PhD training session: Getting your Work Published in Journals

This session will cover key essentials to help PhD students navigate the academic publishing process. It will support you to understand the current publishing landscape, how to prepare your manuscript for submission, how to write for a relevant audience, and what peer review involves. 

The session will be led by two expert speakers who are current journal editors. Dr Juan Pablo Ferrero is the co-ordinating editor of the Bulletin of Latin American Research (BLAR), a peer-reviewed journal that covers all academic disciplines within the Social Sciences and Humanities. Prof Angelique Chettiparamb is Managing Editor of the journal Planning Theory, an international peer-reviewed publication that is a core publication for planning theorists, but also targets an interdisciplinary audience among scholars of human geography, public administration, administrative science, sociology and anthropology. 

By the end of the session, attendees will be better prepared to approach the complexities of academic publishing, avoid common pitfalls, and increase their chances of successful publication.  

The session will have a particular focus on publishing research about Latin America, however, students from the Social Sciences and Humanities who work on other areas are also welcome to attend. 

The content will include: 

• What editors are looking for 

• How to make claims to originality, significance, and rigour  

• Writing for an interdisciplinary journal 

• How the peer-review process works 

• The implications of open-access publishing 

• Specific considerations when publishing research on Latin America 

There will be a strong interactive focus during the session, with your questions leading much of the discussion. 

Chair: Dr Catriona McAllister 

Expert speakers: Dr Juan Pablo Ferrero and Prof Angelique Chettiparamb 

To register, please sign up using this form by 20th May 2025. 

Refreshments will be provided.

This event is sponsored by R-LAC (Reading Latin America and the Caribbean Research Network).