We all probably know the feeling of downloading interesting-sounding articles onto our computers, thinking we’ll read them “at some point”. And then we’ll never look at them again. However, sometimes those papers come to form the core background literature for our doctoral (or later) research. But once the thesis is done, what do you do with all those neatly sorted and zotero’ed papers?
Theorizing in social sciences: resources
A bibliography of works on the subject of theorizing in social sciences.
Academic writing: resources
On this page we provide a list of resources of potential use for improving your writing and research skills.
Student success and student experience at university
For many decades one of the most important tasks for both higher education researchers and teaching staff has been to understand how to maximize students’ success at university. […]
Higher Education Research Societies
The post contains a continuously updated list of higher education research societies around the world, national and international. The list is occasionally updated.
“Look, a squirrel!” Non-focus in qualitative research
This blog post is an English translation of a peer-reviewed journal article that has originally been published in Finnish in the journal Tiedepolitiikka [Science Policy].
Research on presidential leadership: a bibliography
In the academic leadership research, an empirical focus on university leadership encompasses two remarkable strands: leader’s influence on organizational performance and changes of leader’s individual characteristics over time.
Academia’s Stockholm Syndrome: The Ambivalent Status of Rankings in Higher Education (Research)
Academia has an ambivalent relationship with rankings. On the one hand, academics constantly complain about them; on the other, they always look for ways to “fix” them.
English (higher) education: a system that divides students and disconnects them from social reality
One of the most surprising aspects of the English educational system—speaking as a non-English who does research on higher education (HE)—is how imbalanced it is for almost every student involved. Let me explain what I mean by this.
Why I have a problem with the “top” discourse
It’s usually once a day that I browse through Twitter or other social media sites and see the word “top” connected to academia somehow. Most of the time, this word drives me completely mad. I stopped to think for a moment why that is.