Successfully completing a research project is a major milestone in most university degrees, and the cornerstone of an academic career. This textbook is an accessible, real-time guide to conducting academic research in international and cross-cultural settings. It provides advanced undergraduates and graduate students, practical and theoretical guidance on how to begin, execute, and then communicate the outcome of research projects undertaken at the intersection of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. This text: Explores the decision making process at all points of a research project and the implications of these decisions in the longer term Outlines the practical and philosophical conundrums around specific techniques for gathering and analysing data Examines moments of disconnect, overlap, and potentially mutual benefit for researchers working at different points along the quantitative-qualitative divide that underscores popular and scholarly debates about the relevance of academic research Explains how to cope with a divide that is both real and imagined; in all its experiential, institutional, and conceptual variations.
Focussed explicitly on the needs and experiences of students and including a wealth of practical tips, this work is an essential resource for all students embarking on a research project.