INSOL International and INSOL ERA are pleased to announce their first INSOL Academic Writing Workshop (Writing Workshop), which will be held on Saturday, 24 May 2025, in Barcelona, Spain, following the INSOL Academic Colloquium & ERA Workshop.

The purpose of the Writing Workshop is to bring together early-career and mid-career scholars specialising in insolvency law to support them in preparing publications to submit to scholarly journals in the field of corporate insolvency and restructuring law. This is an intensive small group workshop solely devoted to the in-depth examination and discussion of submitted draft papers. During the workshop scholars will make a presentation and receive feedback on their work from senior academics with editorial experience. Each draft paper accepted for the workshop will be assigned a discussant. All invited authors are expected to read draft papers of other authors and to be able to participate in the discussion.

Eligibility requirements:

• Current PhD student who has completed at least 2 years of their PhD training
  OR
• scholars holding an academic position who received their PhD (or equivalent professional qualification) within the past five years

Preference will be given to applicants with a European, African, or Middle Eastern connection for this workshop. Future workshops will focus on other regions.

Selected submissions will receive a meaningful contribution towards their attendance, travel, and accommodation costs.

How to Submit

Expressions of interest should be sent to Ilya Kokorin at ERA@insol.org, and should include:

• CV & Bio 
• Working Title
• Extended Abstract (no more than 1500 words)

Applications will be received until 15 January 2025. The results of the selection process will be communicated by 15 February 2025. Authors of accepted papers are asked to submit a fully written draft of their paper for distribution during the workshop no later than Monday 14 April 2025.

Please note that draft papers should not have been submitted for publication by the time of the Writing Workshop. This is to ensure the Writing Workshop can help improve the papers before their publication.