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- Posted 6 years ago
5 Best Cities for Conferences
Trying to choose a conference? Not sure where to go? Here are our tips for five of the best cities in which to attend a conference.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 6 years ago
How to Revamp Your Company Logo in 2017
The new year is well underway, but there’s still plenty of time to update your brand image in 2017—starting with a redesigned logo. Creating a cool new logo is a great way to show customers …
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
5 reasons why your paper got rejected from a conference
When you want to present your work at a conference, either as a poster or as a presentation, then you need to first submit an abstract. A committee from the conference will go through all the abstracts and choose some of them to be presented at the conference. So there are times when you will be not be invited to present your work at the conference. But why is this? What leads to your paper being rejected from a conference? Here are five reasons that this might happen.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to properly cite your conference paper
One of the great things about attending conferences is getting to learn about the latest and most cutting-edge research before its published in journals or books. You can hear authors presenting their newest work, sometimes even before their experiments or data collection are complete. This information is very interesting to have, however, it is also more speculative than published work as it has not been peer-reviewed or edited. For this reason, it's important to be clear when you cite a conference paper, so that your audience can see that the work has not been peer-reviewed. To help with this, here's a guide on citing conference papers.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
5 Tips to improve your experience at conferences
1.Talk to people you don't know as well as those you do Conferences are, among other things, a great place to catch up with friends and fellow academics working in your field. If you've been in academia for a while then it's likely that you'll bump into some people you already know at a conference, or maybe you'll even arrange a meetup with friends beforehand. It's good to keep in touch and to have an excuse to get together socially with your colleagues. However, don't forget to make time for speaking to new people too. Not only will this help you hear new ideas and new perspectives, it will also help you to grow your professional network. So make an effort to talk to some new faces as well as catching up with friends.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to write an abstract for conference paper
If you want to get your work out to the academic community before you publish it, then presenting at a conference is an excellent opportunity. When you give a talk or present a poster to a conference audience, you can share your work, gather feedback and new ideas from other attendees, and raise your own profile as a researcher.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to choose the right conference for me
With so many great conferences being held every year, it can be hard to decide which you should attend. Most researchers have a limited budget for conference travel, so it's important to pick your conferences wisely. But how do you know which conference is right for you and for your career? Here are five factors to consider when choosing a conference to attend.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to Wisely Plan a Budget for Conference Trip
Planning a budget for a conference trip is fairly straight forward, but if this is your first conference then you need some basic information to help you with your planning. Here are some tips on how you can plan your budget.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Top Economics Conferences 2016/17
Are you looking for a great economics conference? Here we list some of the top economics events taking place 2016/17.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Meet Vladimir: an Associate Professor of Economics at Ewha Womans University in Seoul
Vladimir Hlasny is an associate professor of Economics at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. We chose him as the winner of our Conference Grant Contest 2016 and awarded him with a €500 grant. The prize helped him to attend the Joint NIDI-RUG Workshop on Socioeconomics Differences and Health Later in Life organized by the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen. Over 670 participants took part in the contest by submitting short answers related to their own academic career growth. You can see Vladimir's winning answer here.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
5 Biggest Mistakes Conference Attendees Make
Make your conference experience better by avoiding these five common mistakes:
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Your Must-Have Items for Conferences
When you're packing for a conference, there are some essentials to bring along that will make your life much easier. Check out our list of these items below and make sure you have them in your bag so your conference trip is as smooth as possible.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Tips For Students Attending Their First Academic Conference
Attending a conference for the first time can be both a lot of fun and a rather scary experience! So here are some tips for students attending their first conference, to make it as enjoyable and beneficial as possible.
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- Ranking
- Posted 7 years ago
5 Apps That Every Conference Attendee Needs to Have
When you're getting ready to head off to your conference, don't forget to load up your phone while you're packing your suitcase and planning your travel. There are tons of apps which can add all sorts of great features to your phone, and they can be useful for professional work as well as for fun. Here are our tips for 5 must-have apps for conference goers to make your conference experience as smooth and easy as possible.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
10 Biggest Struggles of Conference Attendees
Academic conferences can be productive, helpful, and even fun. But they're not without their challenges! Here are some struggles which conference attendees have to deal with:
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
5 Biggest Problems That Women Face At Academic Conferences
Attending conferences is an important part of any academic career. However, they can provide challenges that women in academia must overcome. Here are five of the biggest problems which women face at academic conferences.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Academizing During Your First Academic Conference
There was a certain naiveté in the air when I went to my first academic conference. I thought that all I would have to do is to write a decent paper and to present it to the public. In retrospect this could have ended badly and I wish someone had intercepted me on the way to the airport and given me some key-warnings to know in advance. Thus, after this multifaceted experience, I thought to write the following points in a humble and only half-serious manner.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Attending An Academic Conference: 5 Tips To Consider
If you're attending an academic conference for the first time, it can be a rather overwhelming experience! Follow these five tips to make your conference trip as smooth and productive possible.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to Get Accepted to an Academic Conference
Attending an academic conference is a great way to hear about new research in your field, to network with other researchers, and to present your own work to an engaged audience and receive feedback. Conferences are generally open to anyone from the field who wants to attend, however, you will get much more from the experience (and be much more likely to receive funding for your trip) if you are presenting some of your own research at the conference. But how do you get accepted to present at a conference? Today we're sharing some tips on this topic.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Top Upcoming Economics & Business Events 2016/2017
To keep up to date with the latest news in economics and business, there's more that you can do than just reading! Events such as lectures, workshops, and debates are excellent ways to keep up with developments in your field. Plus, they give you the chance to meet and network with other people in your field and to hear new perspectives on your work. If you're interested in attending events in economics or finance, then today's article is a list of some of the greatest events coming up soon from around the world.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 8 years ago
Meet Carolina: a PhD Student in International Economics at Brandeis University in the USA
Carolina Pan is an Argentine student, currently in the last year of her PhD program in International Economics at Brandeis University, USA. We chose her as the winner of our Conference Grant Contest 2015 and awarded her with a €500 grant. The prize helped her to attend the 3rd Geography of Innovation Conference organized by the University of Toulouse and Sciences-Po Toulouse in France. Participants from over 50 countries took part in the contest by submitting short explanations about their personal reasons for going to their chosen event. You can see her winning answer here.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
15 Must-Attend Conferences and Workshops 2015/2016: Social Sciences
With the summer behind us (at least for those in the northern hemisphere), now is the best time to start planning your academic calendar for the coming year. However, the number of conferences and workshops taking place in the next twelve months is enormous and may be overwhelming when it comes to choosing the best one(s) for you. In order to help you with this endeavour, we have put together a selection of conferences and workshops organized by national and international organizations, covering a wide range of topics in social sciences.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Make your Institution known to 45,000+ academics
Successfully branding your institution among potential students, employees or conference attendees is not always an easy task. It requires multi-channel efforts, ranging from setting up an attractive and intuitive website, to being present in Social Media channels, to expanding your network and building the reputation of your institution through word of mouth.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
Do visuals work? Or: How to make your announcements more attractive.
Have you advertised an announcement recently and wondered how to make it even more attractive for potential candidates? While a detailed description, clear application requirements and interesting offer form the core of an announcement, it is a clever use of visuals that will make your advertisement really stand out.
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- Recruiter Advice Article
- Posted 9 years ago
INOMICS at the 26th Annual EAIE Conference
This Saturday, the INOMICS Team will pack the car and head to Prague to take part in the 26th Annual European Association for International Education (EAIE) Conferencebetween September 16th and 19th at the Prague Congress Centre. This year’s conference theme, ‘Stepping into a new era’ is well suited to INOMICS’ current expansion as a multi-disciplinary, crosscutting platform hosting thousands of academic and career opportunities for students, academics and professionals.
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