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PELS Workshop for doctoral researchers studying families and personal relationships

5–6 May 2025 in Jyväskylä

The workshop is organized by The Finnish Society for Research on Families and Personal Relationships / Perheiden ja läheissuhteiden tutkimusseura ry. The workshop is sponsored by The Alli Paasikivi Foundation; you can apply for a travel grant!

The Finnish Society for Research on Families and Personal Relationships (PELS) will organize a workshop for doctoral researchers 5–6 May 2025 at the University of Jyväskylä. The workshop provides doctoral researchers an opportunity to get to know other doctoral researchers studying themes related to families and personal relationships, and to present their on-going research with a paper. In the workshop, the papers will be discussed among doctoral researchers and senior researchers who represent different disciplines and have different methodological expertise. In this workshop, we will also have a poster session in which doctoral researchers can get to know each other’s work.

The participants can send a paper in either English or Finnish. Workshop discussions will be in English and in Finnish. The paper can be of any theme related to research on families and personal relationships, and it can be any part of the doctoral dissertation, such as an article draft, a chapter of a monograph, or a study plan.

Participation in the workshop is free of charge. The workshop is organized by the Finnish Society for Research on Families and Personal Relationships (PELS) in collaboration with the University of Jyväskylä.

Sponsored by Alli Paasikivi Foundation, PELS will award travel grants of 200 euros to approximately 12 doctoral researchers who do not have a possibility to get travel expenses paid by other sources. The grant can be used for travel and accommodation costs. The grant will be paid after the workshop.

The workshop will be held in connection with the Hope and Resilience conference organized by the University of Jyväskylä 6–8 May.

The workshop will start on May 5th at 12:00 and end on May 6th at 12:00.

Send your abstract to apply

The number of participants is limited. To apply, please send an abstract of your paper by 9 February to the coordinators: aino.luotonen@uef.fi, johanna.narvi@thl.fi and anna-maija.castren@uef.fi. 

The abstract, maximum length of 250 words, should include:

●      Author information: name, affiliation, and contact information

●      Title of the paper

●      Clear and concise description of the paper that you will send

For the workshop, each participant is asked to send a paper of maximum length of 5000 words, based on for example the research plan of the doctoral dissertation, an article draft or a chapter that is part of the dissertation. If you wish to send a longer paper such as an article manuscript, please be in contact. The deadline for sending the papers is 17 April 2025, after which the papers will be shared among the workshop participants and senior researchers. In addition to the paper, each participant will prepare a poster presenting their doctoral research; the posters will be put on display in the Poster session that provides an opportunity to practice presenting one’s research in a form of a poster, and to familiarize oneself with ongoing research of the other participants. Further instructions concerning sending the paper, preparing a poster, and the program and the practicalities of the workshop will be sent to the participants together with the approval letter and the decision on the travel grant.

If you wish to apply for the travel grant of 200 euros, please include the following information on your email when sending the abstract:

●      Are you full-time or part-time doctoral researcher, and on which kind of funding

●      Do you have a possibility to apply for travel grant from your university, doctoral program, or other

Important dates and contact

●      Deadline of the abstracts: 9 February 2025

●      Approval letter and decision of the travel grant if applied for: 7 March, at the latest

●      Deadline of the papers: 17 April 2025

If you have questions, email to aino.luotonen@uef.fi, johanna.narvi@thl.fi or anna-maija.castren@uef.fi.

The organizers of the workshop are Anna-Maija Castrén (UEF), Rosi Enroos (TUNI), Aino Luotonen (UEF), Johanna Närvi (THL), Eija Sevon (JYU), and Inka-Liisa Kuusiaho (JYU).