Abstract

The importance of being digital – i.e. establishing a digital identity, and engaging in research dissemination and in wide, open scientific conversations on the web – has become nowadays a sort of mantra for scholars of all disciplines and at different stages of their career. If traditionally scholars' visibility was a function of academic outputs - books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles - this situation is rapidly changing with the meteoric increase of the communication and dissemination opportunities opened up by the advent of digital media which are changing the dissemination, accessibility and recognition of scholarship.

Through the Digital Scholarship Workshop (DSW), we offer early stage researchers and tenured faculty the opportunity to learn how to use in a more effective way digital media to produce and disseminate research. The DSW aims at helping participants in identifying an online repertoire suited for their specific needs and goals and at enabling researchers of different backgrounds to effectively integrate social media applications into their research activities and professional development strategies.

Martin Weller will be responsible for the two editions of the same workshop will be held: on the 24th in Lisbon (at CES-Lx, see below for more details) and on the 25th in Coimbra (at CES, see below for more details). Participation is free of charge, but we can host a limited number of participants (up to 15) in each session. Interested researchers can fill in the application form here.

Applications can be sent until June 15th.

You will receive confirmation of your participation by June 18th.

This workshop is organized in the context of the project “The Importance of Being Digital: exploring digital scholarship and digital methods” (funded by FCT) – Research Group on Science, Economy and Society (NECES).

Info/contacts
Andrea Gaspar: andrea@ces.uc.pt
Tel.: +351 239 855 570