Julie Reeves discusses some important points about internal and external collaborations in this interview and post.

Getting started with a new collaborative project? Think about approaches for working with others within a group, intra-group collaboration, or across groups, inter-group collaboration.

This posts discusses a explanatory sequential mixed methods study to examine the uni-directional nature of teaching western-based leadership courses, the associated knowledge transfer, and the cultural factors.

Explore researchers' roles and practices for developing trust in this collection of open access articles.

The steps you take to prepare for a videoconference presentation or meeting will make the difference between an engaging or a frustrating experience.

Using action research to understand Covid-19 experiences, a guest post by Hege Gravdahl Garelius.

Read this guest post about collaboration and action research by Melissa Parenti.

Find over 100 resources on evaluation: books, cases, and videos, on SAGE Research Methods.

Academic evaluation regimes set up to quantify the quality of research, individual scholars, and institutions have been widely criticized for the detrimental effects they have on academic environments and on knowledge production itself. Max Fochler and Sarah de Rijcke recently called for a more exploratory, less standardized way of doing research evaluation, with the introduction of the concept of the evaluative inquiry.

Summer Institute in Computational Social Science site sponsored by Howard University and Mathematica (SICSS-Howard/Mathematica) awards individuals and teams for the inaugural Excellence in Computational Social Science Research Fund as a unique and exclusive benefit offered to alumni of the site.

Methodspace contributors discuss career experience and offer tips.

Dr. Kara discusses the value of stories for research purposes.

Join the Practice as Research network of researchers and meet practicing researchers using poetry and other arts media.

Ron Gross, author of The Independent Scholar’s Handbook offers encouragement and advice to indies.

Thinking about becoming an independent researcher? Here are some tips from Dr. Helen Kara.

Self-care is essential when studying painful, sad, difficult experiences or situations. Find strategies and tips in this video from Dr. Helen Kara and collection of open-access articles.

Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka discusses what he has learned from conducting research and teaching methods in the US, Asia, and Africa.

Self-care is essential when collecting data about sensitive issues. See this post from Dr. Maria Lahman for strategies.

A SICSS-Howard Mathematica 2021 participant shares how he reconnected with others in a meaningful way and grew personally during his virtual SICSS experience.

Paul Decker PhD, president and chief executive officer of Mathematica and nationally recognized expert on policy research, delivered the closing plenary address on Friday, June 25th at SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2021.