving funding. Many Early Career Researchers (ECRs) will be involved in these projects and, in the ‘publish or perish’ climate of academia, getting this nontraditional content published is a new challenge for them to overcome.

This panel-discussion event will be an ideal opportunity for UCL ECRs with interests in social science to hear from three editors on how to get collaborative social science published. Attendees will be offered advice and insight into what journals look for in submissions that are the product of such cross-disciplinary research. In particular the panel will discuss, what an ‘ideal' manuscript looks like, packing a punch in your manuscript and gripping the reader’s attention, and common errors when publishing cross-disciplinary research.

We want attendees to interact with our panel before and during the event. The online registration form allows you to ask our panel a question or raise a specific issue that you would like them to cover.

Chair
Dr. Laura Knight, Co-Chair, CSSD Early Career Network / Research Associate, Medical Education, Medical School, UCL

Panel
Professor Sandy Oliver
Co-editor of the journal Research for All
Professor of Public Policy, Deputy Director, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, UCL

Professor Michael Reiss
Joint Editor of Palgrave’s Studies in Alternative Education series, Chair of the Executive Editorial Board of Research for All, Chair of Journal of Moral Education, Joint Editor of Routledge’s Foundations and Futures of Education series
Professor of Science Education, Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment, Institute of Education, UCL

Professor Cheryl Thomas QC (Hon)
Editorial board for Psychology, Public Policy and Law and Criminal Law Review
Professor of Judicial Studies, Director of the UCL Jury Project and UCL Judicial Institute, Faculty of Laws, UCL

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Publish or Perish: Getting Collaborative Social Science Published