Does peer review feel like a black box? Are you frustrated with that pesky ‘reviewer 2’? Do you want to become the best reviewer you can be?

Join us to uncover the strengths, flaws, and multi-faceted role that peer review plays in academia and at the academia-policy-media nexus. Gain deep insights into editorial and review processes and learn how to navigate them ethically and professionally, as an author as well as a reviewer.

Through thought-provoking lectures, discussions, and exercises, in this interactive workshop you will learn about:

• The role of peer review in the academia-policy-media ecosystem.
• How peer review has evolved to its present form over centuries.
• The major strengths and flaws of peer review.
• The empirical evidence for different types of biases and what is being, and could be, done to mitigate them.
• Recent innovations in peer review (at journals), and how AI is shaping processes.
• Who the editors and reviewers are, and what their role is, at different journals.
• The arguments and counter-arguments for why editors (particularly those at high-profile journals) have an important ‘gate-keeping’ function.
• Navigating the editorial process at journals most effectively, as an author.
• Dealing with rejection.
• Types of editorial decisions you could encounter and what you could or should do in response.
• Writing effective cover letters, rebuttals, and appeals.
• Knowing when it is appropriate to accept a request to review a paper.
• Understanding key ethical issues related to acting as a peer reviewer.
• Conducting an efficient and constructive review.
• Writing an informative, constructive, and professional review report.
• Handling disagreements with the editor, authors, and other reviewers, professionally.
• Perspectives and future outlook for peer review.

For more information about the content of the sessions, please see the course programme on the event website.

Registration deadline: 18.08.2024 – 23:59

Read more and register here.