scholarly journals A farewell to the lone hero researcher: team research and writing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sveinung Sandberg ◽  
Lucero Ibarra Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Criminological Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Radical Approach

AbstractCriminology have long celebrated the lone hero researcher. Doing and writing up research in solitude has been the key to academic success and institutional promotions. However, the social sciences in general have increasingly moved towards more collaborative ways of doing research, and co-authorship has become more common. In this study, we summarize and discuss the pros and cons of working in teams when doing qualitative research. Drawing upon our own experiences from Mexico and Norway, we argue for a radical approach to team research and co-authorship, which we describe as team writing. Most importantly, we suggest opening up to include stakeholders and community partners, thus challenging the borders between researchers and those researched. This is arguably particularly important for research done in the academic, geographical and topical periphery of criminology. Team research and writing answers some of the critique of power inequality, representativity and lack of diversity in contemporary academic research. We also believe that team research, and writing, can make criminological research more multifaceted, reflexive, and thus better.

The Problem

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Alvesson ◽  
Yiannis Gabriel ◽  
Roland Paulsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Prestigious Journal ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wide Gap

This chapter introduces ‘the problem’ of meaningless research in the social sciences. Over the past twenty years there has been an enormous growth in research publications, but never before in the history of humanity have so many social scientists written so much to so little effect. Academic research in the social sciences is often inward looking, addressed to small tribes of fellow researchers, and its purpose in what is increasingly a game is that of getting published in a prestigious journal. A wide gap has emerged between the esoteric concerns of social science researchers and the pressing issues facing today’s societies. The chapter critiques the inaccessibility of the language used by academic researchers, and the formulaic qualities of most research papers, fostered by the demands of the publishing game. It calls for a radical move from research for the sake of publishing to research that has something meaningful to say.

Where Is China Headed? New Tendencies in the Humanities and Social Sciences

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-176
Author(s):  
Xuedian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
Current Practices

China as a whole is facing a marked trend toward indigenization. The past thirty years have seen rapid and profound changes in the social sciences, heralding a new season in the humanities, in which the study of traditional culture has shifted from the sidelines to the center of academic research. Traditional culture, especially Confucianism, with its worldly orientation, is bound to play a central role in deepening and expanding the ongoing conversation with liberalism. At the same time, however, it must still develop values for structuring society and everyday life that are as influential as those of liberalism. The three main challenges to a Confucian revival today are the ruling ideology in China (namely, Marxism), the dominance of Western sociopolitical theory, and the current practices of disciplinary organization.

scholarly journals Policymakers' Online Use of Academic Research

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Willinsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Federal Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Impact ◽  
Academic Resources

In addressing the question of how new technologies can improve the public quality and presence of academic research, this article reports on the current online use of research by policymakers. Interviews with a sample of 25 Canadian policymakers at the federal level were conducted, looking at the specific role that online research has begun to play in their work, and what frustrations they face in using this research. The study found widespread use of online research, increasing the consultation of this source in policy analysis and formation. The principal issues remain those of access, indexing and credibility, with policymakers restricting themselves in large part to open access sources. Still, online research is proving a counterforce to policymakers' reliance on a small number of academic consultants as gatekeepers and sources for research. What is needed, it becomes clear, is investigations into whether innovative well-indexed systems that integrate a range of academic and non-academic resources might increase the political impact of research in the social sciences and education.

Call for papers, JOVACET 5(1), 2022

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dr Catherine Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
Adult And Continuing Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adult And Continuing ◽  
And Training ◽  
Word Format

You are invited to submit an article for the fifth volume of JOVACET to be published in October/November 2022. JOVACET is an accredited publication with the Department of Higher Education and Training. Articles should be topical with regard to current debates/discourses and recent research in the TVET, adult, and continuing education and training domains. Submissions should be of high quality and follow academic research/writing conventions of journal articles in the social sciences. Specifications can be found on the JOVACET website (www.jovacet.ac.za) or obtained from Dr Catherine Robertson at [email protected]. Articles should comprise a maximum of 8000 words, which include the abstract of approximately 200 words and a list of references, and be submitted in MS Word format via the journal website at www.jovacet.ac.za or emailed to Dr Catherine Robertson at [email protected]. Kindly follow the style guide which is provided on the website. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Due date for full paper submissions: 15 April 2022

Europakonzeptionen

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Guiding Principles

This anthology expands the perspectives of academic research on Europe. In the contributions it contains, which examine issues at the points where the humanities, cultural studies and the social sciences overlap, the diversity of critical and reflective analysis becomes clear, which in particular makes Europe’s cultural profile visible. They encourage discussion on the guiding principles of European integration, but above all on an image of Europe in which Europeanisation is understood as a process of permanent opening. Accordingly, Europeanisation is not simply the product of national conceptualisations, but focuses on the roots and elements of European common ground. This volume sets new standards in future research on Europe and puts them forward for discussion.

Polling the Pollsters: A Survey of Academic Survey Organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (04) ◽  
pp. 859-866
Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Fernandez ◽  
Jason A. Husser ◽  
Mary G. Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Environments ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Original Survey

ABSTRACTOrganizations conducting survey research have remained of vital importance to the social sciences. However, these organizations increasingly face new challenges and opportunities. Survey operations housed in universities and colleges may face special challenges. We present a poll of pollsters, an original survey of leaders of academic survey organizations in the United States. Results explore the various methods used by academic survey organizations and perceptions of challenges in today’s academic and research environments. Responses provide an overview of the career path of academic survey leaders and how those leaders understand the primary missions of their organizations. We conclude with a discussion relevant to social scientists interested in the dynamics of operating these important academic research centers.

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