Free book : How to Be a Researcher

How to Be a Researcher provides a strategic guide to the conduct of a successful research career within a university environment.

Based on the author’s extensive personal experience, it offers down-to-earth advice, philosophical guidance and discussions of the political context of academic research. This is not a research methods book, and the topics it covers are rarely discussed elsewhere.

The bulk of the book provides practical advice on the development of essential skills and strategic approaches, covering questions such as:

• how to decide which topics to work on

• how to read and review literature

• how to develop theory

• how to integrate research and teaching activity

• how to approach research design

• how to obtain and manage research funding

• how to collaborate and supervise effectively

• how to write up your research and

• how to secure the best sources of publication

 

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