The continuing adventures of a four-legged female academic researcher

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-89
Author(s):  
Nancy Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Researcher

scholarly journals Co-researching complexities: Learning strategies for edge walking in community–university research partnerships

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Chubb ◽  
Christa B. Fouché ◽  
Karen Sadeh Kengah
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
University Research ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Academic Researcher ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Careful Navigation

Community–university research partnerships (CURPs) comprise a diverse group of stakeholders who share differing capabilities and diverse insights into the same issues, and they are widely regarded as valuable to navigate the best course of action. Partnering as co-researchers is core to nurturing these partnerships, but it requires careful navigation of complexities. The different insider and outsider positionalities occupied by co-researchers highlight experiences of ‘walking on the edges’ of each other’s worlds. This not only challenges these collaborations, but also enables a depth of understanding that may not be achieved in CURPs where the luxury of, or effort in, building a team of co-researchers to collect, analyse and write up data is not present. This article focuses on learning strategies to advance the co-researching capacities of CURPs where stakeholders occupy divergent positions. The focus will be on lessons from a co-researching partnership comprising a university-affiliated academic researcher, a local Kenyan non-governmental organization (NGO) and members of a community in which the NGO worked. We argue that applying selected learning strategies may facilitate positive experiences of edge walking and enhance the meaningful two-way sharing required for cross-cultural CURPs. It is recommended that community and university research partners examine the utility of these learning strategies for strengthening co-researching in CURP contexts.

More on Self-Perception Theory's Foot Technique in the Pre-Call/Mail Survey Setting

1980 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris T. Allen ◽  
Charles D. Schewe ◽  
Gösta Wijk
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Survey Response ◽  
The Self ◽  
Academic Researcher ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Perception Theory

A field experiment conducted in Sweden compared the effectiveness of two types of telephone pre-calls in influencing response rates in a mail survey. Response rates for a questioning foot-in-the-door manipulation were evaluated against responses produced by a simple solicitation call and a blind mailing control. The results demonstrate that pre-calling in general enhances response rate. However, the results furnish, at best, qualified support for a self-perception theory prediction. Alternative explanations for the lack of the self-perception foot effect are offered. Conclusions are drawn for the practitioner and academic researcher.

Instant Sexpert: Academic Experts and Media Experience

1999 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kath Albury
Keyword(s):  
Academic Researcher ◽  
Relative Value ◽  
Sex And Sexuality ◽  
Media Experience ◽  
The Relationship

This paper investigates the notion of academic expertise in relation to medico/sexual matters within the context of an anecdotal account of the author's transformation from scholarly academic researcher to satirist and media ‘sexpert'. In examining these different modes of knowing about sex and sexuality, the paper raises questions about their relative value, and explores the nature of both academic and media expectations of experts. What, the paper asks, is the relationship between expertise and experience within the domain of the ‘sexpert'?

Consent and ethics within sex work and research: An academic and practitioner perspective

Sexualities ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 136346072097930
Author(s):  
Beverly Y Thompson ◽  
Miss Couple
Keyword(s):  
Sex Work ◽  
Academic Researcher ◽  
Short Piece ◽  
Sociology Professor

In this short piece, we explore some areas of consent within BDSM in relation to our roles as a practitioner and as an academic researcher. Beverly Yuen Thompson is a sociology professor who specializes in ethnographies of deviant subcultures with an emphasis on an intersectional approach. In this short piece, she uses her experience of conducting a long-term ethnography in a BDSM community. Miss Couple (2018) is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Bondage: Creating Intimacy through the Art of Restraint and a relationship and intimacy coach. Miss Couple was previously a manager of a BDSM establishment, from which she draws on her experience for this piece.

scholarly journals Becoming an Academic Researcher

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Angervall ◽  
Jan Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
Academic Researcher

Combining social network and semantic concept analysis for personalized academic researcher recommendation

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 564-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunhong Xu ◽  
Xitong Guo ◽  
Jinxing Hao ◽  
Jian Ma ◽  
Raymond Y.K. Lau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Concept Analysis ◽  
Semantic Concept ◽  
Academic Researcher

The Balance Between Expertise and Authority in Citizen Engagement About New Biotechnology

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Castle ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Academic Researcher ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Regulatory Decisions ◽  
Transparency And Accountability

Academic-researcher-led public engagement and consultation on new biotechnology provides information about new biotechnology to the public, and solicits their attitudes, beliefs and understanding about the technology. A burden associated with the democratic ideals of transparency and accountability encourages researchers to provide accurate information to the public. Less recognized is their role as actual, or perceived, authorities to provide new knowledge and to make policy or regulatory decisions. This paper focuses on the first of these two – the conflation between expertise on the subject of the engagement and the authority to represent that subject in an engagement process. While expertise, or at least accuracy in portraying expert knowledge, is consistent with transparency and accountability, it is argued here that authority in the representation of expert knowledge may be inconsistent with the intent of public engagement and consultation.

Towards an Enterprise Model for the Academic Researcher

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Oduronke Eyitayo ◽  
Tebo K. Leburu-Dingalo
Keyword(s):  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Current System ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Academic Researcher ◽  
Detailed Model ◽  
Architecture Model ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
It Department ◽  
The University

We are in an age where there are several societal and scientific challenges that are facing humanity. The academic researcher is not left out of this entire dilemma. The same researcher who is expected to be active in research within the university system is also expected to be committed to teaching and service assignments. The research task itself requires a lot of processes scattered around various work, culture, people and structure such as writing proposals, liaising with the research department, looking for materials in the library, learning appropriate applications with the Information Technology (IT) department etc.  The study is based on a case study of the University of Botswana. It uses the Nadler-Tushman Congruence Framework to perform a gap analysis on the current system. The outcome from the study is a proposed model to help align work, culture, people and structure. The blueprint provided by the model will allow one to see the real impact of change, identifying where gaps and opportunities exist, and understand how and where things can be improved for the benefit of all stakeholders.   The paper also proposes that a more detailed model can be achieved using The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) architecture model.

Social Support and Motherhood

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Oakley
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Academic Researcher ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Academic Knowledge

Drawing on vast experience as an academic researcher and writer, the author develops a sociology of the research process itself, telling the story of how a research project is undertaken and what happens during it, to both researchers and those who are researched. The book focuses on a topic of great importance in the provision of health services — caring and social support. Setting neglect of this topic in the wider context of an ongoing crisis in gendering knowledge, this book is now reissued for a contemporary audience. It has much resonance for social science researchers and others interested in the experiences of mothers, and in the relations between social research, academic knowledge and public policy.

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