2025 British Academy Writing and Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Researchers in West Africa: (Deadline 15 May, 2025)
Applications are now open for the 2025 British Academy Writing and Mentoring Workshop. The British Academy is pleased to announce two interactive workshops aimed at supporting Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in West Africa.
These workshops will take place in Lomé, Togo and Mile 91, Sierra Leone in June and July 2025, and are designed to provide cutting-edge research training and development opportunities for ECRs in the region. The workshops are part of a broader initiative to address the gap in capacity development for early career academics in Africa, which has emerged despite the increasing demand for higher education.
The specific goals of the workshops are to:
- Equip participants with the mechanisms and tools to publish in international impactful peer-reviewed journals and write grant proposals.
- Provide personalised mentorship, and feedback on submitted manuscripts from experienced academics and journal editors.
- Provide participants with opportunities to network and collaborate with their colleagues, leading scholars and journal editors to produce impactful outputs over the period of two years.
- Provide follow-up and sustained support to participants for their submissions to international journals after the workshop.
Requirements
Applications are invited from Early Career Researchers who have either completed their PhD in the last 8 years or are nearing completion to apply for this valuable opportunity. The workshops are open to researchers from any social science discipline, including but not limited to:
- Finance
- Management
- Accounting
- Marketing
- Tourism
- Sustainability
- Public Health Management
- International Business
- Human Resources
Eligibility Criteria
To apply for this opportunity, you must meet the following criteria:
- PhD Completion: Applicants must have completed their PhD within the last 8-10 years or be nearing completion of their PhD.
- Research Proposal: Applicants must submit a full CV along with a proposal/idea paper (maximum of 1500 words) outlining the following:
- Motivation for the study
- Research question
- Theoretical background
- Methodological approach
- Sources of data The proposal can focus on any social science discipline (see examples above).
- Conference or Journal Submission: Applicants should be prepared to submit one paper to an international conference and/or an international journal at the end of the workshop.
Application Deadline: 15 May 2025, 17:00 GMT.
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