Research hacks: Reflections on academic experiences and practices

Getting unstuck with your research and writing: A personal reflection

By Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (Assistant Professor, Public Administration Division, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, CIDE) Writing is one of the very core activities of scholarly research that is common to absolutely every single researcher. It doesn’t matter if you run experiments, if you calculate heat maps, if you deploy qualitative data from your interviews, […]

Navigating the world of academic publication as an early career scholar – experiences involving Regional Studies, Regional Science

By Rhiannon Pugh (Early Career Section Editor Regional Studies, Regional Science) In this Research Hacks contribution, Rhiannon Pugh highlights the special support offered by the Regional Studies Association through its open access journal Regional Studies, Regional Science, in particular its early career section. We’ve all heard the mantra “publish or perish”, and we all, no matter […]