How do researchers’ roles vary in different kinds of qualitative studies?
Categories: Creative Methods, Data Collection, Design, MentorSpace, Mixed, Multimodal, Qualitative, Research, Research Skills, Roles, Uncategorised
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Passion about Research Process (not output!)
My hand trembled with nervousness and anticipation. It was the start of my student research project. My supervisor had talked me through how “by doing X we will learn more about Y” and I was excited to get started.
A decade later when I talk to my own students I sometimes catch myself using another way to frame our work: “if we do X, and it ‘works’, then perhaps we can get into prestigious journal Y”. This is poison for an inquiring mind…
Categories: Ethics, Research Skills, Roles, Social Issues
Continue ReadingWhat (social) Factors Make For an Innovative Researcher?
One might ask why researchers go to the effort of undertaking unconventional, path-breaking work? What makes some scientists more likely to engage in research that breaks from tradition, despite the risks? In our recent study, we considered two possible explanations. First, we thought that scholars affiliated with high-status demographic…
Categories: Careers, Impact, Research, Research Skills, Roles
Continue ReadingThis MLK Day, Go Beyond the Soundbite
This year we need to honor Martin Luther King’s legacy with both reflection and action
Categories: Audio, Editorial, Research, Social Issues
Continue ReadingResearchers’ Roles: Studies and Recommendations
The focus for January is on researchers’ roles, including characteristics and skills critical to success. Read the whole series here. Researchers work within numerous disciplines and use varied methodologies and methods to study problems large and small. While there are many considerations for our specific fields of study, we also have common responsibilities when we take […]
Categories: Focus Series, Research, Research Skills, Roles, Teaching, Uncategorised
Continue ReadingCollaboration & Big Data Research
Big Data can mean the research is too big to conduct on your own.
Categories: Big Data, Big Data, Focus Series, MentorSpace, Roles, Uncategorised
Continue ReadingTips for Faculty Who Mentor Students Who are Working Professionals
Working with adult students or new researchers on your project? These tips might help!
Categories: Careers, Focus Series, MentorSpace, Practice, Research, Research Skills, Roles, Supervising research, Teaching, Uncategorised
Continue ReadingAcademics Ought to Write for the Public For More Impact
…The first step in improving academic writing is to learn to reduce the jargon academics use and express concepts clearly. And this has forced us to distill our thinking to its absolute core…
Categories: Dissemination, Impact, Practice, Presenting, Research, Writing
Continue ReadingRoles & Skills for Research Outside of Academia
Julie Reeder discusses research roles and skills needed for work in a government setting.
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Continue ReadingResearchers Roles: A Big Picture
Research skills involve more than being about to design and conduct a study.
Categories: Careers, Ethics, Focus Series, Impact, MentorSpace, Research, Research Skills, Roles, Supervising research, Uncategorised
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