Hi all,

I am currently doing a research stay at another university & have been asked to give an internal seminar about what I'm working on right now. They have asked that the chapter be circulated beforehand. Is this common practice (I am in Social Science)? I don't feel comfortable sharing a 40page chapter that I aim to publish. I have had a bad experience in the past sharing work with faculty members elsewhere who then used the work for themselves and I don't trust my current supervisory team here either, given they have been purposefully unhelpful and unwelcoming/uninterested in me until now.
Can I stand my ground and just send an abstract?

Thank you for your help!