In our new "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks:
I have never liked conferences, and my (non-tt, teaching-focused) job doesn't provide much financial support for conference participation anyway. However, I very much enjoy research and I like getting/giving feedback on new work. I have found informal settings to be much more productive than conferences, e.g. just swapping papers with friends in the profession and then meeting over Zoom to discuss. I'm wondering if people have found other successful ways to get/give feedback on research outside of the formal conference setting. I guess one issue here is that what I'm talking about doesn't translate well into documentable research activity that can be used for hiring/promotion purposes. However, setting that issue to the side, does anyone have any tips here?
Good question. Anyone have any helpful tips?
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