Each day of the Forum is designed around two main sessions, the Morning Session and the Afternoon Session, separated by a generous lunch time which we hope is used for networking and bringing the participants closer together.

Each Morning Session consists of two main events. Both of these are open to registered participants and general outside attendees.

• A keynote lecture given by an established expert in the field, with topics that are meant to both provide an overview, as well as highlighting a particular research topic of interest to the keynote speaker.

• A Seminar, which we think of as a truncated “Summer School”, led by 2-3 senior scholars as “Seminar Leaders”. In these topical seminar, Senior scholars will deliver, either individually or in co-ordination with each other, a summary introduction of the topic of the day and proceed to discuss methodological approaches to that subject. These seminars, which are the backbone of the Forum, are meant to highlight the major research questions that are presently relevant to the topic of the day and show the research avenues that Junior Scholar can pursue in their research career. These Seminars are also meant to bring researchers of any stage together to hopefully form joint research projects.

The Seminars are then followed by a lunch provided on site.

The Afternoon Session is made up of two events, only open to registered participants.

• The Workshops: these workshops consist of three sessions, each one hour long. In each session, a Junior Scholar would provide an introduction to a pre-circulated paper (provided at least one week before the event) for 10-15 minutes. Subsequently, the entire participating group (no outside attendees) will take about 45 minutes to question, comment, and critique the paper. This session is not meant to be like a conference, but rather a group discussion where an idea presented in the paper is “workshopped,” with the goal being to help the researcher develop their ideas further and prepare the paper for publication or inclusion in a dissertation. Papers in any stage of development are welcomed. There is no need to present a completed, conference-ready paper.
• Short Poster Sessions (one or two poster presentations per day) will conclude each day of the Forum.
  • Due to high demand and limited slots at the afternoon Workshops, we decided to incorporate a Poster Exhibition and short Poster presentation sessions into our programme – to allow more participants to showcase and discuss their research. Posters will be exhibited in the main Research Forum space during the whole week of our gathering. The programme has long breaks everyday, so all the participants will have plenty of time to study the posters and to talk to their authors. Each Poster Presenter will give a short 10-minutes presentation of their research exhibited on their poster. This presentation should highlight the most important points or questions of research on which the Poster Presenter would like to receive feedback. We hope that Posters Exhibition and Sessions will provide a useful opportunity to share, discuss and connect with colleagues.