Working Papers
Postgraduate Working Paper Prize
Part of the EGRG’s mission is to be accessible to new researchers, including postgraduate students and academics at an early stage in their careers. The EGRG are, therefore, pleased to announce the launch of the Postgraduate Working Paper Prize.
The EGRG Committee are seeking to use the existing working paper series as a dedicated forum for early career researchers to publicise their research and receive constructive feedback from the committee. All papers submitted will receive feedback from the series editors and the EGRG Committee are offering a prize of £100 to be awarded to the author of the paper deemed by the committee to be the best paper each year.
The prize will be awarded to reflect outstanding work from new researchers in economic geography. The winner will be selected from authors of papers published on the EGRG website each calendar year, and will receive a cash prize of £100. At the time of submitting their paper authors should be engaged in full or part-time postgraduate research or be within 1 year of completing their research degree.
Application Procedure
At the time of the initial submission of their paper to the editors of the EGRG Working Paper Series, the author should indicate in their covering letter that he/she wishes to be considered for the Prize. They should explain the basis upon which the author is eligible. In the case of joint and coauthored papers with more senior researchers, the supervisor or other named authors should also provide a covering letter explaining their input into the production of paper and providing a justification as to why the lead author’s contribution makes them eligible for the prize. Normally, the lead author of the paper should be the person who is eligible for the prize.
Style
While we encourage the submission of different kinds of papers (including opinion, review, discussion and polemical pieces), to be eligible for the prize, papers must be a minimum of 5,000 words and a maximum of 9,000 words. Style should be consistent with previous Working Papers in the Series, including 1.5 or double spacing throughout, name and contact details of author(s), paper title, short abstract with keywords, footnotes where appropriate, and a separate list of references.
The assessment process
At the end of the calendar year, all papers eligible for the prize will be considered by the Editors of the Working Paper Series. At this stage a shortlist of 2-3 papers will be selected for consideration by the full EGRG Committee. The Committee will then decide which paper to award the prize to. The final decision will be made in relation to the EGRG’s mission to publish the very best of geographical research and scholarship across the field of economic geography. The committee’s decision is final.
Award of the Prize
The winner of the Prize will be announced to the recipient in March/April of the following calendar year. The prize will be awarded at the EGRG Annual Conference which is held annually each May.
Any questions concerning the EGRGWorking Paper Series Prize for new research in economic geography should be addressed to the Editors, Dr James Faulconbridge (j.faulconbridge@lanc.ac.uk) and Dr John Harrison (j.harrison4@lboro.ac.uk).
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2009 Working Papers
| 03.09 | Enabling or inhibiting the creative economy: the role of the local and regional dimensions in England | Caroline Chapain & Roberta Comunian |
| 02.09 | The spatial dynamics of the inventor network in German biotechnology: geographical proximity versus triadic closure | Anne L.J. Ter Wal |
| 01.09 | Methodological approaches for junior researchers interviewing elites: a multidisciplinary perspective. | William S. Harvey |
2008 Working Papers
2007 Annual Symposium Papers
| 05.07 | Global Production Networks: realizing the potential. | Neil M. Coe, Peter Dicken and Martin Hess. |
| 04.07 | Drivers and barriers to sustainable purchasing practices in the cocoa sector. | David Phillips and Anne Tallontire. |
| 03.07 | The new global linkages and innovation in production networks: a comparison of Polish and Turkish autocomponents clusters. | Guldem Ozatagan. |
| 02.07 | Towards a Local Model for the Internationalization of Italian Firms in Eastern Europe. | Christian Sellar. |
2007 Working Papers
| 01.07 | Managing the transnational law firm: professional systems, embedded actors and time-space sensitive governance. | James R Faulconbridge. |