Behind The Scenes (BTS)

The Behind-the-Scenes Seminar Series is designed to learn about the production process of research papers, offering an opportunity for students and researchers in all fields and at all career stages to engage with the challenges encountered during project development and how they were overcome.​

What’s novel? Unlike most research seminars that focus on the research findings, this series will be dedicated to discussing the research process. Not only this, the seminars will also feature a live survey to gauge the audience’s expectations regarding the journey of the paper and compare them with the speaker’s actual experience. You can read more about the seminar format here: www.bts-seminar.net/about-5

Where and when? The seminar will be held monthly, will be recorded live on Zoom and will be open to everyone. Please note that since the seminar series is interactive, we will need to take consent from audience members.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Severine Toussaert (University of Oxford), Jasmin Baier (University of Oxford), Vatsal Khandelwal (University of Exeter)
Web Address: https://www.bts-seminar.net/
Organising department: Department of Economics

Talks:

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Behind the scenes of the paper "Trade and Management"
Date: 25 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Kalina Manova (UCL)
Venue Details: Online, register here: https://www.bts-seminar.net/
Organiser: Severine Toussaert (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 December 2025

Behind the scenes of the paper: "The dynamics of abusive relationships"
Date: 12 December 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Abi Adams (Northwestern)
Venue Details: Online, register here: https://www.bts-seminar.net/
Organisers: Vatsal Khandelwal (University of Exeter), Jasmin Baier (University of Oxford), Severine Toussaert (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Editor: Jasmin Baier