Solicitation for ISA 2009 Working Group themes

The ESS section is one of the first ISA sections to convene a Working Group. The Working Group will be meeting 3 times during the conference: a half-day workshop on the day prior to panel sessions, in the middle of the conference (sometime Monday), and at the end of the conference for a wrap up session (possibly for breakfast on Wednesday). It will include 4 grad students, 6 assistant professors, and 2 associate professors + 8 non-funded participants at any level. Funding is set at $130 – so this would not pay for your trip to ISA.
At this point we need to select a workshop topic and Working Group theme. The ISA coordinator suggests: “This might involve ‘how to teach X’ (since nearly all section members teach in the subfield, this can be a unifying theme.) The topic might also involve discussion of the state of the field (perhaps drawing on the Compendium project). Ultimately this is up to the Group Coordinator to craft, seeking a topic that will broadly engage the participating section members.”
Marcus Schaper is serving as the ESS Group Coordinator, so please submit your suggestions for Working Group themes via the contact form by 6/15.