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[caption id="attachment_514" align="alignleft" width="300"] Koenraad Boegart, Amir Moosavi, Gretchen Head in a discussionPhoto by Georges Khalil under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[/caption]While researching a topic, it is always helpful to get input from other scholars who will share their experiences, or view the research from a different angle because they come from a different field.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;[caption id="attachment_513" align="alignright" width="300"] Nancy Demerdash, Emily Drumsta, Hatim El Hibri, Amir MoosaviPhoto by Georges Khalil under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[/caption]During the Summer Academy, intensive learning communities develop in which the participants mutually advance their respective research agendas through small groups conceived as "peer-coachings". The EUME Summer Academy offers a platfrom to share one's own research so it can expand in  directions, one might not have anticipated. Discussions may have been lively but always friendly, interesting and inspiring as participants have described them.