12 & 13 March 2025
Structure and Activities
The two-day event brought together the five teams of MSCA PhD researchers, their supervisors, and a team of guest researchers and was hosted by the University of Saarland, a project partner in the CASCADE network. This gathering served as another opportunity for the research team to meet in person, and build on the initial connections which were established at the first training camp at the University of Sheffield in November 2024.
The camp offered the CASCADE ESRs additional group learning opportunities in the form of a programme of lectures and information sessions by CASCADE project partners and experts in the field of Historical Sociolinguistics, Computational Lexicography and Natural Language Processing, along with peer support from a former Marie Curie ESR, currently in a Post-Doc role at USAAR.
Training Camp 2 Programme Format
This training camp consisted of two different types of activities:
- Introductions and Training sessions where selected members and partners will provide
input to topics related to Research Design, followed by discussion. - Group working, whereby ESRs will work on challenges which will be presented in terms
of a poster session on the last day.
The purpose of this training camp is to:
● Introduce ESRs to several aspects of Research Design with participation of partners from
Varieng Helsinki (Tanja Säily) and University of Glasgow (Marc Alexander)
● Introduce ESRs and wider group of supervisors from across the network
● Exchange more information about each others’ research
● Tackle challenges to be presented
● Ask questions (about anything)
● And enjoy!
CAMP 2 Research Design – Schedule of Events – 12 March 2025
8.30 – 9.00: Arrival at the Innovation Center and Welcome
09.00 – 10:00: Tanja Säily, Professor of Historical Sociolinguistics at Helsinki University
Talk: Social aspects of semantic and constructional change in large historical datasets
10.00 – 10:30: Coffee break
10.30 – 12.00: Parallel session I:
10:30 – 11:00 Diego Alves (PostDoc at the Collaborative Research Center) talking on
Navigating the ESR Path: A Former Fellow’s Perspective + Q&A session
11:00 – 12:00 Introduction to ESR challenges + Group Work
10.30 – 12.00: Parallel session II:
10:30 – 12:00 Network Supervisory Meeting for Research Leads
12.00 – 13.00: Lunch break
13.00 – 14.30: Haim Dubossarsky, Francesco Periti, Stefano De Pascale – Introduction to the Change is Key project
14.30 – 15.00: Coffee break
15.00 – 16.30: Group Work
19.00 – Dinner
CAMP 2 Research Design – Schedule of Events – 13 March 2025
8.30 – 9.00: Arrival at the Innovation Center
Parallel session I:
9.00 – 10.00: Group Work of ESRs on challenges
Parallel session II:
9.00 – 10.00: PI Breakfast meeting
10.00 – 11.00: Prof. Marc Alexander, Glasgow University
Talk: ‘Meaning at the Meso Scale’
11.00 – 11.30: Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30: Group Work and finalise ESR project posters
12.30 – 14:00: Lunch break
14.00 – 15.30: Poster presentations
15.30 – 18.30: Social activity: 1hr guided tour at Schloss Saarbrücken Historisches Museum
19.00 – Dinner