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Despite having presented at a conference before, and having given several lectures, I was rather nervous about my presentation. Presenting seems to be something of a hit-and-miss affair at the best of times, and several papers I saw were given to an audience of two or three, or received quite antagonistic and unconstructive questions. That said, ...

I'm just back from a couple of political science and international relations conferences, OCIS and APSA, wading through my inbox and keen to get on with my thesis. Looming deadlines mean that I don't feel I can do justice to the papers I went to, although I will mention a couple of my favourites. Ever since I read Freakonomics, I've been bothered ...

I'm brilliant at finding conferences that are tremendously relevant and useful, attended by people whose work I respect and admire. Unfortunately, my forte is finding these conferences a week or a month after they've already happened. I'm getting better - the latest one I've discovered is on in about a month. It's probably too late to go, although ...

Up and running. Just a short one to start with, but I hope to be able to add more stuff at a later stage.If you have an interest in civil society and its organisation, an opportunity would be to come to the 23rd EGOS conference, this year held in Vienna in July (5th-7th), where we for the first time ever have designed and launched a special ...