'Making it' as a contract researcher. A pragmatic look at precarious work.

Autor/inn/en	Spina, Nerida; Harris, Jess; Bailey, Simon; Goff, Mhorag
Titel	'Making it' as a contract researcher. A pragmatic look at precarious work.
Quelle	London: Routledge (2020), xvii, 198 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Insider Guides to Success in Academia
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-429-43199-9; 978-1-138-36258-1; 978-1-138-36259-8
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Unsicherheit; Vertrag; Geringfügige Beschäftigung; Befristeter Arbeitsvertrag; Berufsberatung; Forschungsauftrag; Hochschule; Forscher; Wissenschaftler
Abstract	"'Making it' as a Contract Researcher examines the contemporary experience of research employment in universities from the perspective of a significant yet often invisible group: temporary or contract researchers, who make up a substantial, and ever-growing, proportion of the academic research workforce. A critical, pragmatic and international account of the contemporary research career, this book explores the question of what it means to 'make it' as a contract researcher in academia, and how individuals and organisations in higher education might seek to do things differently. Providing the reader with practical and realistic strategies for improving the experience of being a contract researcher and achieving and sustaining an academic research career, this book guides the reader on a range of topics, including: Charging fairly for your work; Building a publication track record; Finding the next contract; Sustaining your network; Feeling like you belong; Moving beyond contract research. Using a combination of current research, interviews and reflective writing, the book is written specifically for and by contract researchers in academia, offering unique and extremely valuable advice for all new and current contract researchers, including PhD students, early career researchers, and any party interested in pursuing a research career in academia"--. Contents: Situating the contract research career -- Becoming and being a contract researcher -- The collective work of contract research -- What is making it?
Erfasst von	Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Update	2022/1