Hello,
I've been invited to give a talk about my research in another (rather prestigious - not sure if that makes a difference) lab. I am trying to decide on which of my PhD studies to talk about. Is the function of such talks generally to get constructive feedback about your work, as well as to disseminate what you've found? I am trying to decide on whether it would be more interesting (and beneficial for me) to present my final study, which is still in progress. Does anyone have any thoughts/advice on this? I know it is up to me; but insight from others who have done this would be useful. Thanks : )
Hi Tudor, when you say 'lab', what is it that you are referring to? Pardon my ignorance here I've used social science methods but my faculty/school was Education. I'm envisioning a science lab with physical experiments and I understand you are from social sciences. So is lab still referring to the same thing? Is it a faculty group type presentation, (i.e. presenting before members of a neighbouring faculty or institution) or is it a bit like a conference. My options would be to present something interesting but perhaps not the main items if it were a faculty group type presentation. If it were a conference, I would probably present the major items. Good luck with it all.
Hi Pjlu! It is similar to what you describe - I don't know why they call it a lab to be honest! So it'll be to a small research group in my field but at another Uni. What do you mean by the main items vs something interesting? And why do you suggest that? Thanks for your reply!
Thanks for elaborating Pjlu - that's helpful to know. I think in my case that I don't have to worry about it being considered published material or anything, as there won't be any conference proceedings or anything so I could submit it elsewhere. I guess I was wondering whether to kind of give an overview of my PhD studies or go into one of them in more detail. Probably going into one of them is wiser, but I guess I could still give a backdrop of what each of the studies is about (since they are all related).
Hi pm133. I'm visiting and have been invited to give a talk so no guidance on what to talk about - but they know I'm a PhD student so it will be about my PhD work. I used prestigious to describe the place, not a person. I guess I'll treat it the same as one of our departmental meetings and prepare a talk as I would for that.
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