How to Enhance Your Research

Webber, Don

How to Enhance Your Research

Abstract: Accessible in its style, yet comprehensive in content, this groundbreaking book provides a wealth of advice on how academics can enhance their research practices. It also highlights the fundamental role of research leaders and how their support can prove invaluable to academics in improving their research methodology.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy; General Academic Interest (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
ISBN: 9781788978088
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Read a lot! , pp 27-28: .
Ch 2 Write something every day , pp 29-31: .
Ch 3 Drop projects , pp 32-35: .
Ch 4 Talk, discuss and debate , pp 36-37: .
Ch 5 Keep presenting , pp 38-39: .
Ch 6 Trial and error , pp 40-42: .
Ch 7 Do something that really interests you , pp 43-45: .
Ch 8 Taking and giving advice , pp 46-48: .
Ch 9 Make time for your research , pp 49-50: .
Ch 10 Know your readershipaudience , pp 51-52: .
Ch 11 Good research is episodic , pp 54-56: .
Ch 12 Research regularly, but dont work yourself into the ground , pp 57-58: .
Ch 13 Take frequent breaks (every 45 mins) while doing research , pp 59-60: .
Ch 14 Exercise , pp 61-62: .
Ch 15 Know your own strengths in collaborative research , pp 63-64: .
Ch 16 Asking unusual questions permits us to detect unusual things , pp 65-67: .
Ch 17 Read, write, reread and rewrite , pp 68-70: .
Ch 18 Thrive on lots of different experiences , pp 71-73: .
Ch 19 Polishing papers properly takes a long time , pp 74-75: .
Ch 20 Learn to have time away from research , pp 76-77: .
Ch 21 Econometrics , pp 80-81: .
Ch 22 Statistics , pp 82-83: .
Ch 23 Questionnaires , pp 84-85: .
Ch 24 Interviews , pp 86-88: .
Ch 25 Focus groups , pp 89-90: .
Ch 26 Give students your ideas for projects , pp 91-92: .
Ch 27 Anthropology , pp 93-94: .
Ch 28 Open your eyes! , pp 95-96: .
Ch 29 Relax assumptions , pp 97-98: .
Ch 30 Talk to Joe Public and try to understand their views , pp 99-100: .
Ch 31 Econometric and other quantitative methods training , pp 102-104: .
Ch 32 Qualitative methods training , pp 105-107: .
Ch 33 Offer training to expand others minds , pp 108-109: .
Ch 34 Teacher training , pp 110-111: .
Ch 35 Conference attendance is also training , pp 112-113: .
Ch 36 Conduct PhDMasters examinations , pp 114-115: .
Ch 37 Undertake adventurous research , pp 116-118: .
Ch 38 Attend talks and presentations on very different topics , pp 119-120: .
Ch 39 Inter- and multidisciplinary engagements , pp 121-122: .
Ch 40 Learn to eliminate distractions , pp 123-124: .
Ch 41 Different people bring different things to a research team , pp 127-128: .
Ch 42 Work with people who you can learn from , pp 129-130: .
Ch 43 Work with people who you can teach , pp 131-132: .
Ch 44 Work with people who you enjoy working with , pp 133-134: .
Ch 45 Ask people to read your work , pp 135-136: .
Ch 46 Read and debate each others work , pp 137-138: .
Ch 47 Keep up with current affairs , pp 139-140: .
Ch 48 Participate actively in staff seminars , pp 141-143: .
Ch 49 Organise your departments staff seminar series , pp 144-145: .
Ch 50 Organise workshops , pp 146-147: .
Ch 51 Planning conference attendance , pp 149-150: .
Ch 52 Listen properly to questions from the audience , pp 151-153: .
Ch 53 Attend as many conference sessions as you can , pp 154-155: .
Ch 54 The importance of attending social events , pp 156-157: .
Ch 55 Be yourself and enjoy conferences , pp 158-159: .
Ch 56 Get known for something , pp 160-161: .
Ch 57 Display your contribution fully, but dont over-egg it , pp 162-163: .
Ch 58 Offer to present papers in other staff seminar series , pp 164-165: .
Ch 59 Being a sounding board strengthens network connections , pp 166-167: .
Ch 60 Offer to contribute to organising relevant conferences , pp 168-169: .
Ch 61 Rarely decline offers , pp 171-172: .
Ch 62 Be critical and demanding when reviewing, but also courteous , pp 173-174: .
Ch 63 Have the cheek to ask difficult questions , pp 175-176: .
Ch 64 Decline offers to review a paper if you would be a poor reviewer , pp 177-178: .
Ch 65 Learn from the papers that you review , pp 179-179: .
Ch 66 Become known to the editorial team of a relevant journal , pp 180-181: .
Ch 67 Appreciate that each journal focuses on something distinct , pp 182-183: .
Ch 68 Recognise the importance of the flow in arguments , pp 184-185: .
Ch 69 Try to review your own papers in the same critical way , pp 186-187: .
Ch 70 Submit your papers to the right journal , pp 188-189: .
Ch 71 Teach a topic related to your research , pp 192-193: .
Ch 72 Teach something that would be useful for you , pp 194-195: .
Ch 73 Recognise the breadth of content in similar modules elsewhere , pp 196-197: .
Ch 74 Read around the topic , pp 198-199: .
Ch 75 Question underlying assumptions , pp 200-201: .
Ch 76 Try to teach in a pluralist way , pp 202-203: .
Ch 77 Ensure you teach the whys (and not simply the whats) , pp 204-205: .
Ch 78 Teach in a team with a colleague from whom you can learn something , pp 206-207: .
Ch 79 Understand criticisms of the usual topics , pp 208-209: .
Ch 80 Engage the students and they will engage you , pp 210-211: .
Ch 81 Recognise that externally funded work takes time away from academic research , pp 213-214: .
Ch 82 Is it the right time in your career to undertake the work? , pp 215-216: .
Ch 83 Constrain funded activities to those that could result in an academic publication , pp 217-218: .
Ch 84 Work with others on externally funded projects , pp 219-220: .
Ch 85 Identify what a contractor wants , pp 221-222: .
Ch 86 Facts, explanations and political rhetoric , pp 223-224: .
Ch 87 Prepare to present information to non-academics , pp 225-226: .
Ch 88 Build links with an organisation that you wish to help , pp 227-228: .
Ch 89 Why would funders contact you specifically? , pp 229-230: .
Ch 90 Can you afford not to undertake externally funded research? , pp 231-232: .
Ch 91 Connect to the real world , pp 234-235: .
Ch 92 External engagement and knowledge exchange , pp 236-237: .
Ch 93 Research practical and useful issues , pp 238-238: .
Ch 94 Be conscious of what your research could be used for , pp 239-240: .
Ch 95 Volunteer without paymentspay-offs , pp 241-242: .
Ch 96 Prove that you have instigated a change in others behaviour , pp 243-244: .
Ch 97 Team up with non-academicspolicymakers , pp 245-246: .
Ch 98 The relevance and impact of your research will evolve, grow and shrink , pp 247-248: .
Ch 99 Publicise your findings , pp 249-250: .
Ch 100 Engage with the media , pp 251-252: .

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