Granite is the first postgraduate interdisciplinary journal of Aberdeen University. The journal has been established by students for students.

This open access journal is designed to give postgraduate students of the University of Aberdeen a place to publish their work and to provide them with experience of the publishing process.

The members of the editorial team will have the opportunity to organize symposiums and become active on the review and editorial levels of Granite journal.

Any postgraduate student who wish to submit a paper or be a member of the editorial board will make a substantial contribution to the development and success of the journal.Interested participants should email the Journal editor through granite@abdn.ac.uk.

Registration open for Granite Symposium 2021

The Granite Symposium 2021 will take place virtually on Friday 22nd October 2021 between 10am-3.45pm with a theme of Engaging the Public: Past, Present and Future. This interdisciplinary Symposium aims to promote research conducted by PhD and Master’s students at the University of Aberdeen and inspire postgraduate students with talks on the various aspects of engaging the public in research.

Call for Papers

The past few years have seen pressing topics discussed by the public on an unprecedented and global scale. People have relied on science, statistics, and numerous other disciplines to inform their choices as they attempt to navigate diverse issues and crises. From epidemiology to economics, safe distancing to the Spanish Flu, people around the world have wanted to know not just what to do, but why action was needed. As we move forward, the role of the expert continues to be of importance as the world seeks guidance through altered landscapes: in work, life, health and our physical environment. Does your research involve public engagement? Are you investigating a past public response, perhaps to science or government policy? Or maybe your work will one day be applied in a public setting? In whatever way your research intersects with ‘Engaging the Public’, Granite Symposium 2021 is looking for your paper. Postgraduate students are invited to submit an essay, review, analysis, or report around this topic. The chosen topic may or may not be related to your postgraduate research, and queries are welcome. Collaborative submissions are also welcome.

Open to submissions from all disciplines. All presenters will have their research published in the Symposium edition of Granite and we will be asking that they submit an article version in addition to presenting their paper at the virtual Granite Symposium on 22^nd October 2021.

Deadline for manuscript submission is the 1^st October 2021.

Papers are limited to 2000-2500 words excluding abstract, tables, figures and their descriptions and references. Abstracts should not exceed 200 words. Each presentation should last for a maximum of 20 minutes.

Interested participants should email the Journal co-editors at granite@abdn.ac.uk to express interest and obtain the journal’s template. Please get in touch if you have any additional questions.

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