UCL IBIL co-hosts webinar for Early Career Researchers
15 June 2023
IBIL was delighted to co-host a webinar with Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre which provided guidance to early career reseachers on planning and placing their research for publication.
On 15 June, IBIL was delighted to co-host a webinar with Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre for IP scholars to provide guidance on how to choose the most suitable outlet for an academic research project. Although the event was particularly aimed at UK-based Early Career Researchers and final year PhD students, it attracted an international audience of around 60 academics, includings more senior scholars, keen to share their advice.
The webinar, hosted by IBIL’s Professor Ilanah Fhima and OIPRC’s Professor Dev Gangjee, brought together a distinguished panel of IP academics with a wealth of knowledge and experience to provide their own perspective on publication placement.
- Monographs - Professor Lionel Bently KC, Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Cambridge - Series Editor, Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law, Editor-in-Chief, Cambridge Law Journal
- Publishing in generalist journals - Professor Tanya Aplin, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, KCL – Articles Editor, Modern Law Review
- Publishing in specialist journals - Professor Phillip Johnson, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Cardiff – Editor, Intellectual Property Quarterly
- The view from the REF - Professor Uma Suthersanen, Professor of Global Intellectual Property Law, QMUL - member for the Law Unit of Assessment for the national Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
- The Head of Department’s perspective - Professor Jonathan Griffiths, Professor of Intellectual Property Law – Head of the Department of Law, QMUL
- Open Access options - Professor Dev Ganjee, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Oxford
- Interdisciplinary work for a generalist audience - Dr Marta Iljadica, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow and Professor Ilanah Fhima, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, UCL.
After the presentations from the speakers, the panel answered numerous questions from the Internationa online audience. A summary of the advice given, together with more details about the event, is available here.