Thinking about the research lifecycle

Posted by Monisha Natchiar

29 September 2024

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Speaker: Prof. Peter Ashwin

Abstract

As you develop as a researcher, you will probably be expected to undertake an ever wider range of activities and to develop a range of disparate skills. In this session, I plan to discuss how these skills might fit into a “research lifecycle” – from the first germs of an idea to publication and beyond to wider influence. We can then use this to talk about the following questions, with mathematical sciences in mind:

• What does it mean to lead or manage research rather than do it? Is there a difference?
• What is the difference between writing a dissertation, a paper, a review, an outreach material or a grant proposal?
• How can I use this to help prioritise activities about what needs (and does not need) to be done right now?

View the recording of the talk here.