Writing retreat with DIGIT
Would you like to participate in a three-day workshop focused on academic writing?
The aim of this retreat is to bring participants together in a quiet environment to concentrate exclusively on scientific writing. The program will include dedicated time for active writing as well as peer-to-peer discussions in groups. Each participant will also receive personalized feedback on their text from the course leaders.
Writing Retreat
When: 21-23 May 2025
Where: Losby Gods
Application deadline: 1 April
Application: https://nettskjema.no/a/484013 Please note, your place is not reserved until you here back from us. We have limited capacity (12 spots).
Prerequisites: A paper draft (2000-4000 words), kappa draft or similar must be submitted in English or a Scandinavian language by May 15 at the latest.
Upload the text you will be working on here: https://nettskjema.no/a/484019-
The text should be a draft rather than a final version and should be between 2,000 and 4,000 words. If it exceeds this length, please clearly mark the 2,000–4,000 words you would like others to read.
The writing retreat is open for DIGIT members only. All reasonable costs (economy travel up to 2500 NOK) and full board at the hotel will be covered.
Content
The workshop is structured to provide you with dedicated and uninterrupted time for individual writing. In addition to focused sessions for drafting your text, the workshop will include peer-to-peer feedback sessions, walk-and-talk discussions, and personalized feedback from the course leaders. Participants will be organized into smaller writing groups, where you will present your paper to your colleagues and the course leaders. You will also serve as a discussant for the work of your fellow group members.
To maintain focus, we ask all participants to fully commit to the entire program and refrain from external obligations during the days.
The workshop will be led by director in DIGIT, Marit Haldar and one additional senior staff member in DIGIT.
Please scroll down to view the preliminary program.
Preliminary program
Wednesday May 21
12:00 - Departure bus from OsloMet (Stensberggata 38) - NB: time updated April 10
12:40 - Departure bus from Lillestrøm (Scandic Lillestrøm, Stillverksveien 28) - NB: time updated April 10
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 14:15: How to give constructive feedback
14.15 – 16.00: Group work with paper presentation, discussion and feedback
16.00 – 16.30: Snack break
16.30 – 19:00: Writing-session
19:00 - 19:30: Break
19.30 -: Dinner
Thursday May 22
07.00 - 08:00: Optional yoga
07.00 – 09.00: Breakfast
09.00 – 12.00: Writing-session
12.00 – 13.00: Lunch
13.00 – 17.00: Writing-session (snacks at 16:00)
17.00 – 19.00: Walk and talk with writing partners
19.00 –: Dinner
Friday May 23
07.00 - 08:00: Optional yoga
07.00 – 09.00: Breakfast
09.00 – 12.00: Writing-session
12.00 – 12.30: Feedback and evaluation
12.30 - 13.30: Lunch
13:45 - Departure bus from Losby Gods
14:05 - Estimated* arrival Lillestrøm (Scandic Lillestrøm, Stillverksveien 28)
14:45 - Estimated* arrival OsloMet (Stensberggata 38)
* If there is heavy traffic, the bus ride may take longer.
Course leader
Marit Haldar is professor of sociology at OsloMet and the director of DIGIT. Throughout her research-career she has been concerned with ideology and cultural analysis of childhood, old age, gender, family and (social) technology. She has also studied marginalized subjects in the welfare state and inequalities in treatment in the health care system from an ideological perspective. Haldar has broad and long experience with most qualitative methods and has developed new methods that are discussed in highly regarded international method literature (see Silverman, D. 2011, "Interpreting qualitative data", 4th ed. London: Sage). She has held courses in qualitative methods and writing courses at least once a year since 2011 and has extensive experience in providing feedback on texts in both the humanities and social sciences.
Course leader
Kjersti Røsvik is an associate professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Throughout her research career she has been concerned with childhood and family research, child welfare research, and research in social exclusion utilizing cultural analysis and a narrative discursive approach. In addition, she has been interested in pedagogical educational research focusing on how digital tools can enhance active learning in higher education. She has a broad and long experience supervising numerous master students and PhD students and served as an opponent at both mid-term and final seminars. Røsvik is leading the Child Welfare Research Group. She has broad international experience, and is for the time being a project leader of a HK-funded collaborative project between Norway and India.
Please feel free to contact the DIGIT coordinator should you have any questions.