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Research: a category in transition

Also known as scholarship, thinking big thoughts. A big part of your academic life.

When reviewing the blog with a view to treating it more as a library of useful information (in summer 2015), I noticed that I have stopped putting things in this category and shifted much more to categorizing things as "writing".

Posts in this category will be edited and/or recategorized starting in July 2015.

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On research and emotional entanglement

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Liz Gloyn

A Note from Jo: This post has been repubished from Liz Gloyn’s own blog site, because it is relevant to the struggles I know my clients and Studio members unfortunately go through on a regular basis.  Term has finished, the Christmas tree is up, and I’ve got a week before annual leave kicks in… so […]

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Why are you writing this book?

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Why are you writing this book? A book is a big project. Depending where you mark the beginning, book writing can take years. Not only is it hard to protect the time, given all your other commitments, but it can be hard to sustain momentum. Some of that is […]

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Making Decisions: Applying for Funding

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Making Decisions: Applying for research funding Funding can often feel like an externally imposed mandate that has more to do with institutional underfunding than your own research needs. Conversely, if you do lab based research, securing funding may be fundamental to your ability to pursue an academic career at […]

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You don’t have to find a “gap” in the literature

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · You don’t need to find a “gap” in the literature Your research, and the publications based on that research, need to make an original contribution to knowledge. Over the past 20 years, I’ve seen a lot of ways academics, at every career stage, get in a bit of a […]

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Academic Writing & Publishing: A Discussion with Katherine Firth

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Academic Writing: An Interview with Katherine Firth This post is an edited transcript of my interview with Katherine Firth in October 2019 to celebrate the publication of my Short Guide on Peer Review.   JoVE: Hello. So I am Jo Van Every, and this is Katherine Firth.  [Katherine confirms].  […]

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What to do about a stalled book project

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · What to do about a stalled book project Are you *not* writing a book? Maybe it’s your “thesis book”. Maybe it’s something else. You might have a contract for it. You might not have started it, but think you should have by now. You might have a lot of […]

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Making Decisions: peer review

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

This post was originally written in February 2021 as a follow up to Planning Your Winter Semester and was shared in the Academic Writing Studio. It has been edited and divided into a series of shorter posts for ease of reading. The general principles—habits, routines, and default responses—are explained in the first post in the […]

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Overcommitted? Declaring a moratorium

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Overcommitted? Declaring a moratorium It’s easy to get overcommitted. In addition to all the things you have to do, there are a lot of things you would like to do. You don’t want to manage your workload by dropping everything that makes your work meaningful. In fact, I encourage […]

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Starting your academic writing year in mid-summer

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Starting your academic year in mid-summer When do academics celebrate the new year? This is a serious question for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, where the beginning of the calendar year in January is more like the middle of the academic year. It seems like […]

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Juggling, jigsaws, and navigating by the stars: making reasonable plans

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

This post was originally written during a time when many universities and workplaces had shifted to remote work in response to the COVID pandemic. Although circumstances have now changed for many people, much of what I say in this post still applies.  Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Juggling, jigsaws, and navigating by the […]

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Writing & research in the summer of the pandemic

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

This post was originally written during a time when many universities and workplaces had shifted to remote work in response to the COVID pandemic. Although circumstances have now changed for many people, much of what I say in this post still applies. One of the issues that has come up in the Academic Writing Studio […]

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Shifting priorities within your research during the pandemic or other crisis

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

   Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Shifting priorities within your research during the pandemic or other crisis This post was written in the early stages of the Covid pandemic. One of the issues that had come up in both Office Hours (a group coaching session for members of the Academic Writing Studio) and in […]

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