RENT

Best paper wins trip to USASBE Conference in January 2020

27 November 2019 - Berlin, Germany

Chairpersons:

Professor Helle Neergaard
Aarhus University, Denmark

Professor Robert Blackburn
Kingston University, UK

The Doctoral Workshop has a successful tradition at RENT. It represents a unique opportunity for doctoral students to present their thesis proposals and obtain useful insight into how their work can be improved and progressed as well as an opportunity for bouncing ideas off on experienced faculty. The workshop also facilitates the exchange of research experiences and new ideas in the fields of entrepreneurship and small business. The ECSB Doctoral Workshop is truly a meeting place for both new and experienced researchers from all over Europe and an ideal place to start networking. We particularly encourage students in the early stages of their research to participate as a way of launching themselves into the international research community.

The workshop is organized with a morning and an afternoon session. The morning session is a round table plenary session with a facilitated discussion of common challenges. The afternoon session is split up into 4-5 tracks to discuss individual student proposals in small groups. One or two senior faculty (group session leaders) will discuss each proposal. Feedback will also be expected from peers.

Doctoral candidates interested in attending and presenting their research proposal (not the result of completed research!) should send a two-page abstract including information on when they commenced their Ph.D. study and when they expect to complete. The abstract should be organized according to the following guidelines: it should explain (i) the topicality of the research, (ii) the theoretical background, (iii) stating research question(s) and theory questions, as well as (iv) the proposed methodology and (v) expected contribution to the field. 

The abstract should be sent to Dr. Helle Neergaard
no later than

June 15, 2019.

Accepted participants are expected to deliver an extended 6-page proposal by September 1, 2019. This will be used as basis for the afternoon discussions and will be distributed to other doctoral students and the group session leaders.

Participants in the doctoral workshop are finalists in the ECSB Doctoral Competition for a place on USASBE’s doctoral consortium in January 2020. The award is worth $1,000 and is based on the best doctoral thesis proposal submitted to the RENT doctoral consortium. The assessment committee consists of the chairpersons and the group session leaders.

The number of participants is limited to 20 students. Early application is encouraged, since the workshop tends to fill up quickly and there is usually a long waiting list. Please note that you need not wait to be accepted to the conference in order to apply for the Doctoral Workshop. Applicants will be notified of acceptance of their proposal no later than July 1, 2019. Immediately following receipt of acceptance, students are required to register formally for the Conference.

No fee is charged for participation in the Doctoral Workshop. However, participation in the RENT Conference is compulsory. Please note though, that students need not present a paper at the Conference itself to participate, although this is encouraged. Upon acceptance to the Doctoral Workshop students qualify for a significant reduction of the official conference fee, sponsored by ECSB. The fee includes one year’s full membership of ECSB. Information on how to obtain the fee reduction will be provided together with the acceptance email.

Further information on the Doctoral Workshop will be forwarded together with the letter of acceptance. For further information on the RENT Conference itself, please see www.ecsb.org. This is also the place to become familiar with the ECSB organization and the advantages this offers.