CLIC organises informal “shut-up-and-work” sessions (online) about twice a month.
In a nutshell, these sessions are structured as follows:
- you individually set one or more concrete goals for the session (using a shared document);
- you share these goals orally with your fellow participants;
- you quietly work on reaching your goals in successive “shut-up-and-work” blocks of time;
- you collectively reflect on how your work went with your fellow participants.
The principle behind such working sessions is increasing productivity through (a) a safe space for critical reflection on the writing or working process and (b) an increased sense of accountability. The theory is that having such a space will help CLIC researchers set off time for core research tasks that are often delayed or procrastinated, such as drafting articles, writing conference abstracts or presentations, or just getting through a particularly dense chapter of a book.
CLIC researchers at any point in their academic career are welcome—predocs, postdocs, professors, or visiting scholars. We meet via Teams, in sessions moderated by the Research Policy Advisor.
Further reading:
For research on the effect of writing/working sessions on critical reflection, see this article by Sarah Haas et al. (2020).
