We are excited to announce CLOSER’s Early Career Researcher conference and training event, Bridging Research and Policy: Unleashing the potential of longitudinal research for societal impact, which will take place on Wednesday 18 September 2024 at Woburn House in central London.
This bespoke event will showcase and celebrate the work of early career researchers and provide a range of practical training workshops.
We are inviting abstract submissions from early career researchers* who can attend in person in London, and who are working with longitudinal population studies data from any country including the UK.
Please note this event is in person only and will be free to attend. Delegate registration will open in the coming months.
Submitting an abstract
We welcome submissions relevant to policy areas within the social sciences and biomedical sciences, including education, employment, healthcare, parenting and families, public health, or any other relevant domain. The main requirement is that the findings of your research will have value for informing policy decisions and addressing societal challenges.
We would particularly encourage abstracts that inform or directly respond to UK governmental bodies Areas of Research Interest, UK Parliament Select Committees Areas of Research Interest, and Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament Areas of Research Interest. For ARI questions that have the potential for most input from longitudinal research, please see CLOSER’s ARI tracker.
Selected presenters will deliver key findings of their research at the event. Presenters will be grouped by policy theme. This is a unique opportunity to focus the audience on the potential of your research to inform and shape public policy.
Abstract should be no longer than 250 words. Abstracts should include (1) a statement about why your research is important and valuable for society, (2) your research questions, aims, or objectives, (3) a description of the sample, (4) a description of your analysis methods, (5) a summary of your results, and (6) key implications of your results for informing policy and practice. If you are responding to a specific Area of Research Interest topic or question it would be helpful to specify this in your abstract.
Deadline for submissions: 23:59 on 26 March 2024
We look forward to your contributions!
Submit your abstract via Qualtrics
Further information
If you have any questions or require further information about the call for abstracts, please contact Dr Neil Kaye: neil.kaye@ucl.ac.uk.
*i.e., a current postgraduate research student, or within 8 years of the award of your PhD.