Head of Reviewer Programs at Taylor & Francis, Diana Marshall, shares top tips on how to become a reviewer for scholarly journals – including raising your profile, gaining experience, and formal training.

Tips on becoming a peer reviewer

What is open research? What are some of the different ways in which research can be made more open? What are the opportunities and challenges?

Making your research open

What barriers do researchers from ethnic minority backgrounds face when pursuing a career in academia? What are the barriers to researchers taking parental leave? What is the significance of gender in the research landscape?

The unspoken challenges of research life

How should you approach writing your first research article? Once you’ve pressed submit, what happens next? What practical steps can you take to maximize the impact of your research?

Getting published for the first time

What is impostor syndrome? Why is it a hotly discussed topic in academia? What steps can you take to overcome it?

Overcoming impostor syndrome

What can researchers gain from being mentored? What are the different mentoring opportunities out there?

Academic mentoring

What do researchers go on to do after their PhD? What are the different career paths available? What are the transferable skills you develop as a researcher?

Stepping up, moving on and alternative career paths for researchers

What does ‘public engagement’ mean? What can researchers gain from encouraging people outside of academia to read their work? And where should you begin?

Public engagement in research

In September 2018, the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) collaborated with The Conversation and Routledge/Taylor & Francis to organise ‘Social Sciences Stars’ during Australia’s inaugural national Social Sciences Week, 9-16 September 2018. 

This is the recording from our Canberra event, held at the National Library of Australia, with guest speakers Hugh Mackay AO and Deborah Lupton. To find out more, and for a transcript of the recording, visit Taylor & Francis Author Services: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/how-the-social-sciences-help-us-understand-ourselves/

Social Sciences Stars, Canberra, September 2018

In September 2018, the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) collaborated with The Conversation and Routledge/Taylor & Francis to organise ‘Social Sciences Stars’ during Australia’s inaugural national Social Sciences Week, 9-16 September 2018. 

This is the recording from our Melbourne event, held at RMIT University, with guest speakers Robert Manne and Leanne Weber. To find out more, and for a transcript of the recording, visit Taylor & Francis Author Services: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/creating-policy-change-as-a-social-scientist/

Social Sciences Stars, Melbourne, September 2018

Discussion by Dr John Connolly and David Canter about the role of Grandparent and how it is viewed as a topic of study in Social Science.

'Grandparents' discussed as a topic in Contemporary Social Science

Identity, agency and fieldwork methodologies in risky environments.

A discussion on the challenges, dilemmas and concerns of researchers conducting studies in risky environments.

Fieldwork in Risky Environments

Join Juliette Wood to look at the depiction of Aquatic Beings in research published in Folklore

Aquatic Beings

Do you have an academic conference coming up? Get tips on how to prepare, network, and present and use conference to develop your research career.

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This podcast discusses the impact of 'hard' or 'soft' Brexit on a range of topics. It discusses the challenges that face us. What does Brexit mean to us and to democracy? Was the referendum destructive solidarity? Was there enough information before the vote? Are we living in a democratic deficit? Listen to this frank discussion between Professor Jacqueline Barnes, FAcSS (Birkbeck University of London, UK) and Professor John Connolly (University of the West of Scotland, UK)

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The research world has been, and is rapidly changing, so what skills can you develop now to make you ready for the research future? This podcast guides you through some of the key skills for researchers today.

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