Overview
- Provides academics with a road map to manage large and diverse projects
- Contains interviews with project managers and industry partners
- Offers handy tips and hints in breakout boxes so that readers can see and absorb them at a glance
- Presents insights from professionals and practitioners into the project management process
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Managing Your Academic Research Project
- Project Management for Academics
- Academic Research Project Management
- Negotiating Industry and Academic Relationships
- Project Management Framework
- Funding Bodies for Research
- Stakeholder Relationship
- Research Project Management
- Research and Data
- Multi-Year Research Project
- Budgets and Reporting for Project Management
- Research Team
- research ethics
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Jacqui Ewart is a Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Griffith University in Australia. Jacqui’s main research interests focus on news media representations of Muslims and disasters communication. After working as a journalist and communications manager for more than a decade, she moved into academia where she has led several large research projects with multiple industry government partners and has worked with industry and academic colleagues internationally. She has authored, co-authored and edited five books and published in international journals in a wide range of fields.
Kate Ames has a background in media and communication, having worked as a journalist and editor before a long career in military public affairs. She has been an academic since 2001 and more recently, has led complex innovation projects in learning design at CQUniversity. Her research interests are in storytelling in the public sphere, encompassing broadcast talk, regional media, disastercommunication, health promotion, and distance learning.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Managing Your Academic Research Project
Authors: Jacqui Ewart, Kate Ames
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9192-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9191-4Published: 02 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9194-5Published: 03 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9192-1Published: 01 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 125
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Research Skills, Project Management, Research Methodology, Research Ethics, Higher Education