Description

Learning how to organize and manage research is important for both the researcher and for advancing research. However, graduate students are often trained in theories, methods, and disciplines, but rarely in the organizational, administrative, and metacognitive skills required to manage research projects. Moreover, several disciplines are decrying a reproducibility crisis, with a concerted academic push toward open-access approaches. By clearly organizing research, graduate students and researchers can ensure that they are able to account for their methodological, theoretical,  and other research decisions: to reviewers, to funding agencies, and to support the development of new ideas and exciting offshoots of projects. This workshop will discuss best practices and recommendations for developing a legible, reliable, and efficient research project management system

The event will be an open lecture to guide students through managing their research. The talk is open to any PhD students and candidates, and will include walking students through developing a research project management system that incorporates the phases of planning, research execution, and adjustment. This event has been funded by the Doctoral School.

Dr. Shiri Noy is a well-published scholar in the area of public perspectives on science and religion and health policy reform in Latin America and her work has been grant funded and published in leading journals. Dr. Noy has a forthcoming book (which will be published in Nov 2024) entitled Project Management for Researchers: A Practical, Stress-Free Guide to Getting Organized on how to manage research projects that guides readers, both advanced and beginning, on how to managed their work. This is her second book, and she draws on multi-disciplinary, cross-national, and mixed methods projects to guide researchers on managing their research projects: including data, communication, and workflow. She has taught advanced workshops for researchers in applied and academic settings on mixed methods research for several years via the ICPSR summer program, the Inter-University Consortium on Political and Social Research.