EUTW has been invited to join the HUI-EU Workshop 2023, jointly organized by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. The program aims to provide from 6-18 months of PhD students, recommended by the three institutions and their partner schools, with opportunities to establish academic connections with peers in the regional European and EU studies community, thereby deepening their mutual exchange. The program will host PhD regional conferences in the three locations throughout 2023.

The HUI-EUI Workshop will be held on 1-3 November, 2023 in Taipei, at the College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University. Eligible PhD students currently enrolled at National Taiwan University are invited to submit the required documents, as specified by the organizers, to the center (ntueutw@ntu.edu.tw, subject: The HUI-EUI Workshop by September 1. The center will select two PhD students to attend the conference.

The required documents specified by the organizers are as follows:

500 word outline of thesis topic;
200 word statement as to why they wish to attend the HUI-EU Workshop, and what they hope to gain from it;
Clarification of the stage of PhD at which they are at, and the date they enrolled on the PhD programme;
Short Curriculum Vitae;
Contact details of an academic referee/thesis supervisor.

Workshop Programme
Day 1
0900–0920
Registration
0920–1000
Welcome
1000–1030
Coffee break
1030–1150
Doctoral Candidate Presentation and Discussion Session 1
15–20 minute presentations, followed by feedback and discussion
1150–1250
Lunch
1250–1410
Skills Workshop 1: Interviews
Interviewing, ethics approval and managing data: exploring interviewing as a mechanism for data gathering (including issues such as identifying subjects, approaches to interviewing etc.), ethics approval processes, and how to store and manage data.
1410–1440
Coffee Break
1440–1600
Doctoral Candidate Presentation and Discussion Session 2
15–20 minute presentations, followed by feedback and discussion

Day 2
0900–0920
Registration
0920–1040
Doctoral Presentation and Discussion Session 3
15–20 minute presentations, followed by feedback and discussion
1040–1110
Coffee Break
1110–1230
Doctoral Presentation and Discussion Session 4
15–20 minute presentations, followed by feedback and discussion
1230–1330
Lunch
1330–1450
Doctoral Presentation and Discussion Session 5
15–20 minute presentations, followed by feedback and discussion
1450–1520
Coffee
1520–1640
Skills Workshop 2: The Literature Review
The importance of literature reviews, types of literature review, planning and organising, analytical writing skills.

Day 3
1040–1100
Registration
1100–1140
Doctoral Presentation and Discussion Session 6
15–20 minute presentations, followed by feedback and discussion
1140–1240
Lunch
1240–1400
Skills Workshop 3: Getting Your Work Out There
How to approach publication, targeting journals, academic and non-academic publication, the publication process.
1500–
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