ACSP Roundtable, Sat Oct 15th

Many ‘writing for publication’ conference workshops focus on delivering advice to early career academics. But improving the quality of academic output is a lifelong endeavour, and should form part of an researcher’s continuing professional development. The capacity to produce tightly argued, methodologically sound papers is particularly critical at the current moment, as global financial crisis, political instability, and public sector cutbacks threaten to undermine the commitment to planning for the public good. In these uncertain times, the capacity to deliver sophisticated scholarly argument in a clear and accessible way plays a pivotal role in ensuring that academics can speak persuasively and =authoritatively to policy and practice, not only demonstrating the practical relevance of detailed and rigorous research, but also mounting a much wider defence of planning as both an intellectual and practical discipline.

Come along to our roundtable session at ACSP, and find out more about how both new and established writers can improve the quality of their work, and thereby ensure that planning maximises its practical and intellectial impacts. The focus will be on the quality and substance of writing in planning, rather than concerns about the mechanics of journal impact and citations.

The roundtable / informal discussion will be led by Heather Campbell (Senior Editor, Planning Theory and Practice) and John Forester (North America Editor, Planning Theory and Practice).