Circus Interdisciplinary Summer School
- Date: 14 August 2024, 09:00 – 16 August 2024, 15:00
- Location: Observatory Park, Old Observatory, Kyrkogårdsgatan 8A
- Type: Workshop
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- Organiser: Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (CIRCUS)
- Contact person: Maria Pananaki
Are you also dreaming of warm summer days filled with inspiring discussions on inter-, multi- and cross-disciplinary research? Then don’t miss out on CIRCUS’ Interdisciplinary Summer School 2024!
Possibilities, challenges & opportunities when engaging in cross-cutting research collaborations
We at CIRCUS offer an enriching three-day school where participants will have the opportunity to further develop their skills in cross-disciplinary collaborations
Application opens 10 April
Who can apply to the summer school?
Senior PhD students (year three and beyond), junior researchers, seasoned tenured lecturers and professors, employed at Uppsala University.
There is room for 18 participants. We aim to have a mixed group of different disciplines, genders, seniorities and different national and international research backgrounds. We will, in case of oversubscription, favour early submissions while also striving for a fruitful diversity.
The Summer School Alumni is warmly welcome to attend our newly-added module on the afternoon of August 15th! More information TBA.
A priceless summer school at no cost
- Free of charge (lunch, dinner and activities included!)
- For participants employed at Campus Gotland: Travel from Gotland and three nights at a modest Uppsala hotel are provided for. This is funded in collaboration between CIRCUS and the Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor for Campus Gotland.
Aim of the summer school:
- To provide opportunities for capacity-building regarding different kinds of cross- cutting research.
- To provide a thorough orientation about the literature on different forms of interdisciplinarity as well as some ‘hands-on’ experience.
- To examine the possibilities, challenges and opportunities that come with research collaborations across disciplinary boundaries.
Learning objectives:
- Scholarship: Participants should be able to describe the key concepts used in discussions about interdisciplinarity and summarise some broad tenets of key literature within cross-cutting research.
- Practice: Participants should be able to relate common challenges in cross- disciplinary research to tools and practices that can address these challenges.
Format:
- Lectures/seminars discussing relevant research on the aforementioned topics.
- Practice-oriented and interactive workshops.
- Language: Flexible with Swedish when possible, English when necessary.
- Single and parallel sessions.
- Summer school faculty is from UU as well as other universities.