Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 120 mm x 190 mm, Gewicht: 195 g
A Pragmatic Look at Precarious Work
Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 120 mm x 190 mm, Gewicht: 195 g
Reihe: Insider Guides to Success in Academia
ISBN: 978-1-138-36259-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Providing the reader with practical and realistic strategies for improving the experience of being a contract researcher and achieving and sustaining an academic research career, this book guides the reader on a range of topics, including:
- Charging fairly for your work
- Building a publication track record
- Finding the next contract
- Sustaining your network
- Feeling like you belong
- Moving beyond contract research.
Using a combination of current research, interviews and reflective writing, the book is written specifically for and by contract researchers in academia, offering unique and extremely valuable advice for all new and current contract researchers, including PhD students, early career researchers, and any party interested in pursuing a research career in academia.
The ‘Insider Guides to Success in Academia’ offers support and practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers. Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate, and remain, in academia.
These neat pocket guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature. Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules of the game – the things you need to know but usually aren’t told by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development units, or supervisors – and will address a practical topic that is key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral students, early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone looking to launch or maintain their career in academia.
Zielgruppe
Academic, Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1: Situating the Contract Research Career. Chapter 2: Becoming and Being a Contract Researcher. Chapter 3: The Collective Work of Contract Research. Chapter 4: The Possible Future of Research Careers