You are thinking about the problems and questions you want to study, but how can you make a plan that works? Who will you need as collaborators or as your support team? How will you find readers and followers who are interested in your ideas?

Developing a research career can seem overwhelming! This webinar will focus on how to set priorities, make a long-range plan, and find others who can help you move forward.

Hosted by Sage’s Janet Salmons and featuring panelists Mark Carrigan and Jessica Sowa, the webinar will provide practical advice and key steps to help you move forward with confidence. Bring your questions!

Register now! Click here.

Dr. Mark Carrigan is pioneering digital sociologist. He is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Manchester where he is programme director for the MA Digital Technologies, Communication and Education (DTCE) and co-lead of the DTCE Research and Scholarship group. He’s the author of Social Media for Academics, published by Sage and now in its second edition. He is currently writing Generative AI for Academics which will be released next year. Learn more at https://markcarrigan.net.

Professor Jessica Sowa’s research focuses on public and nonprofit management, with an emphasis on the management of human resources (HRM) in public and nonprofit organizations, organizational effectiveness, and collaboration. Sowa’s work has been published in a number of public and nonprofit journals. Current projects include a textbook on public and nonprofit human resource management, research on public leadership, executive succession in nonprofit organizations, volunteer management in fire departments, and HRM in local government. She serves on the editorial board of a number of journals in public administration and public human resource management. She is the editor-in-chief of the Review of Public Personnel Administration.

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