'Research in Action' Workshop, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Cambridge COMPASS in collaboration with UWED has organised an international training school which will bring together leading experts, policy, academic, diplomatic, business community together with COMPASS ++ affiliates, as well as undergraduate, graduate students to discuss and debate on the current transformation processes taking place globally and their impact on Central Asia and the Eastern Neighbourhoods. The programme will be multidisciplinary with a focus on academic research and policy projects to reflect recent changes in the multidimensional world, that link research and practice in the COMPASS geographies of remit. It will bring postgraduate students and senior researchers from the COMPASS partner Universities, enriched by Uzbek and Tajik broader group of participants, for three-days of discussions, lectures and roundtables to discuss research in progress. In the morning sessions advanced researchers will share their overviews on methodologies, working in the field and writing conceptually, constructing theories and writing research projects and in the afternoon sessions postgraduate students will be able to discuss their research-in-progress and get feedback from the senior colleagues. The aim of the workshop is to have open discussions, feedback and interactive lectures through a multi-faceted learning experience across all COMPASS partners and networks. Postgraduate students will be able to learn and use new skills on the spot, get feedback on their ongoing projects, share their ideas and learn conceptually from the leading experts in the field.