Managing Your Academic Research Project

✍ Scribed by Jacqui Ewart, Kate Ames

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 133
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is an essential resource for academics managing a large and complex research project. It provides important practical insights into the processes that inform such research projects and delivers insights into the delicate balance between industry, stakeholder and academic needs. It gives practical advice about developing relationships with diverse partners and colleagues and managing the expectations of the various parties involved and on avoiding pitfalls. This book uses examples from Australian research projects, but it contains insights relevant to researchers all around the world.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
About the Authors......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 13
Why Research?......Page 14
Genesis of This Book......Page 15
Some Advice......Page 17
Chapter Structure......Page 20
Solo or Team Research......Page 24
Selecting the Right Team......Page 26
Mentoring......Page 29
Same Team—Same Page......Page 31
Roles and Duties......Page 32
Dealing with Failure......Page 35
Managing Changing Project Needs......Page 37
Expert Panels......Page 38
Onboarding and Off-Boarding Staff......Page 39
Juggling Roles and Personalities......Page 41
Co-authorship and Research Students......Page 42
Example......Page 44
References......Page 46
Multi-year Projects......Page 47
Funding Sources......Page 49
Planning......Page 50
Data Management......Page 55
Managing Expectations......Page 56
Managing Issues......Page 57
Risk Management and Scope Change......Page 58
Promoting Your Project......Page 59
Conclusion......Page 60
Example......Page 61
Embedding Research in Your Project......Page 64
Scoping the Relevant Research Fields......Page 65
Team Work and Resources......Page 67
Embed Data Collection in Fieldwork......Page 69
Reflect on Data and Revise Approaches......Page 72
Data Ownership and Management......Page 74
Example......Page 75
What Success Looks Like......Page 77
Key Contract Considerations......Page 78
Contracts and Staffing Details......Page 79
Identifying Key Timelines and Milestones......Page 81
Stakeholder Involvement......Page 82
Managing “Beyond Contract Scope” Requests......Page 84
Managing Data......Page 85
File Sharing......Page 86
Budgets......Page 88
The Importance of Trust......Page 91
Example......Page 92
Relationships......Page 94
Developing Relationships......Page 95
Building Trust......Page 97
Relationship Failure......Page 101
Benefits of Partnerships......Page 102
Building Research Team Relationships......Page 104
Relationships with Volunteers and Publics......Page 106
Managing Expectations......Page 107
Conclusion......Page 108
Reference......Page 109
Understanding Your Deliverables......Page 110
What Are You Measuring?......Page 114
Maximising Deliverables......Page 115
Spin-off Projects......Page 117
Reporting......Page 118
Controversial Data and Reports......Page 120
Planning for Research Outcomes and Outputs......Page 122
Disseminating Findings Publicly......Page 123
Conclusion......Page 124
Example......Page 125
References......Page 126
Looking Back......Page 127
Strategies for Academic Project Success......Page 129
Research in a Lockdown......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 132

✦ Subjects

Research Skills